| 1871 - 592 Seiten
...the Lord begets all the redeemed family according to His own sovereign will. " Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures" (James i. 18). Oh! if we have spiritual life — if we live by the faith of Christ, who loved us and... | |
| Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - 1826 - 592 Seiten
...salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ." Thus, likewise, says another apostle, " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." And our Lord himself says, " My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give... | |
| Robert Wilson (A.M.) - 1826 - 236 Seiten
...privilege, had conferred on them the honour of priority and precedency ; — " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures." The import of the passage, then, seems to be, that God, of his own... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - 1826 - 706 Seiten
...MEANS OF THE WORD. St. James (i, 18.) speaks very expressly on this point — Of ids own will begat he us, with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures; wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear. St.... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 572 Seiten
...firstborn. EPH. i. 12 : That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. JAMES, i. 18: Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,...should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. REV. xiv. 4 : These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. n... | |
| Charles Grandison Finney - 2003 - 1386 Seiten
...incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."^l Pet. i. 23. "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures." — James i. 18. "For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers:... | |
| Ernest Verity - 2003 - 618 Seiten
...harvest process by which the God of heaven reaps the "first-fruits" saying, Of his own will he begat us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. By obedient faith we turn repentant from our sin, confessing the Deity of Jesus, as we submit to baptism... | |
| 490 Seiten
...Because of the cross we are one with him and one in him. Look at James 1:18: Of his own will he begat us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. In the Greek, this verse says, "That we should be creatures of himself." Myriads of himself, creatures... | |
| Charles Grandison Finney - 2003 - 1386 Seiten
...incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."^l Pet. i. 23. "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures."—James i. 18. "For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not... | |
| Betty Miller - 2003 - 64 Seiten
...the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Everything that is good and perfect is from God, and He is not sending... | |
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