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"We believe that, to attain the true knowledge of this great. mystery, the Holy Ghost kindleth in our hearts an upright faith, which embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, appropriates him, and seeks nothing more besides him. For it must needs follow, either that all things, which are requisite
Who is sufficient unto these things? Surely, the implication is: no one is sufficient of himself! And this is emphasized in the subsequent context: our sufficiency is of God (II Cor. 3:5). Yet this is not the emphasis in verse 17. The emphasis is rather on the fact that not those who corrupt the Wor
Whether you have little or much, you do have enough of what really matters in this life in Christ alone. You have all things that you need in body and soul! Truly, you and I do lack nothing. We do have enough. May the Lord give us the eyes of faith to see that truth. *Rev. Smit is pastor of First Pr
He is suffering the loss of all things, and with Paul confesses that they are but dung when compared to Christ’s honor, and the “excellency of knowledge” of Christ. So also must we put off the things that are distracting us from true communion with God. Young people, remember this: God is sufficient
The word contentment means "to be satisfied, to be sufficient." Being content is to know that we lack nothing. An outstanding contentment confession is found in Psalm 23:1: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." To confess this from the heart joyfully is true contentment. Contentment is to con
The apostle stresses the fact that they have no sufficiency whatsoever and hence can reckon and claim absolutely nothing as their own product. All their sufficiency is from God. He is its source. And in that glorious work of the ministry and its blessed fruit, the apostle would be last to claim an i
That the Bible is sufficient implies especially two things. Positively, it means that the believer finds Scripture to be adequate for all his needs. The Bible is adequate in the life of the believer personally. It provides all the necessary guidance and lays down every spiritual principle that is ne