| Robert Coutts - 1808 - 460 páginas
...the Father ? Let us, then, in return, " crucify the flesh, " with the affections and lusts ;"| and present ourselves " a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto " God ; which is our reasonable service. "§ Again, the unspeakable gift," if its worth be duly regarded, and the obligation conferred in it... | |
| William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1832 - 540 páginas
...children of light," having " no fel" lowship with the unfruitful works of dark" ness p ;" and that we " present ourselves a " living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, " which is our reasonable service V These are the indispensable obligations we owe to " the Author and Finisher of our faith ;" and "... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1841 - 608 páginas
...grievous to us, and that we are in no respect serving him in the spirit of bondage, but that we joyfully present ourselves "a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service." What says his word, " All that is in the world, the lust of the tlesh, the lust of the eyes, and the... | |
| 1846 - 398 páginas
...<mrselves every day and hour. Christianity especially sanctifies and consecrates, not days and temples, but men and women; and requires us to present to God,...us ' to present ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptahle unto God, which is our reasonable service.' How ? We are told in the same twelfth chapter... | |
| British nation - 1851 - 208 páginas
...be reconciled to him through faith in the Son of his love ; and in the strength of the Holy Spirit to present ourselves " a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God," which is our " reasonable service." SECTION II. ON THE VAST AMOUNT OF LABOUR EMPLOYED IN OUR MANUFACTURING AND MINING OPERATIONS; AND THE... | |
| John Brown - 1857 - 662 páginas
...love constrain us, to show our gratitude by our obedience. Influenced by these mercies of God, let us present ourselves " a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service — our rational worship." § 4. The Bearing of the Divine Method of Justification on Spiritual Transformation.... | |
| John Brown - 1857 - 702 páginas
...love constrain us, to show our gratitude by our obedience. Influenced by these mercies of God, let us present ourselves " a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service — our rational worship." 1 1 John iv. 10. » Rom. v. 8. § 4. The Bearing of the Divine Method of... | |
| Robert Drummond B. Rawnsley - 1867 - 482 páginas
...yourselves you will see, that we ought to keep under our bodies, and bring them into subjection, and yield ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service ! Surely you will feel that it is the height of foolhardiness, for any one to go on now in the old... | |
| A. M. James - 1876 - 144 páginas
...motive which always moved Him, that the 'Father might be glorified.' Shall not we then, also, gladly ' present ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service ? ' So shall we be transformed by the renewing of our minds, and so shall we prove, to our inexpressible... | |
| Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1883 - 424 páginas
...forgets all else. The Epistle also leads us into God's house in order to teach us how we should offer ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service. ness, but Lhis must be given to Him, niid so the employment of our hands and minds made] holy. The... | |
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