...May it be our desire to hear what God, the Lord, shall say to us. May we receive the word preached, not as the word of man, but as the word of God ; and may it work effectually in us, as in all that believe. 0 let us not be forgetful hearers, but doers...

...with the deepest reverence. When St. Paul ministered at Thessalonica, the people "received his word, not as the word of man, but as the word of God : " and for that he specially commends themc. And thus, whether written or preached, it must be received by...

...Gospel wrought to the conversion of the Thessalonians, we are distinctly informed : they received it, " not as the word of man, but as the word of God :" it " came to them, not in word only, but in power :" and by it " they were turned from idols to...

...whom the Bible comes an instant and inevitable obligation to receive it and its fundamental truths, not as the word of man, but as the word of God. Hence unbelief is inexcusable. No candid mind can fail to be convinced by this evidence. So the dread...

...the Day Long." Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, No. 2,150. at old. If you can say, " I hear the word, not as the word of man, but as the word of God," it will have its effect upon your heart. Oh, that the word may come to you with demonstration of the...

...me power, with the pure unmixed milk of his word. And those who are as little children receive it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God. Some grow thereby, and advance apace in peace and holiness : they grieve, it is true, for those who...

...heard and felt caused her to attend our little place ; and it is very clear she received the word, not as the word of man, but as the word of God. Her love and regard for me were great ; but she did not say one word to me till she was near her end....

...consequence. For the writers of the New Testament very frequently quote the Old, and invariably quote it not as the word of man, but as the word of God. "All Scripture," says St. Paul, "is given by inspiration of God." "Holy men of God," says St. Peter,...

...Jesus ; but we warn and teach in Tain, unless you believe, and receive the truth in love and gratitude, not as the word of man, but as the word of God ; and if our warnings and teachings do not take effect, you will die in your sins and perish for ever. For...

...affirmed in the Scriptures. Therefore we receive them not upon the testimony of man, but of God — not as the word of man, but as the word of God. And without assuming to be infallible, we have that confidence that these are the doctrines of God, that...