...without some wandering thoughts ? When do they hear the word as in the presence of God, and receive it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God ? Do they not sometimes hear with great dulness, and at other times are not able to mix...

...cause also thank we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh alto in yon that believe. 0 Luke ix. 44. Let these sayings sink down into your ears; for the...

...in much assurance," 1 Thess. ii. 13. "Ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.' And so " the Spirit beareth witness that the Spirit is the truth.'...

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...We thank God without ceasing, " because when ye received the word of truth, which " ye heard of us ; ye received it not, as the word of " men, but, as...is in truth, the word of God, which " effectually worketh also in you that believe."2 Can this be said of the bulk of modern Christian churches? But...

...pick not up this seed from you as it is so\\n. Give thyself wholly to it, 1 Tim. iv. 15. " Receive it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God," 1 Thess. ii. 13. Ai:d hear it with application, looking on it as a message-pent from...

...it appears so and so to us ; which is most absurd. The scripture teaches otherwise, 1 Thess. ii. 13. 'Ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God.' Most plainly does our Lord teach this, John v. 34, ' I receive not testimony from men...

...that their word came to them—not in word only, but in power: and that they received it, not jfe the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, " which effectually " worketh also in you that believe." And thus, to view the subject more separately and in parts, we...

...Thess* ii. 13. " When ye received the wonl of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the won! of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh in you that believe." The apostle commendelh their receiving of the word when preached unto...

...pick not up this seed from you, as it is sown. " Give thyself wholly to it) 1 Tim. iv. 15. " Receive it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God," 1 Thess ii. 13, And hear it with application, looking on it as a message sent from heaven,...