...Ghost, that it worketh effectually and giveth life. It is when the Gospel cometh, as St. Paul says, "not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance," that it is powerful to salvation, causing men to become followers of the Lord. Oh ! that...

...miracles among you." — To the Thessalonians he says, (1 Thess. ch. i. 5.) " Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." — To the Corinthians he thus expresses himself: (1 Cor. ii. 4.) " My preaching was not with enticing...

...foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Cor. i. 18. Our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 1 Thess. i. 5. The entrance of thy words giveth light. Ps. cxix. 130. Sanctify them through...

...onward to the possession of certain and unfading bliss. Then it is, the gospel comes to him, not " in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ;" " casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge...

...serve the living God. This he himself testifies in his epistle to them : " Our gospel came unto you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance : having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, ye were ensamples...

...should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 1 Thess. i. 5, 6. For our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. And ye became followers...

...workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Eph. ii. 1, 10. . For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance* 1 Thes. i. 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that 've shauld be a kind,...

...same was mighty iu,truo towards the Gentiles." Gal. ch. ii. i. ** For our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance." 1. Thess. ch. i. 5. f Mark, xvi. 20. Luke, xxiii. 8. John, ii. 11, 23; iii. 2; iv. 48,...

...these effects, praying, with earnestness and faith, that His Gospel might come to his hearers "not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." St. Paul's preaching was designed and calculated to bring his hearers to repentance. Repentance is...

...* * * that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost. 3. Passages in which divine actions are ascribed to the Holy Ghost. Creation and preservation : —...