First Things: A Series of Lectures on the Great Facts and Moral Lessons First Revealed to MankindM. W. Dodd, 1852 - Bible |
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... Holy Scriptures ; and the Christian is one who believes and loves these doctrines , and obeys these precepts . Deism is the system which , while it acknowledges the existence of one God , denies a supernatural revelation . It is the ...
... Holy Scriptures ; and the Christian is one who believes and loves these doctrines , and obeys these precepts . Deism is the system which , while it acknowledges the existence of one God , denies a supernatural revelation . It is the ...
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... holy . Though Abel was a sinner as well as Cain , there was something in his offering which God approved . This approbation was withheld from the offering of Cain , because it was destitute of holiness and a sinful sacrifice . God had ...
... holy . Though Abel was a sinner as well as Cain , there was something in his offering which God approved . This approbation was withheld from the offering of Cain , because it was destitute of holiness and a sinful sacrifice . God had ...
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... holy , and cannot look on sin ; man is sinful , vile to abjectness , and desperately wicked . Between reflections upon the character of God and the character of man , human reason sees no ground for hope . Man wants a religion , which ...
... holy , and cannot look on sin ; man is sinful , vile to abjectness , and desperately wicked . Between reflections upon the character of God and the character of man , human reason sees no ground for hope . Man wants a religion , which ...
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... holy hill , where the appointed and bleeding victim pays the ransom , and where " grace reigns through right- eousness unto eternal life , by Jesus Christ our Lord . " Without this spirit , God could not have ac- cepted Abel's offering ...
... holy hill , where the appointed and bleeding victim pays the ransom , and where " grace reigns through right- eousness unto eternal life , by Jesus Christ our Lord . " Without this spirit , God could not have ac- cepted Abel's offering ...
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... holy , though sometimes . sinful ; while the wicked are always sinful , and never holy . Holiness begun , habitual holiness , is the character of the righteous ; total , unmingled sinfulness , constitutes the character of the wicked ...
... holy , though sometimes . sinful ; while the wicked are always sinful , and never holy . Holiness begun , habitual holiness , is the character of the righteous ; total , unmingled sinfulness , constitutes the character of the wicked ...
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Page 137 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 124 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 189 - And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard; And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Page 362 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 9 - Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Page 258 - O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, 'Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee...
Page 90 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Page 247 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 378 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 247 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...