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... transformation of the believer's inner , spiritual being into a changed , new man , reconstituted , and completely replacing the old , or natural man , who will grow progressively into the very nature , character , and image of Christ ...
... transformation of the believer's inner , spiritual being into a changed , new man , reconstituted , and completely replacing the old , or natural man , who will grow progressively into the very nature , character , and image of Christ ...
Page xvii
... transforming love of Christ , and pre - disposed to be unloving and resentful toward Christians . If we do not obey the Great Commission , we will be surrounded by an unbelieving , sinful world , and persecuted for the Word's sake when ...
... transforming love of Christ , and pre - disposed to be unloving and resentful toward Christians . If we do not obey the Great Commission , we will be surrounded by an unbelieving , sinful world , and persecuted for the Word's sake when ...
Page xviii
... transformed to the likeness of Christ , we are better fitted to enjoy more abundant life and fellowship with God and ... transformation , and to cherish that for which we have worked and to which we have contributed . Just as we had to ...
... transformed to the likeness of Christ , we are better fitted to enjoy more abundant life and fellowship with God and ... transformation , and to cherish that for which we have worked and to which we have contributed . Just as we had to ...
Page xx
... transform us to the likeness of Christ , or as a force to develop and train our resistance to evil . Whether or not God ... transformation of character , and we are empowered to grow from faith to faith when we rely on Him and spend ...
... transform us to the likeness of Christ , or as a force to develop and train our resistance to evil . Whether or not God ... transformation of character , and we are empowered to grow from faith to faith when we rely on Him and spend ...
Page xxi
... transforming our desires to conform to His . We will want no blessings on earth , save His fellowship ; we will ... transform the weeping of suffering and sorrow into tears of joy and praise as we consciously fulfill God's purposes , to ...
... transforming our desires to conform to His . We will want no blessings on earth , save His fellowship ; we will ... transform the weeping of suffering and sorrow into tears of joy and praise as we consciously fulfill God's purposes , to ...
Contents
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A Celebration of Gods Sovereignty | 113 |
Blessings Have Inherent Potential For Harm | 145 |
Gods Blessing of Participation by Faith | 175 |
Gods Blessing of Participation by Obedience | 207 |
Gods Blessing of Participation in Holiness | 285 |
The Unavoidable Suffering of Training | 307 |
The Lords Suffer | 329 |
Suffering When God Punishes Evil | 357 |
Evil Authored by Free Beings | 387 |
Gods Creative Uses of Suffering | 413 |
Suffering as Gods Instrument of Grace | 437 |
Portals to Fellowship With God | 459 |
Gods Blessing of Participation in Stewardship | 241 |
Gods Blessing of Participation in Christs Church | 265 |
Endnotes | 471 |
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Page 112 - But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create ; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy...
Page 295 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 239 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 224 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Page 437 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 250 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
Page 215 - I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 'Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Page 46 - That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.