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Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
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In Regard to the Saints who Having Died in the Body Live in Christ ...
... To procure the favour of God, human merits are ever ... their Father if they do not
recognize Christ as their ... nor any saints have any intercourse with God" (Ambros ...
/.../calvin/of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 21 in regard to.htm

On the Comparison of the Law and the Gospel
... man as a sinner, and one who was to be brought back into the favour of God ... 20; xiii,
32.) (4.) One end, the praise of the glorious Grace of God in Christ. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 13 on the comparison.htm

God's Sovereignty Defined
... possessed any qualifications which entitled him to receive special favour. ... it was
just as easy for Christ to heal ... God is Sovereign in the exercise of His love. ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter one gods sovereignty defined.htm

The Priesthood of Christ
... We are indeed, by his favour "a holy priesthood," to offer up ... sacrifices; but those
sacrifices are rendered "acceptable to God, only by Jesus Christ." (1 Pet ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/oration iv the priesthood of.htm

Jealousy of John's Disciples. --Final Testimony of the Baptist. ...
... persons where the holy law of God was concerned ... effective, to invent a dialogue between
Christ and the ... of that period, manufactured to favour certain religious ...
/.../section 120 jealousy of johns.htm

The World, Created by God, Still Cherished and Protected by Him. ...
... whose has learned from the mouth of Christ that all ... 2 Kings 20:11); by these miracles
God declared that ... renew the remembrance of his paternal favour toward us. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 16 the world created.htm

The King in his Beauty
... It sees Him in the light of the Messianic hope, and so it prophesies of Christ. ... the
most eminent of royal graces is the object of the special favour of God. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the king in his beauty.htm

Monitions of Christ to the Apostles in Regard to Prudence in their ...
... light might do for the kingdom of God, if they ... As the unjust steward secures the
favour of the ... But it would be inconsistent with Christ's general teaching to ...
/.../section 182 monitions of christ.htm

But Having Asserted that Our Religion is Supported by the Writings ...
... In former times the Jews enjoyed much of God's favour, when the fathers ... under your
tortures, we cry out, "We worship God through Christ." Count Christ ...
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The Object of Missions, and Various Modes of Operation.
... "When we seek the favour of a ... that as creatures we may each one go directly to God,
for He ... we have an excellent opportunity of showing how worthy Christ is of ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xi the object of.htm