| John Everitt Good - Sermon on the mount - 1829 - 692 pages
...weep day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my people !'f Forbid it, spirit of Paul — " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. "J And, abov« every other consideration, forbid it, love of Christ, to which we owe our... | |
| John Wesley - Methodism - 1829 - 520 pages
...not, blot me out of the book which thou hast written;" (Exod. xxxii. 31, 32:) — or, with St Paul, " I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh !" (Rom. ix. 3.) 10. No marvel that such " love is not provoked fa xapot-uvsra1. Let it be... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1829 - 590 pages
...witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I conld wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." And if a neighbour die, and his death be attended with circumstances, which look darkly... | |
| George Eliot - 1909 - 292 pages
...first to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." The Apostle of the Gentiles had the heart of a Jew : " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and... | |
| Tom Malone - Religion - 2000 - 170 pages
...burden about unsaved loved ones and friends . Paul was concerned. "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. "--Rom. 9:1-3. There is a depth of agony and travail of soul in this passage which is beyond... | |
| John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 228 pages
...Paul had the consuming passion to see people saved. He said, "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." — Rom. 9: 1-3. Paul, the man who received the greatest revelation of divine truth ever... | |
| Gratitude - 2000 - 264 pages
...over a poor, dying and sinful race about us. Paul could write: "/ say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." — Rom. 9:1-3. Paul knew what sorrow was, but it did not affect his rejoicing. In II Corinthians... | |
| Christian biography - 2000 - 260 pages
...the Jews, were in danger of Hell, that he could honestly say: "/ say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." — Rom. 9:1-3. The burden of his heart was so great that after leaving Ephesus he called... | |
| Lee Roberson - Baptists - 2000 - 220 pages
...should be marked in all your Bibles. This man had a deep burden for his own people, Israel. He said: "That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh."—Rom. 9:1-3. "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might... | |
| Religion - 2000 - 264 pages
...fear. Paul had seen scores turn to God in consequence of his preaching before he ever penned the words, "I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my...from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." One may rejoice in the success given, but to be satisfied with it would be to grow indifferent... | |
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