Emphasis Preaching Journal
When the great Methodist George...
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When the great Methodist George Whitefield preached on this passage, he claimed that the burning bush was "a significant emblem of the church, and every individual child of God ..."
Particularly he was impressed that, like the church, God spoke through "a bush, a little bush of briers and thorns ... because the church of Christ generally consists of poor, mean despicable creatures; though it is all glorious within, yet it is all despicable without."
Particularly he was impressed that, like the church, God spoke through "a bush, a little bush of briers and thorns ... because the church of Christ generally consists of poor, mean despicable creatures; though it is all glorious within, yet it is all despicable without."
