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... existence of Christian sects is a strange phe- nomenon , deep - shrouded mystery . The crystal flow of the celestial river that was seen spark- ling down the granite bed as it was descending towards the plain seems entirely out of sight ...
... existence of Christian sects is a strange phe- nomenon , deep - shrouded mystery . The crystal flow of the celestial river that was seen spark- ling down the granite bed as it was descending towards the plain seems entirely out of sight ...
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... existence until the third century . Was God's church an invisible thing on earth for nearly three hundred years ? Who can affirm that the multitude of sects have made visible the church of God , from which they are severed by their ...
... existence until the third century . Was God's church an invisible thing on earth for nearly three hundred years ? Who can affirm that the multitude of sects have made visible the church of God , from which they are severed by their ...
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... existence every secta- rian wall of modern times . " The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul . " He who , by his transforming grace , wrought this beautiful effect at the beginning of his heavenly kingdom on ...
... existence every secta- rian wall of modern times . " The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul . " He who , by his transforming grace , wrought this beautiful effect at the beginning of his heavenly kingdom on ...
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... the family of Satan . " As the root is holy , so are also the branches . " There- fore the unholy are not branches at all . The chief end of man's existence is to wor- ship the Lord . But how must a holy God 102 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH :
... the family of Satan . " As the root is holy , so are also the branches . " There- fore the unholy are not branches at all . The chief end of man's existence is to wor- ship the Lord . But how must a holy God 102 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH :
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... existence since Christ organized his own body . Irrespective of nationality , race preju- dice , or any of these things , through salvation all men of all classes are reconciled unto God in one body by the cross . That one body is his ...
... existence since Christ organized his own body . Irrespective of nationality , race preju- dice , or any of these things , through salvation all men of all classes are reconciled unto God in one body by the cross . That one body is his ...
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Page 346 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 153 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : " for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 287 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not ; for it is given unto the Gentiles : and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 325 - And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Page 391 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Page 255 - Little children, it is the last time ; and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Page 227 - Having, then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 173 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 247 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 410 - When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.