Bible Dictionary: The Affections: Christ Claims the First Place In

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Matthew 10:37
He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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Library

The Mind which was in Christ Jesus. Rev. George Wood.
... character, high as were His claims, glorious as ... subject of all the emotions, affections,
and impulses ... unity distinguish the character and conduct of Christ. ...
/.../king/the wesleyan methodist pulpit in malvern/the mind which was in.htm

The Sufferings of Christ Reconciled with the Goodness of God.
... be most justly punished; for as the claims of retributive ... in relation to the sufferings
and death of Christ. ... would have been subverted: the affections of his ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter iii the sufferings of.htm

Faustus Claims that the Manichæans and not the Catholics are ...
... Book V. Faustus claims that the Manichæans and not the ... charity from all base and
vicious affections, by saying ... and, besides, you maintain that Christ, who says ...
/.../faustus claims that the manichaeans.htm

The Sinfulness of Original Sin.
... condemnation, or, in the words of Christ, that "the ... the righteousness of the entire
claims of God ... the strength of sinful inclination and affections, and the ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/the sinfulness of original sin.htm

The Approbation of Goodness is not the Love of It.
... Why is it, that when the character of Christ bows your ... it does not bend your will,
and sway your affections? ... can refuse submission to such high claims, when so ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/the approbation of goodness is.htm

Divine Support and Protection
... to the conscience, leave the heart and affections unchanged. ... fruits of righteousness
which are by Jesus Christ; that they ... is wholly due to Him, and He claims it ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xlv divine support and.htm

Victory Over the World through Faith
... hate the light, and might stubbornly resist the claims of God ... will reign in that
soul; the supreme affections will be ... the ground that the Gospel of Christ is a ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/xxii victory over the world.htm

The Journey to Jerusalem - Chronological Arrangement of the Last ...
... to which the world would now submit the claims of Christianity ... and His Work, and
a heart and affections simple, undivided, and set on Christ and His ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iv the journey to.htm

The Life of Christ.
... meagre and vapid"they were not calculated to enlarge the mind or to move the
affections"they consisted ... The claims of Jesus as the Christ were decisively ...
//christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the life of.htm

He Proceeds to Discuss the views Held by Eunomius
... He is said to work comfort, surely claims as His ... and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who comforteth ... comfort, to take remedial thought for affections of body ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 14 he proceeds to.htm

Subtopics

Affections

Affections of Saints, Supremely Set on God

Affections of the Wicked, are Unnatural and Perverted

Affections of the Wicked, not Sincerely Set on God

Affections: Blessedness of Making God the Object of

Affections: Carnal Affections Crucified in Saints

Affections: Carnal, should be Mortified

Affections: Christ Claims the First Place In

Affections: Enkindled by Communion With Christ

Affections: False Teachers Seek to Captivate

Affections: should be Set Upon Heavenly Things