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1 The Privileges Of Brotherhood
This series of studies began with a friend requesting help on how to discover the structure of the Scriptures. While students of the Bible are familiar with the poetic parallelism of the Psalms, they do not realize the whole of God's Word shares the same type of symmetry. Indeed, this is further proof the Scriptures are divinely inspired, for He…
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The Life And Testimony Of Elizabeth Ainscow
She was sister to the late Mrs. M'Kenzie, and was brought up in the Church of England; but when very young she was led to see that she was a great sinner; and living in a country village, near Preston, she used to go into the fields, and there implored the forgiveness of her sins. One day the passage, "Come,…
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Living, He Loved Me; Dying, He Saved Me
1 One day when Heaven was, Filled with His praises, One day when sin, Was as black as could be; Jesus came forth to be, Born of a virgin, Dwelt among men, My Example is He! 2 One day they led Him, Up Calvary’s mountain, One day they nailed Him, To die on the tree; Suffering anguish, Despised and rejected: Bearing our…
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Salvation Is By Distinguishing Grace
Oh thou man of God, let not this truth forsake thee; ‘bind it about thy neck, write it upon the table of thine heart; it shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.’ Prov. 3:3, 8. In the faith of this, thou wilt live in love and gratitude to God, in cheerful obedience to his sovereign will,…
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That Through Death He Might Destroy Him That Had The Power Of Death
The first two chapters in the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews lay the foundation for all that the Apostle has to say later on in this most remarkable part of God’s Holy Word. Chapter 1 tells us, without a shadow of a doubt, that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God. More than that, it tells us…
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The Providence Of God
Believers rightly take great comfort in the providence of God. In an uncertain world trusting God’s providence calms our hearts for the present, and gives us confidence for the future. Yet by itself providence is not a word frequently used in our Bibles. It is used, I think, only once in the whole of scripture. However, the sense of it…
