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... preaching of his gospel . Socrates and Plato taught ethics and philosophy , and made many disciples too ; but neither of them conceived the idea of form- ing his disciples into a community or brother- hood . There was no solidarity ...
... preaching of his gospel . Socrates and Plato taught ethics and philosophy , and made many disciples too ; but neither of them conceived the idea of form- ing his disciples into a community or brother- hood . There was no solidarity ...
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... preached penetrated the dark places of sin and idolatry , like sun - rays driving back the darkness of night . Wickedness in the hearts and lives of men gave way to grace and truth . Christ established his church . True holiness adorned ...
... preached penetrated the dark places of sin and idolatry , like sun - rays driving back the darkness of night . Wickedness in the hearts and lives of men gave way to grace and truth . Christ established his church . True holiness adorned ...
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... preach his gospel to every creature , he commis- sioned them to make disciples in all nations , " baptizing them in the name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have ...
... preach his gospel to every creature , he commis- sioned them to make disciples in all nations , " baptizing them in the name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have ...
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... preach- ing . All such meetings and public devotions are visible . The saving effects of the gospel ministered through the church are visible . God calls and qualifies certain persons to preach this gos- pel . Their preaching produces ...
... preach- ing . All such meetings and public devotions are visible . The saving effects of the gospel ministered through the church are visible . God calls and qualifies certain persons to preach this gos- pel . Their preaching produces ...
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... preaching of the gospel . He sets the members in the body as it pleases him . As before stated , this work is invisible , but these members who constitute the body are visible . Its ministry - evangelists , pastors , and teachers -are ...
... preaching of the gospel . He sets the members in the body as it pleases him . As before stated , this work is invisible , but these members who constitute the body are visible . Its ministry - evangelists , pastors , and teachers -are ...
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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.