If Christ Were King: Or, the Kingdom of Heaven on EarthGriffith & Rowland, 1912 - 352 pages |
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... divine appointment : " I appoint unto you a kingdom , as my Father hath appointed unto me . " He found that appoint- ment in Scriptures referring to the Messiah , espe- cially in the prophecies ( Gen. 49 : 10 ; Isa . 9 : 6 , 7 ; Jer ...
... divine appointment : " I appoint unto you a kingdom , as my Father hath appointed unto me . " He found that appoint- ment in Scriptures referring to the Messiah , espe- cially in the prophecies ( Gen. 49 : 10 ; Isa . 9 : 6 , 7 ; Jer ...
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... divine authority rested almost as much on his resurrection . He was , Paul says , declared to be the Son of God with power ... by the resurrection of the dead " ( Rom . 1 : 4 ) . Humanity needs a living , undying king . In our warfare ...
... divine authority rested almost as much on his resurrection . He was , Paul says , declared to be the Son of God with power ... by the resurrection of the dead " ( Rom . 1 : 4 ) . Humanity needs a living , undying king . In our warfare ...
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... which a woman took , and hid in three meas- ures of meal , till it was all leavened " ( Matt . 13 : 33 ) . Probably the first application to be made of this is that the leaven represents the divine life working HOW IT GROWS 39.
... which a woman took , and hid in three meas- ures of meal , till it was all leavened " ( Matt . 13 : 33 ) . Probably the first application to be made of this is that the leaven represents the divine life working HOW IT GROWS 39.
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... divine life working in the individual soul and transforming it into the likeness of Christ . It also illustrates the power of the gospel to reform and reconstruct man's social life . Of these two uses of the par- able we shall speak ...
... divine life working in the individual soul and transforming it into the likeness of Christ . It also illustrates the power of the gospel to reform and reconstruct man's social life . Of these two uses of the par- able we shall speak ...
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... divine life has begun and tends to its perfection . It may be the character of the individual believer . The life starts in the spirit and spreads out through the will , the affections , the reason , the imagination , the disposition ...
... divine life has begun and tends to its perfection . It may be the character of the individual believer . The life starts in the spirit and spreads out through the will , the affections , the reason , the imagination , the disposition ...
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Page 44 - And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 123 - And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Not so shall it be among you : but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom...
Page 124 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind...
Page 35 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 137 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 34 - I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my son ; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 52 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 83 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day : and not only to me, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Page 35 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 79 - No longer do I call you servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.