...God. Then only can you receive the truth so as to derive any saving benefit from it, when you receive it, not as the word of men, but, as it is, in truth, the word of God, which also worketh effectually in them that believe. The truth will be of no avail to you if you are not...

...the commandments of God." He gave thanks on behalf of the Thessalonians, " because," as he ««ys, " when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not at the word of men, but at it it in truth, the word of God." Upon what principle could the apostle...

...only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance." It was received " not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh in them that believe." God owned the labours of all His ministering servants, and great was their joy...

...and the apostle, in writing to the Thessalonians, uses this remarkable and emphatick language — " For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,...which effectually worketh also in you that believe." In these passages of sacred writ, we have both the sanction and the illustration of the doctrine of...

...and the 'apostle, in writing to the Thessalonians, uses this remarkable and emphatick language — " For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,...which effectually worketh also in you that believe." In these passages of sacred writ, we have both the sanction and the illustration of the doctrine of...

...word of God, instead of more, I will rest on two passages to prove, 1. Thess. ii. 15 : "We thank God, because when ye received the word of God, which ye...of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God." Here the " word of God" means something which might be heard, and is put in opposition...

...because when ye received the word of truth, " which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the " wocd of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of " God,...which effectually worketh also in you that " believe." 2 Can this be said of the bulk of modern Christian churches : But, if indeed they ' adhered with sincerity...

...his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,...which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye. brethren, became followers of the churches of God •which in Judea are in Christ Jesus...

...with reading, as well as hearing. The apostle has beautifully expressed this, where he says, — " When ye received the word of God which ye heard of...which effectually worketh also in you that believe," 1 These, ii. 13. Though it is the word of God, sharper than any two-edged sword, it cannot work in...

...his holy apostles and prophets, by the Spirit. "J " For this cause," (he adds in another place,) " thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received...not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the WORD OF GOD."§ He gives also a menacing admonition to those who should despise his directions, as...