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...(Matt. xvi. 19.) " As thou hast sent me into the world." (John xvii. 18 ; see John xiii. 16. 20.) " Shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he...apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell." (Acts i. 24, 25.) " Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the...

...offer a solemn prayer to God, for direction in their choice ; — including these remarkable words : " that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,...transgression fell, that he might go to his own place" They, therefore, who quit this life, have, every one, their own place, to which they go : they go,...

...(Matt. xvi. 19.) " As thou hast sent me into the world." (John xvii. 18 ; see John xiii. 16. 20.) " Shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he...apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell." (Acts i. 24, 25.) " Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the...

...Acknowledging Jesus Christ as the unseen head of the church, they pray to him, " Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou...he may take part of this ministry and apostleship. And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias." " And when the day of Pentecost was...

...before told them, " I and my Father are one 1." "And they prayed and said, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou...he may take part of this ministry and apostleship. — And the lot fell upon Matthias." From this proceeding we are taught a very useful and important...

...successor to Judas was being chosen, Luke reports that "they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen" (Acts 1:24). Paul and Barnabas were sent forth as missionaries as the church at Antioch "ministered...

...determining the will of God. God was making the choice. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two Thou hast chosen. (Acts 1:24) The nominations of the multitude in the selection of deacons were sent to the elders. Whom...

...to the denial of God. (4) Thus the apostles made Matthias one of them in his stead with the words, "from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place."40 (5) And what sort of "place" but the one the Savior had awarded him by calling him a "son...

...Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may...transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." (v. 24, 25.) They do well to mention the sin of Judas, thereby showing that it is a witness they ask...