Qualifications for Ministerial Power

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Hartford Seminary Press, 1895 - Clergy - 241 pages

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Page 19 - But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you ; and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Page 150 - Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 18 - And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Page 104 - But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God. Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 104 - For the Spirit searcheth all things, Yea, the deep things of God. For .who among men knoweth the things of a man? — Save the spirit of the man, which is in him. Even so the things of God none knoweth, Save the Spirit of God. But we received, not the spirit of the world, But the Spirit which is of God, That we might know the things that are freely given to US by God.
Page 14 - And he gave some to be apostles ; and some, prophets ; and some evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ...
Page 16 - It interposes no sacrificial tribe or class between God and man, by whose intervention alone God is reconciled and man forgiven. Each individual member holds personal communion with the Divine Head. To Him immediately he is responsible, and from Him directly he obtains pardon and draws strength.
Page 81 - I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson.
Page 113 - Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
Page 230 - And now, my little children, abide in him ; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his 1 coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

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