The Great Change: A Treatise on ConversionAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1843 - 180 pages |
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... atone for sin , or appease the wrath of God ; that , besides , you are a mortal creature , and , because you may die soon and suddenly , you need an immediate salvation , and cannot wait for it till you might merit it by your works ...
... atone for sin , or appease the wrath of God ; that , besides , you are a mortal creature , and , because you may die soon and suddenly , you need an immediate salvation , and cannot wait for it till you might merit it by your works ...
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... atonement for sin , the efficacy of his mediation , his readiness to save repenting sinners , must be sought for by you in the sacred book . The object for which it has been written and pre- served in the world , is to proclaim ...
... atonement for sin , the efficacy of his mediation , his readiness to save repenting sinners , must be sought for by you in the sacred book . The object for which it has been written and pre- served in the world , is to proclaim ...
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... atonement , as to impress upon your mind the important fact , that you will find true peace with God by pleading it , and only by pleading it ; for all other efforts of your desire , or hope , or faith , or repentance , will be ...
... atonement , as to impress upon your mind the important fact , that you will find true peace with God by pleading it , and only by pleading it ; for all other efforts of your desire , or hope , or faith , or repentance , will be ...
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... atonement for their pardon . Soften this stony heart ; enlighten this dark mind ; subdue my flesh to the dictates of thy Spirit ; subject my reason to the authority of thy word ; and let my joy be found in thy forgiving love . Pour into ...
... atonement for their pardon . Soften this stony heart ; enlighten this dark mind ; subdue my flesh to the dictates of thy Spirit ; subject my reason to the authority of thy word ; and let my joy be found in thy forgiving love . Pour into ...
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... atonement for sin ; what , by a gracious forgiveness , a full pardon , and a promise of eternal life . You can , further , understand what is meant by an entire change of character . In so far as these things can be expressed by words ...
... atonement for sin ; what , by a gracious forgiveness , a full pardon , and a promise of eternal life . You can , further , understand what is meant by an entire change of character . In so far as these things can be expressed by words ...
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acceptance admit alarm anxiety anxious atonement awful truth become believe Bible blasphemy blessing change of heart Christ Jesus Christian command condemnation confess conscience conscious consider conversion convictions convinced creature death delay demnation depravity desire Divine authority Divine grace Divine word entreat eternal everlasting evil fact faith fear feel felt forgiveness God's gospel grace guilt happy hear heaven Holy hope hopeless impenitent important infidel James iv Jesus Christ John iii John xvi look Lord lost Luke Matt means means of grace mercy mind moral nature never notion pardon plead pleasure prayer profess promise prove reader reason receive reject religion RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY repentance righteousness salvation Satan saved Saviour Scripture seek serious sinner sins sophistry soul Spirit suppose sure thing thou thought threatening tion true truth unbeliever uncon unconverted person unto verted worldly
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Page 44 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 35 - Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Page 126 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 104 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page xi - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 68 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 56 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 72 - Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds: 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds : ) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath, shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Page 97 - But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Page 34 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth; but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.