...brethren beloved, your election of God. For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance." 1 Thess. 1 : 4, 5. Their election of God was the thing to be proved ; but alas, might they say, Who can know...

...am dead to the law," Gal. ii 19. FEB. 15. — Our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. — 1 Thess. i. 5. Sin, salvation, death, judgment, eternity, though matters of the highest moment and utmost importance...

...received the Spirit, then their miniftry is a powerful miniftry; as Paul, iTheJf. i. 5. The gofptl came to you not in word only, but in power , and in the holy Qboft; and therefore in power, becaufe in the holy Spirit, And again, i Cor. ii. 4. My fpeech and preatking...

...things : (i.) Hath he exerted his power for you, and exercifed his power in you ? Hath the gofpel come to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghoft, and in much affu ranee ? I Theff. i. 5. I might here, if time allowed, fpeak particularly of...

...preferred unto them, for their ready reception of die word; indeed, to some at Thessalonica, it came not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost; and which was an evidence of their election, and by which they might know it. But then this was only...

...you would enter into the mind of God. You next lead us to 1 Thess. i. 5 : — " For our gospel came not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost." This is exactly confirmatory of what we have stated. Paul1 s proclamation of the Gospel was effectual...

...Spirit of God, yet deny his influence ; who agree not with the Apostle Paul, that the " Gos" pel cometh not in word only," but " in " power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in " much assurance." Begin, then, the important inquiry ; for " the time is short," and this question will soon...

...assurance. See how Paul teaches this, 1 Thess. i. 5, " Our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance," 1 Thess. ii. 13. "Ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, not as the word of men, but (as it is in...

...brethren beloved, your election of God. For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance," 1 Thess. i. 4, 5. This law and the seal are described by Paul himself; " In whom also, after that ye believed;"...

...Spirit of God, yet deny his influence; who agree not with the Apostle Paul, that the " Gospel cometh not in word only," but " in "power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much " assurance." Begin, then, the important inquiry ; for " the time is short," and this question will...