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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... wrong . Do not think for a minute that you will get to heaven at last just because you did not curse the preacher or throw stones at the church . And it is not fair to Christianity for you to pick out the worst examples among pro ...
... wrong . Do not think for a minute that you will get to heaven at last just because you did not curse the preacher or throw stones at the church . And it is not fair to Christianity for you to pick out the worst examples among pro ...
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... wrong right . I promised Him several times that I would do so ; but I never kept my promise . Finally the Spirit of God ceased to plead with me , and my heart became harder and harder . I never felt His influence again until years ...
... wrong right . I promised Him several times that I would do so ; but I never kept my promise . Finally the Spirit of God ceased to plead with me , and my heart became harder and harder . I never felt His influence again until years ...
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... wrong with your heart . You need a new heart , which God alone can give . Many times , I have heard sinners call Christians " crazy . " God puts matters the other way about . Soon it will be determined who are the sane and who are the ...
... wrong with your heart . You need a new heart , which God alone can give . Many times , I have heard sinners call Christians " crazy . " God puts matters the other way about . Soon it will be determined who are the sane and who are the ...
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... wrong ; and until a man knows he is sick , he will never send for a doctor . The second reason why insanity is difficult to cure is because the insane will not obey orders . The morally insane have the same difficulty . They know that ...
... wrong ; and until a man knows he is sick , he will never send for a doctor . The second reason why insanity is difficult to cure is because the insane will not obey orders . The morally insane have the same difficulty . They know that ...
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... wrong idea of God . For several reasons , it would be impossible for God to take an ungodly person to heaven . It would be ruin- ous to the moral government of the universe to do so . Think of the influence of even one rebel , one ...
... wrong idea of God . For several reasons , it would be impossible for God to take an ungodly person to heaven . It would be ruin- ous to the moral government of the universe to do so . Think of the influence of even one rebel , one ...
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Popular passages
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...