LUKE 11:13.—“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” THE reality, and necessity, of the operation of the Holy Spirit upon the human …
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SIN IN THE HEART THE SOURCE OF ERROR IN THE HEAD
ROMANS 1:28.—“As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind.” IN the opening of the most logical and systematic treatise in the New Testament, the Epistle to the Romans, the apostle Paul enters upon a …
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ALL MANKIND GUILTY; OR, EVERY MAN KNOWS MORE THAN HE PRACTICES
ROMANS 1:24.—“When they knew God, they glorified him not as God.” THE idea of God is the most important and comprehensive of all the ideas of which the human mind is possessed. It is the foundation of religion; of all right doctrine, and all right …
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GOD’S EXHAUSTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF MAN – Continued
PSALM 139:1–6.—“O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – XII
The Covenant of Works In the eighth chapter we have depicted Adam in his eminent, holy, and glorious nature. We shall now speak of him as being in covenant with God—the covenant of works. Acquaintance with this covenant is of the greatest importance, for whoever …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – XI
The Providence of God The Providence of God Defined Having considered the creation of all things in general and the creation of angels and men in particular, we will now proceed to consider the providence of God concerning all His creatures. We understand this to …
GOD’S EXHAUSTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF MAN
PSALM 139:1–6.—“O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in …
THE FUTURE STATE A SELF-CONSCIOUS STATE – Continued
1 COR. 13:12.—“Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” IN the preceding discourse, we found in these words the principal characteristic of our future existence. The world beyond the tomb is a world of clear and …
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THE FUTURE STATE A SELF-CONSCIOUS STATE
1 COR. 13:12.—“Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” THE apostle Paul made this remark with reference to the blessedness of the Christian in eternity. Such assertions are frequent in the Scriptures. This same apostle, whose …
THE CERTAIN SUCCESS OF EVANGELISTIC LABOR
ISAIAH 55:10, 11.—“For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; so shall my word …