...Hereby we know that we are of the truth,2 and shall assure," or persuade, " our hearts before Him ; for if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God, and whatsoever things we...

...us in the spirit, effectually calls us to the confidence of sonship. Therefore does one Apostle say, "if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God," and another Apostle, " the Spirit beareth witness with our spirit that we are the sons of God." And...

...rejoice that you have peace through believing. When ' God justifieth, who is he that condemneth ? ' and ' if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.' Yes, it is this which makes prayer an exercise in which the soul delights ; for ' With confidence we...

...Apostle John, " Hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God." 1 John iii. 19, 20, 21....

...opinion of our fellow-creatures, aga.nst the convictions of our own consciences ; but remember that if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. May we never substitute mere opinions and outward forms and ceremonies, in the room of that grace that...

...GOOD CONSCIENCE. THESE are pointed out, ¡n very expreffive words, by the apoftle in the text — ' If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God; and whatfoever we afk, we receive of him.' What greater comfort can there be than confcious virtue,...

...unintelligible, "Brethren, if our heart condemn us not, then have we peace with God ; if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things."* A passage in which the Greek and English are only verbal, not real translation of the Hebrew word,...

...our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and will freely pardon us for Christ's sake ; but if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. 1 John, iii. 20, 21. Komanists and Romanizers pretend, that there are greater means of grace in that...

...ought or could. The heart that has faltered in its love, rarely falters in its verdict here, and " if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knoweth all things." This holy law existed before it was expressed on Mount Sinai. It is a common, but a very foolish imagination,...

...ministers to our comfort in the hour of need and in the time of trouble, Brethren, if on this matter our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts,...our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those...