...again he says, " Hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. But if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things." Hare the apostle...

...answer such questions as these ? It may seem so now, but the hour is coming when it will not seem so. " If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and will condemn us much more, even with another kind of condemnation than conscience doth. The voice of...

...thereby. " The apostle John, speaking of obedience to the new commandment of love, says, ' Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God ;' that is, if, notwithstanding our natural bias against the gospel, with its remaining effects, giving...

...He knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." (xxiii. 10.) " If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." (1 John iii. 21.) All promises of divine support and consolation are made to the upright in heart ;...

...salvation, and have thy commandments ?" Did John encourage a confidence in the flesh, when he said, "If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God f or Peter, when he appealed to Christ, " Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee...

...God confirms its judicial sentence : 1 John iii. 20, ** If our hearts," that is, our consciences, " condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things." Every man may and must hold private sessions within, preparatory to the great assizes ; if he be but...

...and fear hath torment. Perfect love, which is manifested by a spiritual life, casteth out fear ; and if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. I think you must see that as certainly as death has passed on all men, so the deliverance is equally...

...to than to be examined by it. If our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God; and if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things. In vain does the world applaud if conscience condemn. The voice of the world reaches...

...things cannot supply ; and with the loss of this, we lose all the supports of religion. For if our own hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. But on the other hand, when the storms of adversity press heavily upon us, whether we have fallen from...

...ought not to condemn me, and may never fail to condemn me where it ought. xLiii.• 1 JOHN iii. 21. If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. I. Our acquittal at the bar of conscience. This will be experienced, 1. In the removal of guilt from the...