 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...is of the greatest importance. Without it the people perish. Total ignorance here is total ruin. But to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, is eternal life. To see and acknowledge God in all our ways is an essential part of genuine piety. To fail in so doing... | |
 | Joseph Tuckerman - 1835 - 128 pages
...each other, and your mutual affection, as no prosperity would have strengthened them." " If may be so," he said ; " and yet property is a great good...of bringing you to the knowledge of God and of the Saviour? Would you exchange this knowledge, with its consolations and hopes, for all that the world... | |
 | Joseph Tuckerman - 1835 - 164 pages
...good you may be greatly indebted to your long illir ,ss. I have strong doubt whether the trial (rf poverty be greater than that of abundance, or whether...of bringing you to the knowledge of God and of the Saviour? Would you exchange this knowledge, with its consolations and hopes, for all that the world... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1836 - 322 pages
...the character of a just God and a Saviour. 6th. Does not this reward imply eternal life 1 Yes, for to know God, and Jesus Christ, whom he has sent, is eternal •life. 7th. When is this life eternal received and enjoyed ? Answer, when this knowledge is obtained. Had... | |
 | 1853 - 604 pages
...is of the greatest importance. Without it the people perish. Total ignorance here is total ruin. But to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, is eternal life. Tosee and acknowledge God in all our ways is an essential part of genuine piety. To fail in so doing... | |
 | 1862 - 752 pages
...his fear and nurture : and if he should forsake them, every one of them would apostatize and perish. To know God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, is eternal life : and it is through the Church that this knowledge of God and of Christ is imparted to men, and this... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 678 pages
...not only a terrible rebuke of our ignorance, but it proves that our religion is vain. John iv. 22. "To know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, is eternal life." John xvii. 3. Not to know that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him,... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 648 pages
...not only a terrible rebuke of our ignorance, but it proves that our religion is vain. John*iv. 22. " To know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, is eternal life." John xvii. 3. Not to know that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him,... | |
 | George D Watt - 1865 - 394 pages
...for blessings in the name of Jesus Christ and to approach the Father in his name. We are told that to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent is eternal life. This knowledge cannot be obtained independently of revelation. We cannot come to God except through... | |
 | Samuel Zane Batten - 1898 - 330 pages
...of Christ and he shall know. To see and believe the love of God is the first step toward salvation. To know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent is eternal life. 2. T-he cross brings deliverance to man from the dominion of sin. The cross is such a potent thing... | |
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I have strong doubt whether the trial of poverty be greater than that of abundance, or whether sickness be by any means so great a trial of virtue as health. To know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, is eternal life. 
