The Great Cloud of Witnesses; Or Faith and Its Victories. Second Series. Joshua to David, Volume 2 |
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Abel Abraham acceptable animal sacrifice Apostle appear become believe blessings book of Joshua brethren brought Canaan character Christ Christian command confidence consequences covenant darkness death Deluge desert of sin Divine testimony earth earthly Egypt Enoch Esau event evil exercise eyes faith father favour fear feelings fitted Flood Friend of God fulfilment future glorious glory God's Gospel grace grandeur hand Haran heart heaven heir holy honours human imputed righteousness influence intercourse Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Joseph land living look Lord manner means mercy Meribah mighty mind moral Moses mountain narrative nature Noah offering passed perfect Pharaoh possession prayer present promise purpose reason receive recognise Red Sea regard render result revelation righteousness sacrifice scene Scripture silence sinner sins Sodom soul speak spiritual splendour suffering thee things thou thoughts thy seed tion trial truth unto wickedness witness wonderful word worship
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Page 283 - Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Page 186 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 298 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 255 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 182 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 110 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 236 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills...
Page 238 - But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 99 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 32 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.