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God Sent Forth His Son
Some of the points covered in this teaching video: December 25th evokes a reflection on the birth of Jesus, otherwise known as the incarnation of the Son of God. For this reason, an expositional commentary is given on Galatians 4:4-7: ”But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under…
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December 25—Morning Devotion
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."—John 1:14 Turn aside, my soul, this day, from every vain and worldly thought, as Moses did at the bush, and behold by faith the accomplishment of what he then saw in type and figure, of this great sight which the Lord hath made known unto thee. The Word, the uncreated…
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84 Accommodation Of Scripture
ACCOMMODATION OF SCRIPTURE Is the application of it, not to its literal meaning, but to something analogous to it. Thus a prophecy is said to be fulfilled properly when a thing foretold comes to pass; and, by way of accommodation, when an event happens to any place or people similar to what fell out some time before to another. Thus…
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 4, Verse 13
“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, etc.]” As they seem to have been, about the state of the pious dead, the rule and measure of mourning for them, the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, the second coming of Christ, and the future happiness of the saints; wherefore the apostle judged it necessary to write…
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December 24—Morning Devotion
"God sent forth his Son, made of a woman."—Galatians 4:4 How little did Adam suppose, when he charged God foolishly, as by the way it may be observed all sinners do by this plan, in attempting to palm off his sin upon God, that the Lord in after ages would put distinguishing honour upon the woman, in which the man…
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83 Vulgate
VULGATE a very ancient translation of the Bible, and the only one acknowledged by the church of Rome to be authentic.
