Author: George Burder

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781331388708

Excerpt from Village Sermons, Vol. 3 of 7: Or Ninety One Plain and Short Discourses on the Principal Doctrines of the Gospel The belief of a God is the foundation of all religion. If we "come to God," for the purpose of worship, we "must believe that he is;" and we cannot come to him aright, without knowing what he is, or what the perfections which he possesses. It is, therefore, of the greatest importance to obtain a right knowledge of his character; and this is what is affirmed by "the faithful and true witness" in the words of our text. Our Lord asserts that "it is eternal life" to know the only true God - that is, it is the means, the way, the sure and only way to eternal life: - that there is a connexion between the right knowledge of the only true God, and the attainment of eternal felicity, of which, indeed, this knowledge furnishes the true Christian with the beginning and the earnest. Let us here consider, 1. The glorious objects of saving knowledge; and, 2. The connexion of this knowledge with eternal life. I. The great and glorious objects of saving knowledge, mentioned in the text, are - "the only true God," and "his Son Jesus Christ." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.