...perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights :' and the Gospel by these ; ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " There are innumerable passages of Scripture besides, which might be brought to establish the doctrine...

...words of eternal life." This entire surrender of the heart to God, is the work of the Spirit ; for " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." Nothing short of this will bring us to glory. Nothing short of this can give true assurance, peace,...

...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said ; A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said ; I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He...

...Knowledge alone, or knowledge which is not founded in humility and the love of God, " puffeth up" — " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." f Let us, in the first place seek that the love of God may abide in our hearts, then let us wait the...

...Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God, &c.— John i. 13. iii. 3, &c. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — John iii. 27. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him, &c. Except...

...Father; neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. No man can come unto me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him. Not that we are sufficient...

...given ;' a proof that it is not an acquirement of the intellect, but a gift from heaven. Jesus said, ' a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' But to return to the other point, which Scripture alone must answer, what do \ve find on the subject...

...to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. Talkative. All this I "know very well. For a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven ; all is of grace, not of works; I could give you an hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this....

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...become wise unto salvation. May we ever have that humility of mind which led John the Baptist to say, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven, (John iii. 27.) Thence come all our light and all our honor, all our usefulness and all our happiness....