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40541 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 165.3 (William Warren Prescott)
… , and spiritualize away this city into aerial nothingness, how unmeaning, yea, even bordering upon folly, do these minute descriptions appear; but if we take …
40542 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 167.3 (William Warren Prescott)
… of Spiritualism are accepted by the churches, the restraint imposed upon the carnal heart is removed, and the profession of religion will become a cloak …
40543 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 170.2 (William Warren Prescott)
… a spiritual experience like his. The same work must be wrought in us. We must behold God, and in beholding him lose sight of self.”- Testimonies for the Church 8 …
40544 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 177.7 (William Warren Prescott)
… substantial spiritual reality to communicate to us, that truth has its existence in the Spirit of God: he is the Spirit, the inner life of that divine truth …
40545 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 182.1 (William Warren Prescott)
… expected, spiritual drought, spiritual darkness, spiritual declension and death. Minor matters occupy the attention, and the divine power which is necessary …
40546 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 190.1 (William Warren Prescott)
… his spiritual life in which there is such a total self-surrender to God and such an infilling of the Holy Spirit, that he is freed from the bondage of sinful …
40547 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 190.2 (William Warren Prescott)
“This witness of the Spirit is the assuring conviction of the new birth and of the spiritual life which is wrought in the heart by the direct agency of the Holy Spirit of God.”
40548 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 191.1 (William Warren Prescott)
… the spiritual nature of Christ’s kingdom, though he had so often explained it to them. Their minds had become confused. They did not comprehend the value of …
40549 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 195.4 (William Warren Prescott)
4. The presence of God gives rest and makes holy, and it was the blessing of his presence which made the Sabbath a day of spiritual rest and “hallowed it,” or constituted it a holy day. Exodus 33:14; 3:4, 5; Joshua 5:15; Genesis 2:3, ARV.
40550 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 195.5 (William Warren Prescott)
5. The rest from physical work on the seventh day of the week is an outward token of our rest from our own works, which are sinful, and our entrance into that spiritual rest which comes as the result of ceasing from sin. Hebrews 4:1-5, 10, ARV.
40551 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 221.3 (William Warren Prescott)
… all spiritual presence and divine communion of the Trinity with men are through him. In other words, while the Father and Son are visibly and personally in …
40552 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 223 (William Warren Prescott)
The basis of spiritual life
40553 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 223.3 (William Warren Prescott)
… of spiritual life to his church requires the historical fact of his resurrection as its basis, for a dead Christ could not be the source of life; and that resurrection …
40554 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 225.4 (William Warren Prescott)
… universal spiritual priesthood, in which all minister and all are ministered to. Every act of service belonging to the Christian church is so described …
40555 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 227.6 (William Warren Prescott)
… own spiritual interests, but should manifest a burden for the souls of those to whom he stands related; and he should, through Christ, have a constraining power …
40556 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 229.1 (William Warren Prescott)
6. It is the duty of the elders to feed the church with spiritual food. Acts 20:28 .
40557 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 230.1 (William Warren Prescott)
… were spiritual and disciplinary as well as administrative. Addressing the Ephesian elders at Miletus four years before, St. Paul bade them ‘shepherd the …
40558 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 232.4 (William Warren Prescott)
… his spiritual kingdom. He has made this a positive condition with which all must comply who wish to be acknowledged as under the authority of the Father, the …
40559 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 233.4 (William Warren Prescott)
… previous spiritual experiences, and is the promise of growth with the body of Christ, of which the baptized is an integral part; for, in the language of Paul …
40560 The Doctrine of Christ, p. 235.1 (William Warren Prescott)
… the spiritual life of Christ. That soul will receive spiritual strength from every communion. The service forms a living connection by which the believer …