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AN ALPHABET OF BIBLE PROMISES NEW heart also will 1 give you, and a new spirit will 1 put within you. (Ezek. 36:26.) JJELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. (Acts 16 :31.) QOME unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and 1 will give you rest* (Matt. 11:28 .) QRAW nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. (Jas. 4:8.) P Y E hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1 Cor. 2:9.) P E A R not, for 1 am with thee. - (Isa. g 43:5.) {“JIVE and it shall be given unto you. . (Luke 6:38.) H IM that cometh unto me, 1 will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37.) | WILL never leave thee nor forsake * thee. ( (Heb. 13:5.) JESUS’ last promise is— Lo, 1 am with you alway.' (Matt. 28:20.) I^NOCK. and it shall be opened unto you. “ (Matt. 7:7.) J IKE as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. (Psa. 10 3:13 .) IV/JY grace is sufficient for thee. (2 Cor. 12:9.) ^^OW therefore go, and 1 will be with thy mouth to teach thee. (Ex. 4:12.) ("JPEN thy mouth wide and 1 will fill it. ■ (Ps. 8 1:10 .) p E A C E 1 leave with you, my peace I give unto you. (John 14:27.) QUIETNESS and confidence shall be your strength. (Is. 30 :15.) DESIST the devil and he will flee from you. (Jas. 4:7.) SEEK and ye shall find. (Matt. 7:7.) T H E blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7.) JJN TO you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2: IT.) y E R I L Y , verily, I say unto you, Whatso ever ye ehall ask the Father in my name he will give it you. (John 16:23.) \X7HOSOEVER calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2 :2 1.) YE are my friends if ye do whatsoever 1 command you. (John 15 :14 .)
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I I P eter 1:11. T u e s d a y ; n o v . 29 . A cts 2 8 : 1 5 - 24 . P au l a t Borne. I t must have been a memorable hour for P au l when he entered the gates of Borne. I t was the fulfilment of his dreams and prayers for years. He came, however, not as a free man but as a prisoner. This was really an advantage for he was under the protection of th e Boman government and safe from Jew ish persecution. He was more free to preaeh the Gospel th an if he had gone as a missionary. Tie was allowed considerable liberty. He had th e freedom of th e praetorium and could w in here a lodging for himself outside. He was a prisoner indeed b u t w ithout th e sp irit of a captive. H is ehain was not th e work of a crim inal b u t a badge of honor for C h rist’s sake. H is chained hands were not idle. He wrote many letters. There flowed out from him continually rivers of living w ater in rich blessing for his fellow men. Sickness, poverty, adversity hav e' lim itations b u t all Christians who are not free to do w hat th eir hearts prompt them, should learn- a lesson of rad ian t and re joicing victory from Paul in prison a t Borne. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30. Acts 28:25-31. The T ransition of th e Gospel from Jew to Gentile. This seems to mark the final and p er manent break w ith Israel and the cessation of Gospel overtures which began oh the day of Pentecost. P rio r to th is time it had been the Jew first and then the Gen tile. H enceforth it would be the Gentile first, and then th e Jew . A t th a t time the church of Christ was a small despised handful of people consisting for the most p a rt of artisans and slaves. Borne was in the zenith of her power. The glories of the great empire have perished. Only a few ruins tell the story of h e r ,greatness. That poor despised sect everywhere spoken against is now found everywhere on earth. The life of God is in the church and makes it immortal. Consider the ‘‘Golden House”, of Nero and the prison of Paul. Compare the oeeupants of each and their influence in the world. Which was the happier man, the emperor or the prisoner! “ I ’d ra th e r be th e least of them Who are the L o rd ’s alone, Than wear a royal diadem ' And sit upon a th ro n e.”
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