...supplications of the sanctuary. 4. The conscientious hearer receives the word of God preached by the Minister, not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the word of God. — 1 Thess. xi. 13. This remark points out one great and prevailing error with the multitude...

...God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it, not as the word of man, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which, effectually worketh also in you that believe."* It is the word that " worketh ;"...

...God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it, not as the word of man, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."* It is the word that " worketh;"...

...mercies ; of .hearing the reviving sound of gospel grace, and of everlasting love ; and of receiving it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth the word of God ; and of sitting down to the banquet of heaven in communion with Christ crucified, through...

...both reverence and humility. " When ye received the Word of God which ye iieard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh in you that believe," 1 Thess. ii. 13. 3. Devout reliance on...

...Peter as a man, but as a messenger from God : and in like manner should we also " receive the word, not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of Godh." O that the spirit of Samuel were more visible in us', and that we sought instruction...

...addressed. May you continue, my beloved friends, to bear this testimony that you have received the Gospel, " not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh in all that believe." You have engraven on marble your sense...

...Thessalonians, that, "when they received the word of God, which they heard of him, they received it not as the word of man, but (as it is in truth) the word of God;" (1 Thess. ii. 13.) and receiving it so, they embraced it as coming from him who could...

...both reverence and humility. " When ye received the Word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh in you that believe," 1 Thess. ii. 13. 3. Devout reliance on...

...Testament, which will produce no faint impression. " The word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received not as the word of man, but as it is in truth the word of God. He therefore, that despiseth, despiseth not man, hut God, who hath also given unto us...