 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 526 էջ
...it is queftioned, " What fhall we do, that we may work the work of God ?" Chrift anfwers, " This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath fent." This is the work of his approbation ; yea, this is the \vcrk of his operation, ver. 45. 65.... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 էջ
...some of their own good deeds they might merit this bread. Now observe Christ's plain answer. This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent — " This is the great duty which is necessary to the acceptance of your persons and your works ;... | |
 | 1803 - 818 էջ
...29. " What shall we do that we may work the works of God ? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent :" so that faith implies works (where works can be wrought), and works imply faith, the one as the... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1805 - 258 էջ
...the children of light, an appellation never bestowed on any but true believers. John vi. 29. This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. — These words contain an answer to a question. The persons who asked it were men who followed Christ... | |
 | 1808 - 604 էջ
...shall I do ? M. " Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved. (Acts xvi. 31.) Thisis the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent; (John vL 29.) And by him all that believe are justified from all things." (Acts xiii. 39.) Come naked,... | |
 | 1810 - 596 էջ
...the faith of Christ, has all ; he that wants it, has nothing. Well might our Lord say that " ihis is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath...circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but fait li which worketh by love." Dissert, on Gal. ii. 20. MUSTARD SEED. "A GRAIN of mustard seed,"... | |
 | Daniel McCalla, William Hollinshead - 1810 - 458 էջ
...command of God, that we believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ." And he himself says, " this is the work of God, that ye believe in him, whom he hath sent." No work unaccompanied with this, can be in the least available to eternal life, or so estimable in... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1810 - 540 էջ
...inquired of ouf Lord, ffr/iat shall we efo, that we might work the works of God? He answered, This is the work of God, that ye believe in Him whom he hath sent. St. John inculcates the same truth, M'hen he says, This is the commandment of God) that we should believe... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - 158 էջ
...were always associated. The principal term, or condition of the gospel, is faith in Christ : " This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent." Mr. Wesley taught this uniformly; and maintained with St. Paul, that "being justified by faith, we... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 750 էջ
...his name ; for "it is God who worketh in us both to will and to do." Faith is God's work ; " This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent." And God tells us that " it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Those who are bowed... | |
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This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. 
