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170 Paganism
PAGANISM The religious worship and discipline of Pagans, or the adoration of idols and false gods. The theology of the Pagans according to themselves, as Scxvola and Varrs, was of three sorts. The first of these may well be called fabulous, as treating of the theology and genealogy of their deities, in which they say such things as are unworthy…
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 3, Verse 18
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]” This was the sign or token; (see Gill on “Romans 16:20”) The subscription to this epistle is, “The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens”; though it seems rather to be written from Corinth. In the Syriac version it is said, “the Second Epistle to the…
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Here Am I; Send Me
The sixth chapter of Isaiah has long been admired for the grandeur of the vision it contains of the Lord’s divine glory. For Christians, Isaiah reveals much of Christ and His successful work of atonement. It is Christ who is seated on the throne and the church is His train. The Lord God Jehovah in His three persons is also…
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March 21—Morning Devotion
"Truly, our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."—I John 1:3 Precious, blessed consideration! Art thou, my soul, at this time in the full enjoyment of it? Pause over the inquiry. Sometimes, for the want of this search of soul, and the neglect of it, deadness, or at least leanness, creeps in. Say then, my soul,…
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169 Pantheism
PANTHEISM A philosophical species of idolatry, leading to atheism, in which the universe was considered as the Supreme God. Who was the inventor of this absurd system, is, perhaps, not known, but it was of early origin, and differently modified by different philosophers. Some held the universe to be one immense animal, of which the incorporeal soul was properly their…
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 3, Verse 17
“The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, &c.” In writing his epistles, the body and substance of them he used an amanuensis, but the salutation he wrote with his own hand: “which is the token in every epistle;” By which they might be known to be true and genuine, and be distinguished from counterfeit ones: and the rather he…
