| Religion - 1835 - 440 pages
...said, ' My brother, I must first ask you one or two questions. Have you the witness within yourselfl Does .the Spirit of God bear witness with your spirit, that you are the child of Godl' I was surprised, and knew not what to* answer. He observed it, and asked, ' Do you... | |
| 1848 - 508 pages
...Christ, ye are yet in your sins ; and no hope of heaven can you have whilst this is the case. But, if " the Spirit of God bear witness with your spirit that you are indeed his children," by working in you the dispositions and acts of children, then may you adopt the... | |
| Hannah Kilham - Missions - 1837 - 534 pages
...your heart, and your neighbour as yourself, doing unto others as you would have them do unto you ? Does the Spirit of God bear witness with your Spirit that you are a child of God ? Is there anything scriptural in the manner, so very common, of estimating the spiritual state of... | |
| Albert Badger - 1837 - 392 pages
...spirit of adoption, that He may seal you with the Holy Spirit of adoption, that the Holy Spirit may bear witness with your spirit that you are a child of God ; that you may know that you are a son of God, and have full assurance that you are a pardoned sinner,... | |
| Thomas Jackson - Itinerancy (Church polity) - 1839 - 256 pages
...one of their pastors, whose advice he asked relative to his own conduct. The venerable German said, " My brother, I must first ask you one or two questions....witness with your spirit that you are a child of God ?" Mr. Wesley -says, " I was surprised, and knew not what to answer. He observed it, and asked, ' Do... | |
| Thomas Jackson - Itinerancy (Church polity) - 1839 - 312 pages
...utterly unfounded. On this question I will join issue with him whenever he will produce his authority. or two questions. Have you the witness within yourself?...witness with your spirit that you are a child of God ?" Mr. Wesley says, " I was surprised, and knew not what to answer. He observed it, and asked, 'Do... | |
| William Naylor - 1839 - 48 pages
...guiding influence and holy teaching of that Spirit which leads into all truth. When he was first asked, " Does the Spirit of God bear witness with your spirit that you are a child of God ? " he observes, " I was surprised, and knew not what to answer." When asked again, " Do you know Jesus... | |
| John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1840 - 686 pages
...I soon found what spirit he was of; and asked his advice with regard to my own conduct. He said, " My brother, I must first ask you one or two questions....witness with your spirit, that you are a child of God'i" I was surprised, and knew not what to answer. He observed it, and asked, " Do you know Jesus... | |
| Thomas Jackson - Methodism - 1841 - 598 pages
...Gospel. Know yourself, a poor, guilty, helpless sinner I Then know Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. Let the Spirit of God bear witness with your spirit, that you are a child of God : and let the love of God be shed abroad in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto you... | |
| 1841 - 844 pages
...your mind is carnal. That it is because you are at war with Heaven, and therefore the Spirit cannot bear witness with your spirit that you are a child of God. That it is because you are unpardoned, unreconciled, unsanctified. Resist not the conviction, that... | |
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