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Gentleness
The text for this meditation is also recorded in 2 Samuel 22:36b. There it is history. In the Psalms it is, as it were, prepared for the chief musician and recorded for an even larger audience. Matthew Henry notes that others may make use of it to thank God for their deliverances. Now ...
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Thank you for this question. It nicely suits the set criteria for the Q&A page in The Banner of Truth. Perhaps the few lines that were added in addition to the abovementioned question remind us again that we must not too quickly assume that our children and ...
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This question was asked recently at a sing-a-long for young people, and I promised to answer it in The Banner of Truth, as well, as it really is a question that nicely fits the criteria set for the Q&A page.The Bible clearly speaks about de ...
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Regarding the innate knowledge of God in man, we need to turn to Romans, chapter 1:18-32. Particularly Romans 1:19 and 20 speak of a certain knowledge of God with which man is born. This knowledge can be described as a certain consciousness of the existence of a higher Being: ...
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Before I answer this question more concretely, I would like to make two observations about the question itself, or the way it is worded—not to criticize the question but because it was thought provoking. In the first place, let us hope that what you stated in the first sentence is, ind ...
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The answer to this question is not as difficult as it sounds. There are many examples in Scripture which speak of the Lord in such a way that God, as it were, adapts His revelation to our finite, human understanding. As a matter of fact, the Bible is full of such a form of speech conce ...
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By the word exercise is meant—if I understand the question correctly—the exercises of faith. In Dogmatics we distinguish between the principle (or planting) of faith and the acts or exercises of faith. Regarding the first, the soul is passive as the sinner is quickened when he is dead ...
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Recently, I received a number of questions which were left over from the Norwich Youth Day. Rev. H. de Leeuw forwarded them to me and asked if it were possible that I would try to answer them in The Banner of Truth. To show that we take all questions seriously, ...
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These words are often quoted in prayer and sermons and can be found in Acts 2:37: “Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?” It is the fruit upon the well ...
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When I started writing for this rubric almost seven years ago, I took it upon myself to try to answer any question, as long as it falls within the perimeters set by the editors, and that the subject matter asked lends itself for the instruction and edification of the entire readership ...
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