He will enable you to pull down the strong holds of sin and Satan, and that work by which he is pleased will prosper in your hands.
ADAM CLARKE
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To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.
Adam ClarkeAdam Clarke To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.
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