Rebellion Against God
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- Forbidden
- Provokes God
- Provokes Christ
- Vexes the Holy Spirit
- EXHIBITED IN
. Unbelief
. Rejecting his government
. Revolting from him
. Despising his law
. Despising his counsels
. Distrusting his power
. Murmuring against him
. Refusing to hearken to him
. Departing from him
. Rebellion against governors appointed by him
. Departing from his precepts
. Departing from his instituted worship
. Sinning against light
Job 24:13; Joh 15:22; Ac 13:41
. Walking after our own thoughts
- CONNECTED WITH
. Stubbornness
. Injustice and corruption
. Contempt of God
. Man is prone to
. The heart is the seat of
Jer 5:23; Mt 15:18,19; Heb 3:12
- THEY WHO ARE GUILTY OF
. Aggravate their sin by
. Practise hypocrisy to hide
. Persevere in
. Increase in, though chastised
. Warned not to exalt themselves
. Denounced
. Have God as their enemy
. Have God's hand against them
. Impoverished for
. Brought low for
. Delivered into the hands of enemies on account of
. Cast out in their sins for
. Cast out of the church for
. Restored through Christ alone
- Heinousness of
- GUILT OF
. Aggravated by God's fatherly care
. Aggravated by God's unceasing invitations to return to him
. To be deprecated
. To be confessed
- God alone can forgive
- God is ready to forgive
- Religious instruction designed to prevent
- Promises to those who avoid
- Forgiven upon repentance
- MINISTERS
. Cautioned against
. Sent to those guilty of
. Should warn against
. Should testify against
. Should remind their people of past
- Punishment for
Le 26:14-39; 1Sa 12:15; Isa 1:20; Jer 4:16-18; Eze 20:8,38
- Punishment for teaching
- Ingratitude of-Illustrated
- Exemplified
. Pharaoh
. Korah &c
. Moses and Aaron
. Israelites
. Saul
. Jeroboam
. Zedekiah
. Kingdom of Israel