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five times; Luke fifteen times; John fifty- six times. World in Matthew nine times; Mark three times; Luke three times; John seventy-nine times. Believe, in Matthew eleven times; Mark fifteen times; Luke eight times; John ninety- nine times. THE FOOL 1. His B elief . —The fool has said in his heart, There is no God, Ps. 14:1. 2. His W alk . —The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in dark ness. Ecc. 2 :14. 3. His S tanding B efore G od . —When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in foois: pay that which thou hast vowed. Ecc. 5 :4. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight. Ps. 5:5. 4. His M irth . —The heart of fools is in the house of mirth, Ecc. 7:4. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools. This also is vanity, Ecc. 7:6. 5. His F ood . —The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow up hitnself, Ecc. 10:12. 6. His H ouse . —Every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand, Matt. 7 :26. 7. His E nd . —Thou fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee, Luke 12:20.
7. “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything accord ing to his will, HE heareth u s ; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petition that we desired of h im ” (1 John 5:14, 15).— Selected. .CREATION. 1. God made the Universe.—Gen. 1:1. 2. He made the angels (?).—Col. 1:16. 3. He ordered the earth and peopled it. —Gen. 1 '.2-27. 4. He did it by His Word.—Gen. 1:i5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 20, 24, 25; John 1:1-3. 5. He did by Christ.—1 :13-16. 6. . By the Holy Spirit.—Gen. 1 :2 ; Job 26:13. 7. He did it wisely.—Prov. 3 :19 ; Ps. 104:14, 15; 139:14-17. ; 8. It was well done.—Gen. 1:31. 9. All beautiful.—Eccles. 3 :11. 10. All glorious.—-Ps. 19:1. 11. All for His pleasure.—Rev. 4:11. 12. All for Christ.—Col. 1:16. 13. All for the Church.—Eph. 1 :22, 23; 2:7.--Y. LOVE—WORLD—BELIEVE—LIFE. Four words which characterize John’s Gospel, and all four in John 3:16. In the four Gospels they occur thus: Life in Matthew seven times; Mark four times; Luke six times; John thirty-six times. Love in Matthew twelve times; Mark HOLY SPIRIT AT WORK. I. His Quickening of Us for Life (John 6:63). II. His Testimony Through Us to World (John 16:7, 8). III. His Witness with Us of Sonship (Rom. 8:16). IV. His Guidance of Us in Truth (1 John 2:27).
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V. His Leadership of Us in Service (Acts 13:3, 4). VI. His Indwelling of Us for Fellow ship (Phil. 2:1). VII. His Infilling of Us for Power (Acts 1:8; Rom. 15:13).
FOUR GREAT FACTS. :
(1) “God was in Christ, (2) reconciling the world unto himself, (3) not imputing
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