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Recognizing the Devil’s Work Among Men, by F C Jennings
I would like to put before you a picture of two men, and ask you to tell me which, in your judgment, is the best exhibition of the work of the Devil. The first is by no means a choice character. You will find him in the saloon; very probably…
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Biblical Hermeneutics.
Is the word “begotten” in John 3:16 of Authorized Version a problem that creates confusion when establishing the Deity of Christ? Here are some answers I found on this question. Answer 1: Greek Text First, there is no difference, as far as the Greek word μονογενής (monogenés) is concerned –…
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Know Your Bible History
Taken from Got Question. Who was the King James that the King James Version of the Bible is named after? Answer: The King James Version of the Bible is also called the Authorized Version, because the translation was authorized by King James I of England. The preface of the KJV dedicates the…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, The Second Epistle of Peter, Chapter Three, Looking On To The Culmination
By H A Ironside As Peter looked forward to the day when he should seal his own testimony for Christ by laying down his life, as the Lord had foretold, he was the more anxious to arouse the saints generally to the importance of maintaining their confidence in what God had…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, The Second Epistle of Peter, Chapter Two, Increasing Apostasy And The Call To Righteousness
By H A Ironside False doctrines had begun already to make serious inroads into the churches scattered throughout the world, as Paul’s later letters give evidence, and as that of Jude also bears witness. Peter had this in mind when he gave his final message to the saints; but he foresaw…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, The Second Epistle of Peter, Chapter One, The Blessings Bestowed Upon Believers Through The Righteousness Of God
By H A Ironside As we begin our consideration of this Second Epistle it is well for us to remember that it is in the nature of a final message from Christ’s venerable servant, the Apostle Peter, who wrote in view of his forthcoming martyrdom, in order to warn believers of…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, The Second Epistle of Peter, Introduction
By H A Ironside How much time elapsed between the writing of the two Petrine Epistles we have no way of determining. But certainly when one says, “This second epistle … I now write unto you” (3:1), it implies that the first one had been sent on just a short time…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, Chapter Five, The End Of The Way
By H A Ironside The path of suffering, both for Christ and for His followers, ends in glory. Peter has a special word for his fellow-elders, to whom was committed the care of the flock of God, and who were, as we know, specially exposed to the assaults of the enemy.…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, Chapter Four, The New Life Contrasted With The Old
By H A Ironside Conversion to God involves an inward and an outward change. When born again one receives a new nature with new desires and new ambitions. The whole behavior is changed from that of a selfish worldling to a devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. The great importance…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, Chapter Three, The Christian Family
By H A Ironside “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the Word, they also may without the Word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, Chapter Two A New Nation
By H A Ironside “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as unto…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, Chapter One The Trials of the Way
By H A Ironside “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace, be…
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Expository Notes On The Epistles Of Peter, First Peter, Introduction
By H A Ironside “The Epistles of Peter were written primarily—in accord with his special ministry to the circumcision (Galatians 2:8)—to Christian Jews of the dispersion, who dwelt in various provinces in western Asia, where most of the Apostle’s labors had been. They have to do with the believer’s relation to…
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Lecture 16, Glorying In The Cross, Galatians 6:11-18
By H A Ironside Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they…
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Lecture 15, Grace In Action, Galatians 6:1-10
By H A Ironside Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself…
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Lecture 14, Liberty, Not License, Galatians 5:16-26
By H A Ironside This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things…
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Lecture 13, Faith Working By Love, Galatians 5:7-15
By H A Ironside Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but…
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Lecture 12, Falling From Grace, Galatians 5:1-6
By H A Ironside Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is…
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Lecture 11, A Divine Allegory, Galatians 4:21-31
By H A Ironside Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh;…
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Lecture 10, The Elements Of The World, Galatians 4:8-20
By H A Ironside Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to…
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