Without Excuse: A Sympathetic Examination of Some of the Excuses which Often are Made when the Spirit Beckons Men on to a Christian Life |
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... saved . And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion , that they should believe a lie . " 2 Thessalonians 2 : 10 , II . Few who are advanced in age yield their hearts to God . Still there is hope for them if they will throw ...
... saved . And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion , that they should believe a lie . " 2 Thessalonians 2 : 10 , II . Few who are advanced in age yield their hearts to God . Still there is hope for them if they will throw ...
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... saved , or reject it and be lost . Should a drowning man argue with the one who is trying to save him as to the best way to do it ? He should be glad to be saved in any way . Look at the crowds that throng our city streets . There are ...
... saved , or reject it and be lost . Should a drowning man argue with the one who is trying to save him as to the best way to do it ? He should be glad to be saved in any way . Look at the crowds that throng our city streets . There are ...
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... saved ; if I could only lift the veil and let you see that city with gates of pearl , and that better land where flowers fade not and there is no death , I am sure your heart would break , and never again would you say , " I don't feel ...
... saved ; if I could only lift the veil and let you see that city with gates of pearl , and that better land where flowers fade not and there is no death , I am sure your heart would break , and never again would you say , " I don't feel ...
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... saved myself had I listened to His pleading voice so many years ago ! " While you are making excuses and waiting , the Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from your heart . Even though God should grant you repentance ...
... saved myself had I listened to His pleading voice so many years ago ! " While you are making excuses and waiting , the Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from your heart . Even though God should grant you repentance ...
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... saved . He has made a plan by which mercy can rejoice against justice . The plan is broad enough to save you . Nobody need be damned . But if you will not be saved , if you refuse to let God save you when He would , then you condemn ...
... saved . He has made a plan by which mercy can rejoice against justice . The plan is broad enough to save you . Nobody need be damned . But if you will not be saved , if you refuse to let God save you when He would , then you condemn ...
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Page 92 - But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father ? They say unto him, The first.
Page 37 - That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Page 96 - And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Page 47 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 81 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 148 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 70 - I would rather have lived in a hut with a vine growing over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the amorous kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky, with my...
Page 7 - And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie : That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Page 51 - Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop, Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Page 25 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...