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T. Austin-Sparks

The Rest And The Courage Of Faith (Hebrews 4:9)

T. Austin-Sparks"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God" (Heb 4:9). "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief" (Heb. 3:19). "Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said un... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Significance of Levites in Relation to Heavenly Fullness

T. Austin-Sparks"And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it." (Joshua 3:3). First of all, it is this fragment - "the priests, the Levites, bearing it", bearing the ark ... Read More
John Nelson Darby

The Pleasant Land despised Numbers 13, 14

John Nelson DarbyBeloved, do our hearts indeed say "We are on our way to God"? Do we believe that, with the innumerable throng of the redeemed, we shall soon sing the everlasting anthem of praise to the Lamb? It is astonishing the simplicity of heart there is when we believe that "we are on our way to God." Whenever... Read More
Jonathan Edwards

They have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice

Jonathan EdwardsXII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice. I mean, they have that influence and power upon him who is the subject of them, that they cause that a practice, which is universally conformed to, and directed by Christian rules, should be the practice and busin... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Mind (3563) nous

Mind (3563) (nous) refers to a basic meaning direct one's inner sense to an object. Nous refers to human intellectual perception and moral judgment. It is the God given faculty of perceiving and understanding and is the channel through which truth reaches the heart. Nous describes everything in the ... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Part (share) (3310) meris

Share (3310) (meris) refers to (1) a portion of a whole that has been divided ("district" in Acts 16:12). (2) a share or an assigned portion (Lk 10:42, 2Co 6:15, Acts 8:21, Col 1:12). The Greek reads more literally " for the portion of the lot" --that is we each receive our own individual assigned a... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Rest And The Courage Of Faith

T. Austin-Sparks"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God" (Heb 4:9). "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief" (Heb. 3:19). "Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said un... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Release (send away, divorce) (630) apoluo

Released (630)(apoluo from apó = marker of dissociation, implying a rupture from a former association, separation + luo = loose) is used often of sending a person or a group away from someone (Mt 14:15, 22, 23, 32, etc). Apoluo frequently has the sense of to let loose from or to release (as from und... Read More
William Gurnall

The Christian in Complete Armour - Part 18

Direction Twelfth. The Duty of every Christian in complete Armour to aid by Prayer the Public Ministers of Christ. 'And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds' (Eph. 6:19, 20). The a... Read More

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