 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 862
...gospel that the heart can be changed. Other means may act against the outworks of sin and misery, but the gospel is mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. To elevate a people without the gospel,... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - Liczba stron: 490
...disease against the remedy. And by that likewise the apostle commendeth the power of the gospel, that it is " mighty, through God, to the pulling down of strong holds, and imaginations or fleshly reasonings." When Christ stilled the winds and the sea with but two words,... | |
 | Joseph Vaill - 1828 - Liczba stron: 24
...famishing it for the bread and water of life — whither they may repair to hear that gospel which is " mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds," and which " is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." The house here to be erected... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - Liczba stron: 582
...thoughts and intents of the heart0." Nothing can eventually stand before it : weak as it may appear, it is " mighty, through God, to the pulling down of strong holds, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christd." Look at the primitive ages of the... | |
 | Thomas Comber - 1841 - Liczba stron: 382
...gratitude. Hence, secondly, affirmatively, they are told their spirit is first " the spirit of power," which is mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, and the casting doivn every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God e. A zealous bishop... | |
 | 1851 - Liczba stron: 594
...soul is spoiled of its rebellion, and renovated in love. In the accomplishment of this conversion, the gospel is mighty through God, to the pulling down of strong holds, and every imagination which exalteta itself against God. When Jesus stilled the tempest with two words,... | |
 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 884
...gospel that the heart can be changed. Other means may act against the outworks of sin and misery, but the gospel is mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. To elevate a people without the gospel,... | |
 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 840
...gospel that the heart can be changed. Other means may act against the outworks of sin and misery, but the gospel is mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. To elevate a people without the gospel,... | |
 | Catherine Marsh - 1860 - Liczba stron: 106
...record — that God hath given to us, sinners, Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son. This weapon is " mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds." And what service can be more delightful ! If it be man's greatest happiness to enjoy peace with God through... | |
 | 1866 - Liczba stron: 568
...marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart;" a weapon of spiritual warfare which is " mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." " It is the power of God unto salvation... | |
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However valuable other means may be for preventing the external manifestations of sin, it is only by the gospel that the heart can be changed. Other means may act against the outworks of sin and misery, but the gospel is mighty through God to the pulling... 