...doing so, which apparently runs counter to the idea of it being our work at all when he tells us that it is " God that worketh in us to will and to do of His good pleasure." He speaks very boldly, there is no fine fencing of the case as between God's...

...mass of readers. This text is understood to teach the same that St. Paul teaches, when he says that it is " God that worketh in us to will and to do." Now, we find in the fact that all good works are the product of the Holy Spirit in the human heart,...

...for His presence, are the works of His hands. In Him is our triumph, our rejoicing and our boast. " It is God that worketh in us, to will and to do of His good pleasure." Have we love ? It is "shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is...

...doing so, which apparently runs counter to the idea of it being our work at all, when he tells us that it is "God that worketh in us to will and to do of His good pleasure." He speaks very boldly ; there is no fine fencing of the case, as between God's...

...the man himself, so it is not wrought by God without the concurrence of the man ; but the fact that " it is God that worketh in us to will and to do of His good pleasure," is an encouragement to us to respond to His overtures and yield ourselves to...

...in Christ, he is a new creature ; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new." " It is God that worketh in us to will and to do of His good pleasure." We are God's husbandmen. He breaks up this evil fallow-ground of our old nature,...

...and Apostles is that of the potter's power over lumps of clay to mould them according to his will. It is ' God that worketh in us to will and to do of His good pleasure/ That the doctrine has been greatly abused and is abused is undeniable. What,...

...have of proving to be children of God. And under the sense of it, with fear and trembling let us work, for it is God that worketh in us to will and to do. He worketh in us to will. When I trace back any of my actions to the fountain where it takes its rise...

...from its plan. On the other hand, we descend upon our work with fulness of power when we realise that it is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure. What is our view of life ? Have we but a physical existence, or are we the messengers...

...that the grace of God in the human soul might be more than a match for nature, that men shafl see that it is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure. And we beseech of thee thatthou wilt bless those who are going abroad, to jails...