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98621 Miraculous Powers, p. 16.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that …
98622 Miraculous Powers, p. 17.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith.” He exhorts the Corinthians to “all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same …
98623 Miraculous Powers, p. 25.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
But the skeptical objector inquires, “Where are the gifts? If your position be correct, why have they not been manifested in the church all along down ever since God set them in the church? Why are not the sick healed by faith now?”
98624 Miraculous Powers, p. 26.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… by faith in Paul’s day. He says [ 2 Timothy 4:20 ], “Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.” Again he says to Timothy [ 1 Timothy 5:23 ] “Drink no longer water, but use a little …
98625 Miraculous Powers, p. 26.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… , confiding faith that moves Omnipotence. Those only who have this faith may expect the manifestation of the gifts. Mark 2:5. “When Jesus saw their faith, he said …
98626 Miraculous Powers, p. 27.1 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith.” These were Heaven’s appointed means to secure the unity of the church. Christ prayed that his people might be one, as he was one with his Father. Read …
98627 Miraculous Powers, p. 27.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… of faith and practice, yet reject the gifts, are not a whit better off. In these perilous times they shake to fragments, yet crying, the Bible! the Bible! We, too, would …
98628 Miraculous Powers, p. 28.1 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… of faith. To show that they cannot have their creeds and the gifts too, that creeds shut out the gifts, we will suppose that God, through chosen instruments taken …
98629 Miraculous Powers, p. 28.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… living faith led the church from the dark shades of error and formality to a clearer light, proves the necessity of the mind’s being well balanced with caution …
98630 Miraculous Powers, p. 31.1 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… knowledge,’ ‘faith,’ ‘gifts of healing,’ ‘prophecy,’ ‘discerning of spirits,’ etc. Now mark, these are all supernatural gifts of the Spirit. Not natural endowments, not …
98631 Miraculous Powers, p. 31.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… of ‘faith.’ 1 Corinthians 12:9. By faith here, the apostle evidently intends something more than justifying or sanctifying faith. He speaks of faith as a special …
98632 Miraculous Powers, p. 32.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… this faith, as cited by Paul. Hebrews 11:32-35. These instances, to be sure, are cited from the Old Testament, but if such power of faith was enjoyed by the ancient …
98633 Miraculous Powers, p. 34.1 (Merritt E. Cornell)
By a careful examination of history we find that miraculous powers have been manifested more or less, according to the faith and piety of the church in all ages.
98634 Miraculous Powers, p. 34.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… ancient faith grieve that Mormons and Spiritualists have professed faith in spiritual gifts. But shall we reject the true because of Satan’s counterfeit …
98635 Miraculous Powers, p. 36.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… that faith, prayer, the ordinance of baptism, or the gospel itself was to be perpetuated. Our Saviour declares (see Dr. Geo. Campbell’s translation) that “these …
98636 Miraculous Powers, p. 37.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
98637 Miraculous Powers, p. 37.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
These reasons are as applicable to the church now as ever. Profit, exhortation, comfort, and edification, are needed now. The necessity for preventing schisms, perfecting saints, and unity in the faith, was never greater than at the present time.
98638 Miraculous Powers, p. 38.1 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith which was once delivered unto the saints,” they earnestly contend against it. If churches would really and truly take the Bible as their guide, being …
98639 Miraculous Powers, p. 39.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… reach. “Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries, It shall be done.”
98640 Miraculous Powers, p. 39.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… his faithful people; innumerable instances of which, especially with respect to recovery from sickness, may easily be produced. For instances, see the Arminian …