Scripture Lessons: Or, The History of the Acts of the Apostles, in Question and Answer, Volume 2 |
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... natural state of the human heart , in reference to divine things ? It is closed against the truth . How is it closed ? By prejudice , which cannot discern the truth ; or , by pride and perversity , which will not admit it . Who can open ...
... natural state of the human heart , in reference to divine things ? It is closed against the truth . How is it closed ? By prejudice , which cannot discern the truth ; or , by pride and perversity , which will not admit it . Who can open ...
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... natural What event ? It was natural in itself ; but miraculous in the time and manner of its occurrence . circumstances marked it to be of a miraculous character ? " Immediately all the doors " of the prison " were opened , and every ...
... natural What event ? It was natural in itself ; but miraculous in the time and manner of its occurrence . circumstances marked it to be of a miraculous character ? " Immediately all the doors " of the prison " were opened , and every ...
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... nature and the rules of life . What do you mean by the laws of nature ? The principles by which the world is upheld and governed . Where can we find those laws or principles ? In the works and word of God . Did the philosophers * Acts ...
... nature and the rules of life . What do you mean by the laws of nature ? The principles by which the world is upheld and governed . Where can we find those laws or principles ? In the works and word of God . Did the philosophers * Acts ...
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... nature of the true God ? Yes ; for if they did not listen to him , their own altar would condemn In what respect ... nature is spiritual ; secondly , that his power is creative ; thirdly , that his providence is unbounded ; and ...
... nature of the true God ? Yes ; for if they did not listen to him , their own altar would condemn In what respect ... nature is spiritual ; secondly , that his power is creative ; thirdly , that his providence is unbounded ; and ...
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... nature . Why did the Apostle insist upon the common origin of the human race ? To bring down the pride of the Athenians , who thought themselves of a different stock from the rest of mankind . What may we learn from the statement that ...
... nature . Why did the Apostle insist upon the common origin of the human race ? To bring down the pride of the Athenians , who thought themselves of a different stock from the rest of mankind . What may we learn from the statement that ...
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Popular passages
Page 146 - And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Page 256 - For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 206 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 210 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Page 194 - To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Page 44 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 87 - Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter...
Page 212 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 131 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law...
Page 206 - Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.