John Nelson Darby

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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I know that those who esteem these little organised associations to be the churches of God, see nothing but mere meetings of men in every other gathering of God's children. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#children #churches #esteem #every #gathering

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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Let those who like society better have it. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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The cross is the centre of all this in every respect. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#cross #every #respect

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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