| 1884 - 398 pages
...Spirit of Christ, he is none of His ' ; but, thank God, if we provide our children with good things, how much more will the Heavenly Father ' give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? ' And 'tis He who will come into the heart and bring forth in us His fruits of... | |
| Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 pages
...appeals to us irresistibly), weak, erring and sinful men as ye are, — if ye know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ! • The same beautiful passage is preserved by Matthew almost word for word, as... | |
| Robert Ainslie - 1869 - 492 pages
...scorpion ? 13If then ye heing evil, know how to give good gifts to your children : how much more shall the heavenly Father give the holy spirit to those who ask him ? HAnd he was casting out a dumb demon : and it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb... | |
| John McLeod Campbell - 1877 - 418 pages
...us to will and to do of His good pleasure." "If we, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto our children, how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him." I am choosing my words and my quotations from the Word of God, under the influence... | |
| John McLeod Campbell - 1877 - 380 pages
...to will and to do of His good pleasure." " If we, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto our children, how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him." I am choosing my words and my quotations from the Word of God, under the influence... | |
| George Dana Boardman - 1880 - 356 pages
...scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? " (Luke xi. 11-13). In fact, it is this Divinely-ordained correspondence between things spiritual and things... | |
| Ely Vaughan Zollars - 1895 - 292 pages
...On one occasion he said to his disciples : " If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ?" This would seem to be further explained by his language on another occasion :... | |
| 1905 - 562 pages
...him who knocketh it will be opened. And who among you, who is a father, if his son shall ask 13 If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to...Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! 12 for a fish, will, for a fish, give him a serpent? or if he shall ask for an egg, will give him a... | |
| J. Herbert Williams - 1906 - 302 pages
...between the giving of the earthly father and of the Heavenly, ends thus: ' How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him ?' (Luke xi. 13); no gift besides is named. The spiritual gift, the gift of the Spirit, if any and beyond any,... | |
| Theodore Gerhardt Tappert - 1959 - 742 pages
...fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts...give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" (Luke 11:11-13). Next, since the Holy Spirit dwells in the elect who have come to 73 faith as he dwells in... | |
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