Tag: Wisdom of the Ages

Wisdom of the Ages – E.M. Bounds

Wisdom of the Ages

E.M. Bounds

“The church is not a democracy in which we have chosen God, but a theocracy in which He has chosen us. The church is the only society in the world that never loses any of its members, even by death. The church upon its knees would bring heaven upon the earth”
– EM Bounds

“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth…”
2 Thessalonians 2:13

Wisdom of the Ages – Adam Clarke

Wisdom of the Ages

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“Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to His holy laws”
– Adam Clarke

“…faith which worketh by love”
Galatians 5:6

Wisdom of the Ages – Angelus Silesius

Wisdom of the Ages

Angelus Silesius

“If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally”
– Angelus Silesius

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God”
John 3:5

Wisdom of the Ages – Alexander MacLaren

Wisdom of the Ages

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“Faith refers to Christ.
Holiness depends on faith.
Heaven depends on holiness”
Alexander MacLaren

“…even so now yield your members
servants to righteousness unto holiness”
Romans 6:19

Wisdom of the Ages – John Wesley

Wisdom of the Ages

J. Wesley

“Of all gossiping, religious gossiping is the worst: it adds hypocrisy to uncharitableness, and effectually does the work of the devil in the name of the Lord”
John Wesley

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“And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness”
Genesis 9:23