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18841 Waggoner on Romans, p. 12.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… , the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” John 16:7. And Peter said on the day of Pentecost: “This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof …
18842 Waggoner on Romans, p. 43.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… Christians comfort themselves with the thought that they live “moral” lives, and that therefore they are as well off as though they were Christians. Let all …
18843 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
“Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 .
18844 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
There are two questions that one naturally wishes to have answered when reading this text, namely, What mourners shall be comforted? and, When shall they be comforted?
18845 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… “to comfort all that mourn.” Isaiah 61:2. God is no respecter of persons. He does not single out special cases to be the recipients of his grace. This promise is for …
18846 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.4 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… Lord comforts such mourners is shown by his whole earthly life, and is specially manifest in the case of the widow of Nain, and at the grave of Lazarus. He has …
18847 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.5 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
But death is the result of sin. “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin.” 1 Corinthians 15:56. If it were not for sin, there would be no mourning. Therefore the Lord specially comforts those who mourn for their sins.
18848 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.6 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… be comforted one must know where comfort is to be obtained. The mourner must believe this promise of the Lord, and become acquainted with him through it. There …
18849 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.7 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation …
18850 Waggoner on Romans, p. 55.9 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the comfort there is in him. As “the joy that was set before him” enabled him to endure the cross, and despise the shame, so the joy that there is in him enables us …
18851 Waggoner on Romans, p. 127.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the comfort that we can get from Christ lies in the knowledge that he was made in all things as we are. Otherwise we should hesitate to tell him of our weaknesses …
18852 Waggoner on Romans, p. 154.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… , and comfort ourselves with the assurance that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin. God doesn’t condemn even when he convicts of sin; and nobody else …
18853 Waggoner on Romans, p. 183.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation …
18854 Waggoner on Romans, p. 183.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… is comfort in the thought that God is all-powerful. Therefore there is comfort in all his exhortations and commandments, since he does not expect us to act …
18855 Waggoner on Romans, p. 216.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ …
18856 Waggoner on Romans, p. 217.16 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
“That we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
18857 Waggoner on Romans, p. 219.5 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4. He takes upon himself all the reproaches …
18858 Waggoner on Romans, p. 220.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” In the book of Job this is made manifest. “Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that …
18859 Angels: Their Nature and Ministry, p. 12.1 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… , and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on; for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. And Abraham hastened into …
18860 Angels: Their Nature and Ministry, p. 30.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… very comforting to the child of God. We find a very remarkable instance of this recorded in Acts 12 : “Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands …