 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 526 pages
...it is queftioned, " What fhall we do, that we may work the work of God ?" Chrift anfwers, " This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath fent." This is the work of his approbation ; yea, this is the \vcrk of his operation, ver. 45. 65.... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...some of their own good deeds they might merit this bread. Now observe Christ's plain answer. This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent — " This is the great duty which is necessary to the acceptance of your persons and your works ;... | |
 | 1803 - 818 pages
...a work. John vi. 28, 29. " What shall we do that we may work the works of God ? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent :" so that faith implies works (where works can be wrought), and works imply faith, the one as the... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1805 - 258 pages
...the children of light, an appellation never bestowed on any but true believers. John vi. 29. This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. — These words contain an answer to a question. The persons who asked it were men who followed Christ... | |
 | 1808 - 604 pages
...shall I do ? M. " Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved. (Acts xvi. 31.) Thisis the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent; (John vL 29.) And by him all that believe are justified from all things." (Acts xiii. 39.) Come naked,... | |
 | 1810 - 612 pages
...called a work. John vi. 28, 28. "What shall we do thai we may work the works of God ? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent :" * so that faith imp lie? works (where works can be wrought,) and works imply faith, the one as the... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1810 - 540 pages
...inquired of ouf Lord, ffr/iat shall we efo, that we might work the works of God? He answered, This is the work of God, that ye believe in Him whom he hath sent. St. John inculcates the same truth, M'hen he says, This is the commandment of God) that we should believe... | |
 | 1810 - 596 pages
...the faith of Christ, has all ; he that wants it, has nothing. Well might our Lord say that " ihis is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent." It secures the heart for God through Jesus Christ, and that secures the whole man, all his thoughts,... | |
 | Daniel McCalla, William Hollinshead - 1810 - 458 pages
...command of God, that we believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ." And he himself says, " this is the work of God, that ye believe in him, whom he hath sent." No work unaccompanied with this, can be in the least available to eternal life, or so estimable in... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - 158 pages
...were always associated. The principal term, or condition of the gospel, is faith in Christ : " This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent." Mr. Wesley taught this uniformly; and maintained with St. Paul, that "being justified by faith, we... | |
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This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. 
