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... unto you , that God is light , and in him is no darkness at all . " 1 John i . 5. - See also Luke ii . 32. John i . 9. 1 Tim . vi . 16 . LIGHT was the first created , and is the purest of all God's visible works . It has been chosen by ...
... unto you , that God is light , and in him is no darkness at all . " 1 John i . 5. - See also Luke ii . 32. John i . 9. 1 Tim . vi . 16 . LIGHT was the first created , and is the purest of all God's visible works . It has been chosen by ...
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... unto him , and set him in the midst of them , and said , Verily I say unto you , Except ye be converted , and become as little children , ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven . " Matt . xviii . 2 , 3. - See also Job xxxiii . 25 ...
... unto him , and set him in the midst of them , and said , Verily I say unto you , Except ye be converted , and become as little children , ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven . " Matt . xviii . 2 , 3. - See also Job xxxiii . 25 ...
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... unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity , and sin as it were with a cart rope . " " 6 Isaiah v . 18. - See also Jer . xiii . 23 . 1 Cor . v . 9 . IF you consider how it is that a hempen twine is made strong enough to draw a ...
... unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity , and sin as it were with a cart rope . " " 6 Isaiah v . 18. - See also Jer . xiii . 23 . 1 Cor . v . 9 . IF you consider how it is that a hempen twine is made strong enough to draw a ...
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... unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity , and sin as it were with a cart rope . " The meaning seems to be , that as a strong cable is formed of threads twisted together , so the rooted habit of evil in any heart is formed of ...
... unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity , and sin as it were with a cart rope . " The meaning seems to be , that as a strong cable is formed of threads twisted together , so the rooted habit of evil in any heart is formed of ...
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... unto trouble , as the sparks fly upward . " Job v . 6 , 7. - See also Gen. xlvii . 9 . Job xiv . 1 , 2. Acts xiv . 22. 1 Cor . x . 13. Heb . xii . 7 , 8. Prov . vii . 14 . THIS world is under certain laws , which God es- tablished when ...
... unto trouble , as the sparks fly upward . " Job v . 6 , 7. - See also Gen. xlvii . 9 . Job xiv . 1 , 2. Acts xiv . 22. 1 Cor . x . 13. Heb . xii . 7 , 8. Prov . vii . 14 . THIS world is under certain laws , which God es- tablished when ...
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Page 56 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it.
Page 76 - And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Page 48 - And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, "The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Page 44 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 79 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 29 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 22 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Page 58 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 18 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 54 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?