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13. Sanctification In Christ
“Sanctified in Christ Jesus.”—1 Corinthians 1:2 A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby In Gower Street Chapel, London, On Lord's Day Morning, May 9th, 1841. I have no doubt that in this assembly, in some corner or other, there are some poor, hobbling souls who are terrified almost to death about the doctrine of sanctification. They read, in the book of…
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14. The Lord’s Supper
John Gadsby—The following meager scraps are all I have been able to meet with as to my father's observance of the Lord's Supper. If there were any one part of the services of God's house in which he was more solemn and impressive than another, it was at this ordinance, and every time, month after month and year after year,…
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15. The Union Between Christ And His Church
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”—1 Corinthians 12:13 May I entreat you to ask your consciences this important question. As you have read from the Word of God, that Christ is the Head…
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16 Christ And His Church, One
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body being many, are one body; so also is Christ.”—1 Corinthians 12:18 The inseparable union which subsists between Christ and his church is a most glorious part of the dispensation of God's matchless grace. The blessed Lord Jesus Christ, as the Christ, and…
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17 The Body Sown And The Body Raised
[I have two MSs., one by Mr. Player, of the following. They differ somewhat, one being a little fuller than the other. See also the ”G. S.,” for 1862 and 1872.—J. G.] “It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.”—1 Corinthians 15:43,44 This chapter clearly shows…
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18. The Sentence of Death in Ourselves
Preached on Sunday Evening, May 9th, 1841, in Gower Street Chapel. “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.”—2 Corinthians 1:9. In the fourth verse the apostle says, “Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are…
