Profiting from the word

The true source of spiritual nutrition to gain truth and life! A classic from one of the finest Christian writers of the twentieth century.

» There is grave reason to believe that much Bible reading and Bible study of the last few years has been of no spiritual profit to those who engaged in it. Yes, we go further; we greatly fear that in many instances it has proved a curse rather than a blessing. This is strong language, we are well aware, yet no stronger than the case calls for. Divine gifts may be misused, and Divine mercies abused. That this has been so in the present instance is evident by the fruits produced. Even the natural man may (and often does) take up the study of the Scriptures with the same enthusiasm and pleasure as he might of the sciences. Where this is the case, his store of knowledge is increased, and so also is his pride. Like a chemist engaged in making interesting experiments, the intellectual searcher of the Word is quite elated when he makes some discovery in it; but the joy of the latter is no more spiritual than would be that of the former. Again, just as the successes of the chemist generally increase his sense of self-importance and cause him to look with disdain upon others more ignorant than himself, so alas, is it often the case with those who have investigated Bible numerics, typology, prophecy and other such subjects.

«The Word of God may be taken up from various motives. Some read it to satisfy their literary pride. In certain circles it has become both the respectable and popular thing to obtain a general acquaintance with the contents of the Bible simply because it is regarded as an educational defect to be ignorant of them. Some read it to satisfy their sense of curiosity, as they might any other book of note. Others read it to satisfy their sectarian pride. They consider it a duty to be well versed in the particular tenets of their own denomination and so search eagerly for proof-texts in support of «our doctrines.» Yet others read it for the purpose of being able to argue successfully with those who differ from them. But in all this there is no thought of God, no yearning for spiritual edification, and therefore no real benefit to the soul. Of what, then, does a true profiting from the Word consist? Does not 2 Timothy 3:16,17 furnish a clear answer to our question? There we read, «All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.» Observe what is here omitted: the Holy Scriptures are given us not for intellectual gratification and carnal speculation, but to furnish unto «all good works,» and that by teaching, reproving, correcting us. Let us endeavor to amplify this by the help of other passages.»

CONTENTS:

1. THE SCRIPTURES AND SIN

2. THE SCRIPTURES AND GOD

3. THE SCRIPTURES AND CHRIST

4. THE SCRIPTURES AND PRAYER

5. THE SCRIPTURES AND GOOD WORKS

6. THE SCRIPTURES AND OBEDIENCE

7. THE SCRIPTURES AND THE WORLD

8. THE SCRIPTURES AND THE PROMISES

9. THE SCRIPTURES AND JOY

10. THE SCRIPTURES AND LOVE

Arguably Arthur Pink’s finest book, Profiting from The Word demonstrates the nourishing and life supporting effect of Bible reading (rightly done) on the believer’s attitude to sin, God, prayer, good works, obedience, the world, the promises, joy and love. It’s a clear, stirring treatise for all readers, and will prove excellent for group study. Especially recommended for young believers.

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Profiting From The Word And Worship Of God

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Profiting from the Word

A. W. Pink

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,

for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished

unto all good works.”—
2 Timothy 3:16-17

Contents

Lesson 1 The Scriptures and Sin 2

Lesson 2 The Scriptures and God 7

Lesson 3 The Scriptures and Christ 11

Lesson 4 The Scriptures and Prayer 16

Lesson 5 The Scriptures and Good Works 21

Copyright 2005 Chapel Library. In North America, for courses in print, contact: school@mountzion.org

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Permission is expressly granted to reproduce this material provided: 1) the material is

not charged for, and 2) this complete paragraph is included prominently.

About the Author

Arthur W. Pink was born in Nottingham, England in 1886, and born again of the Spirit of God in 1908. He studied at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, USA for only six weeks before beginning his pastoral work in Colorado. From there he pastored churches in California, Kentucky and South Carolina before moving on to Sidney, Australia for a brief period, preaching and teaching. In 1934, He returned to his native land, England, and in 1940 took up permanent residence on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, remaining there until his death twelve years later in 1952. Most of his works, including The Attributes of God, first appeared as articles in the monthly Studies in the Scriptures published from 1922 to 1953.

Suggestions

This Study Guide is based on the paperback book Profiting from the Word by A. W. Pink.

Please answer the questions below from the information given in the paperback text. Each chapter in the paperback corresponds to the lesson you are doing. For example, the information you need to answer the questions from lesson one in this Study Guide is found in chapter one in the paperback. Before you begin the questions, please read the paperback’s chapter for the lesson you are taking.

Please read slowly enough so you understand what you read. It is also always good to pray before each lesson, asking the LORD for wisdom to apply what you learn to your lifeand to enable you to love Him with all your mind, heart, soul, and strength…for this is the first commandment (Mark 12:30).

Response questions are intended to support a clear understanding of what the text says about profiting from the Word. Please use your own words in all your answers, and not merely quoting from the text.

Making It Personal questions bring the biblical principles into practical application. The goal here is change in your own life toward godliness. There are no right or wrong answers; we are looking only for your honesty with yourself in personal commitments.

Lesson 1 The Scriptures and Sin

Motives for Studying the Word

There is grave reason to believe that much Bible reading and Bible study of the last few years has been of no spiritual profit to those who engaged in it. Yea, we go further; we greatly fear that in many instances it has proved a curse rather than a blessing. This is strong language, we are well aware, yet no stronger than the case calls for.

Divine gifts may be misused, and Divine mercies abused. That this has been so in the present instance is evident by the fruits produced. Even the natural man may (and often does) take up the study of the Scriptures with the same enthusiasm and pleasure as he might of the sciences. Where this is the case, his store of knowledge is increased, and so also is his pride. Like a chemist engaged in making interesting experiments, the intellectual searcher of the Word is quite elated when he makes some discovery in it; but the joy of the latter is no more spiritual than would be that of the former. So, too, just as the successes of the chemist generally increase his sense of self-importance and cause him to look with disdain upon others more ignorant than himself, such, alas, is often the case with those who have investigated the subjects of Bible numerics, typology, prophecy, etc.

The Word of God may be taken up from various motives. Some read it to satisfy their literary pride. In certain circles it has become both the respectable and popular thing to obtain a general acquaintance with the contents of the Bible, simply because it is regarded as an educational defect to be ignorant thereof. Some read it to satisfy their sense of curiosity, as they might any other book of note.

Others read it to satisfy their sectarian pride. They consider it a duty to be well versed in the particular tenets of their own denomination and so search eagerly for proof texts in support of “our doctrines.” Yet others read it for the purpose of being able to argue successfully with those who differ from them. But in all this there is no thought of God, no yearning for spiritual edification, and therefore no real benefit to the soul.

Of what, then, does a true profiting from the Word consist? Does not 2 Timothy 3:16-17, furnish a clear answer to our question? There we read: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” Observe what is here omitted: the Holy Scriptures are given us not for intellectual gratification and carnal1 speculation, but to furnish unto “all good works,” and that by teaching, reproving, and correcting us. Let us endeavour to amplify this by the help of other passages.

1. Conviction of Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word convicts him of sin. This is its first office2: to reveal our depravity, to expose our vileness, to make known our wickedness. A man’s moral life may be irreproachable, his dealings with his fellows faultless; but when the Holy Spirit applies the Word to his heart and conscience, opening his sin-blinded eyes to see his relation and attitude to God, he cries, “Woe is me, for I am undone” (Isa 6:5). It is in this way that each truly saved soul is brought to realize his need of Christ. “They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick” (Luk 5:31). Yet it is not until the Spirit applies the Word in Divine power that any individual is made to feel he is sick, sick unto death.

Such conviction that brings home to the heart the awful ravages which sin has wrought in the human constitution is not to be restricted to the initial experience which immediately precedes conversion. Each time that God blesses His Word to my heart, I am made to feel how far, far short I come of the standard which He has set before me, namely: “Be ye holy in all manner of conversation” (1Pe 1:15). Here, then, is the first test to apply: as I read of the sad failures of different ones in Scripture, does it make me realize how sadly like unto them I am? As I read of the blessed and perfect life of Christ, does it make me recognize how terribly unlike Him I am?

2. Sorrow for Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word makes him sorrow for sin. Of the stony-ground hearer it is said that he “heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself” (Mat 13:20,21); but of those who were convicted under the preaching of Peter it is recorded that “they were pricked in their heart” (Act 2:37).

The same contrast exists today. Many will listen to a flowery sermon, or an address on “dispensational truth” that displays oratorical powers or exhibits the intellectual skill of the speaker, but which, usually, contains no searching application to the conscience, and it is received with approbation;3 but no one is humbled before God or brought into a closer walk with Him through it. But let a faithful servant of the Lord (who by grace is not seeking to acquire a reputation for his “brilliance”) bring the teaching of Scripture to bear upon character and conduct, exposing the sad failures of even the best of God’s people, and, though the crowd will despise the messenger, the truly regenerate will be thankful for the message which causes them to mourn before God and cry: “Oh, wretched man that I am” (Rom 7:24). So it is in the private reading of the Word. It is when the Holy Spirit applies it in such a way that I am made to see and feel my inward corruptions that I am really blessed.

What a word is that in Jeremiah 31:19: “After that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded!” Do you, my reader, know anything of such an experience? Does your study of the Word produce a broken heart and lead to a humbling of yourself before God? Does it convict you of your sins in such a way that you are brought to daily repentance before Him? The paschal lamb had to be eaten with “bitter herbs” (Exo. 12:8); so as we really feed on the Word, the Holy Spirit makes it “bitter” to us before it becomes sweet to our taste.

Note the order in Revelation 10:9, “And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book, and he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.” This is ever the experimental order: there must be mourning before comfort (Mat 5:4); humbling before exalting (1Pe 5:6).

3. Confession of Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word leads to confession of sin. The Scriptures are profitable for “reproof” (2Ti 3:16), and an honest soul will acknowledge its faults. Of the carnal it is said: “For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved” (Joh 3:20). “God be merciful to me a sinner” (Luk 18:13) is the cry of a renewed heart, and every time we are quickened by the Word (Psa 119:50) there is fresh revealing to us and a fresh owning by us of our transgressions before God. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Pro 28:13). There can be no spiritual prosperity or fruitfulness (Psa 1:3) while we conceal within our breasts our guilty secrets; only as they are freely owned before God, and that in detail, shall we enjoy His mercy.

There is no real peace for the conscience and no rest for the heart while we carry the burden of unconfessed sin. Relief comes when it is fully unbosomed to God. Mark well the experience of David: “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer” (Psa 32:3-4). Is this figurative but forcible language unintelligible unto you? Or does your own spiritual history explain it? Ah, there is many a verse of Scripture which no commentary save that of personal experience can satisfactorily interpret. Blessed indeed is the immediate sequel here: “I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin” (Psa 32:5).

4. Deeper Hatred of Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word produces in him a deeper hatred of sin. “Ye that love the Lord, hate evil” (Psa 97:10). “We cannot love God without hating that which He hates. We are not only to avoid evil, and refuse to continue in it, but we must be up in arms against it, and bear towards it a hearty indignation” (C.H. Spurgeon, 1834-1892). One of the surest tests to apply to the professed conversion is the heart’s attitude towards sin. Where the principle of holiness has been planted, there necessarily will be a loathing of all that is unholy. If our hatred of evil be genuine, we are thankful when the Word reproves even the evil which we suspected not.

This was the experience of David: “Through Thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way” (Psa 119:104). Observe well, it is not merely “I abstain from,” but “I hate;” not only “some” or “many,” but “every false way;” and not only “every evil,” but “every false way.” “Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right, and I hate every false way” (Psa 119:128). But it is the very opposite with the wicked: “Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee” (Psa 50:17). In Proverbs 8:13, we read: “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.” This godly fear comes through reading the Word: see Deuteronomy 17:18-19. Rightly has it been said, “Till sin be hated, it cannot be mortified; you will never cry against it, as the Jews did against Christ—Crucify it, Crucify it, till sin be really abhorred as He was” (E. Reyner, 1635).

5. Forsaking of Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word causes a forsaking of sin. “Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity” (2Ti 2:19). The more the Word is read with the definite object of discovering what is pleasing and what is displeasing to the Lord, the more will His will become known; and if our hearts are right with Him the more will our ways be conformed thereto. There will be a “ walking in the truth” (3Jo 4). At the close of 2 Corinthians 6, some precious promises are given to those who separate themselves from unbelievers. Observe, there, the application which the Holy Spirit makes of them. He does not say: “Having therefore these promises, be comforted and become complacent thereby,” but: “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit” (2Co 7:1).

“Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you” (Joh 15:3). Here is another important rule by which we should frequently test ourselves: Is the reading and studying of God’s Word producing a purging of my ways? Of old the question was asked, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?” And the Divine answer is “by taking heed thereto according to Thy word” (Psa 119:9). Yes, not simply by reading, believing, or memorizing it, but by the personal application of the Word to our “way.” It is by “taking heed” to such exhortations as “flee fornication” (1Co 6:18), “flee from idolatry” (1Co 10:14), “flee these things”—a covetous love for money (1Ti 6:11), “flee also youthful lusts” (2Ti 2:22), that the Christian is brought into practical separation from evil; for sin has not only to be confessed but “forsaken” (Pro 28:13).

6. Fortification against Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word fortifies against sin. The Holy Scriptures are given to us not only for the purpose of revealing our innate sinfulness, and the many, many ways in which we “come short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23), but also to teach us how to obtain deliverance from sin, how to be kept from displeasing God. “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee” (Psa 119:11). This is what each of us is required to do: “Receive, I pray thee, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in thine heart” (Job 22:22). It is particularly the commandments, the warnings, the exhortations, we need to make our own and treasure; to memorize them, meditate upon them, pray over them, and put them into practice. The only effective way of keeping a plot of ground from being overgrown by weeds is to sow good seed therein: “Overcome evil with good” (Rom 12:21). So the more Christ’s Word dwells in us “richly” (Col 3:16), the less room will there be for the exercise of sin in our hearts and lives.

It is not sufficient merely to assent to the veracity4 of the Scriptures, they require to be received into the affections. It is unspeakably solemn to note that the Holy Spirit specifies as the ground of apostasy:5 “Because the love of the Truth they received not” (2Th 2:10, Gk.). “If it lie only in the tongue or in the mind, only to make it a matter of talk and speculation, it will soon be gone. The seed which lies on the surface, the fowls in the air will pick up. Therefore hide it deeply; let it get from the ear into the mind, from the mind into the heart; let it soak in further and further. It is only when it hath a prevailing sovereignty in the heart that we receive it in the love of it—when it is dearer than our dearest lusts, then it will stick to us” (T. Manton, 1620-1677).

Nothing else will preserve from the infections of this world, deliver from the temptations of Satan, and be so effective a preservative against sin, as the Word of God received into the affections. “The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide” (Psa 37:31). As long as the Truth is active within us, stirring the conscience, and is really loved by us, we shall be kept from falling. When Joseph was tempted by Potiphar’s wife, he said, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Gen 39:9). The Word was in his heart, and therefore had prevailing power over his lusts. The ineffable holiness, the mighty power of God, is able both to save and to destroy. None of us knows when he may be tempted, therefore it is necessary to be prepared against it. “Who among you will give ear…and hear for the time to come?” (Isa 42:23). Yes, we are to anticipate the future and be fortified against it, by storing up the Word in our hearts for coming emergencies.

7. Practicing the Opposite of Sin

An individual is spiritually profited when the Word causes him to practice the opposite of sin. “Sin is the transgression of the law” (1Jo 3:4). God says “Thou shalt,” sin says “I will not;” God says “Thou shalt not,” sin says “I will.” Thus, sin is rebellion against God, the determination to have my own way (Isa 53:6). Therefore sin is a species of anarchy in the spiritual realm, and may be likened unto the waving of the red flag in the face of God. Now the opposite of sinning against God is submission to Him, as the opposite of lawlessness is subjection to the law. Thus, to practice the opposition of sin is to walk in the path of obedience. This is another chief reason why the Scriptures were given: to make known the path which is pleasing to God for us. They are profitable not only for doctrine and reproof, but correction, and also for “instruction in righteousness” (2Ti 3:16).

Here, then, is another important rule by which we should frequently test ourselves. Are my thoughts being formed, my heart controlled, and my ways and works regulated by God’s Word? This is what the Lord requires: “Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (Jam 1:22). This is how gratitude to and affection for Christ are to be expressed: “If ye love Me, keep My commandments” (Joh 14:15). For this, Divine assistance is needed. David prayed “Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments” (Psa 119:35). “We need not only light to know our way, but a heart to walk in it. Direction is necessary because of the blindness of our minds; and the effectual impulsions of grace are necessary because of the wickedness of our hearts. It will not answer our duty to have a naked notion of truths, unless we embrace and pursue them” (Thomas Manton). Note it is “the path of Thy commandments:” not a self-chosen course, but a definitely marked one; not a public “road,” but a private “path.”

Application

There are other ways of being spiritually profited from God’s Word than those we have named, and some of them we hope to consider, D.V.,6 in a future article. But let both writer and reader honestly and diligently measure himself, as in the presence of God, by the seven things here enumerated. Has your study of the Bible made you more humble, or more proud—proud of the knowledge you have acquired? Has it raised you in the esteem of your fellow men, or has it led you to take a lower place before God? Has it produced in you a deeper abhorrence and loathing of self, or has it made you more complacent? Has it caused those you mingle with, or perhaps teach, to say, I wish I had your knowledge of the Bible; or does it cause you to pray, Lord give me the faith, the grace, the holiness Thou hast granted my friend, or teacher? “Meditate upon these things: give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear unto all” (1Ti 4:15).

Study Questions: Lesson 1

First please read chapter 1.

Very Important Note: We ask you to always use your own words in your answers. Please do not merely quote the text for your answer. Rather, read what the text says, think about the meaning of what it says, and summarize the meaning of the text in your own words for your answer. In this way, you will learn much more than simply a “search/find/quote” method for answering the questions.

Motives for Studying the Word

1. Why is there reason to believe that much Bible reading is of no spiritual profit to those who engage in it?

Conviction of Sin

2. a. What is the first office (or purpose) of the Word?

b. How does the Holy Spirit bring every truly saved soul to realize his need of Christ? Include reference and key point for the Scripture used to support this.

Note: By key point we mean: “key”—the phrase within the verse that relates to the topic at hand; “point”—do not merely rewrite the printed words, rather, tell in your own words what the key phrase means, the basic meaning behind the words.

Sorrow for Sin

3. What does it mean when someone is “pricked in their heart” by the Word of God?

4. Making It Personal

a. Does reading the Word lead to a humbling of yourself before God?

b. Does it convict you of your sins so that you are brought to a daily repentance before God?

Confession of Sin

5. According to Proverbs 28:13, what are the prerequisites to enjoy God’s mercy?

6. a. What does the burden of unconfessed sin cause?

b. Please list each reference and write the key point of each.

— Psalm 32:3-4

— Psalm 32:5

Deeper Hatred of Sin

7. What response to sin is the surest proof that someone’s heart truly has been converted?

8. Based on Psalm 119:104, how extreme must be our rejection of our evil ways?

9. Making It Personal: Briefly, how would you describe your attitude toward your own false ways: tolerance, displeasure, or real hatred?

Forsaking of Sin

10. What application does the Holy Spirit make to us as a consequence of our having the promises of God (i.e., what does He instruct us to do)?

11. In the Scriptures quoted in this section, what are the other words used for the forsaking of sin? List each reference and quote the relevant phrase.

Note: Please realize that these phrases answer the question, “How do I forsake my sin?”

12. Making It Personal: Is the reading and studying of God’s Word producing a purging of your ways? (If not, explain why not.)

Fortification against Sin

13. How does an individual fortify against sin? Provide references and key points from Scripture.

14. Why is it important that the Scriptures be received into our affections?

Practicing the Opposite of Sin

15. What is sin (as defined in this section)?

16. What behaviors demonstrate the opposite of sin?

Application: Making It Personal

17. Pink provides several questions by which the believer can measure the extent of their profiting. Please answer these questions here briefly. Consider praying for God’s guidance in purifying your heart and your intentions.

Has your study of the Bible made you more humble, or more proud—proud of the knowledge you have acquired?

Has it raised you in the esteem of your fellow men, or has it led you to take a lower place before God?

Has it produced in you a deeper abhorrence and loathing of self, or has it made you more complacent?

Has it caused those you mingle with, or perhaps teach, to say, I wish I had your knowledge of the Bible; or does it cause you to pray, Lord give me the faith, the grace, the holiness Thou hast granted my friend, or teacher?

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A.W. Pink has been called by some, «A modern day Puritan.» One of the reasons for this is because his writings were greatly influenced by the Puritans——he quotes from the Puritans frequently. During his lifetime, many libraries were discarding Puritan books. There was little to no interest in their godly writings or their doctrinal positions. Much of what they believed was not in vogue. I believe Pink’s influence, primarily through his written ministry, was a significant factor in promoting a renewed interest in the writings of these men (who Spurgeon believed were spiritual giants). «Profiting from the Word» is one of Pink’s most practical books. His purpose in writing this book was to help professing Christians assess to what degree they were benefiting from their reading and studying of God’s Word. It is based on 2 Timothy 3:16, «All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.»

I remember reading a number of years ago a well known Christian writer (I can’t recall now who it was) who thought «Profiting From The Word» was a very helpful book for Christians, but had this criticism. . . . He thought the first chapter should have been «The Scriptures and God» (which is the 2nd chapter). The first chapter is «The Scriptures and Sin.» I did not agree with this criticism when I first read it, and this is why——sin separates man from his Maker. Until there is a realization of that by fallen sinful man, the Lord will not be sought. (Such a man does not see his need to be reconciled to God.) Conviction of sin is wrought in an individual by the Holy Spirit Of God, and this will take place before a man will begin seeking the Lord; and once this conviction of sin is wrought in a man’s heart and mind he will seek the Lord until he finds Him.

In the chapter «The Scriptures and God,» we are profiting from our reading of the Scriptures if we have «A clearer recognition of God’s claims.» God has the right to have his creatures be subject to Him. When any sinner becomes reconciled to God, «God’s claims are now recognized. His rightful dominion over us is acknowledged, He is owned as God.» Another indication that we are profiting from the Scriptures is that one now has, «A firmer trust in God’s sufficiency.» Whatsoever or whomsoever a man trusts is his God, the language and heart attitude of those who know God is along these lines——»O my God, I trust in thee . . .» Psalm25:2a.»Though he slay me, yet will I trust Him» Job 13:15.

«Profiting from the Word» has been the most widely published of Pink’s practical works. A.W. Pink has been my favorite Christian writer since 1985. Next to «The Sovereignty of God,» it has been A.W. Pink’s most helpful book for me.


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So he must be the only one who’s profiting from these crimes.


People are profiting from it, making extraordinary claims about it.


However, that doesn’t impede market participants from successfully profiting from the resale of securities.



Однако это не мешает участникам рынка с успехом зарабатывать на перепродаже ценных бумаг.


However, it is already possible now to start profiting from cryptocurrencies in their current forms.



Однако уже сейчас можно начать зарабатывать на криптовалютах в их нынешней форме реализации.


I just don’t want anyone to think I’m profiting from this.



Я просто не хочу, чтобы кто-нибудь подумал, что я пытаюсь извлечь выгоду из всего этого.


It stands a far better chance of profiting from recent events than the militant al-Qaida radicals.



Оно имеет намного больше шансов извлечь выгоду из недавних событий, чем воинственные радикалы «Аль-Каиды».


Just the people who are now profiting from it.


Maybe someone who is profiting from our current circumstances.



Может быть, это кто-то, кто извлекает выгоду из сложившихся обстоятельств.


Two lawyers were found guilty of illegally profiting from inside knowledge.


However, profiting from the migration by increasing revenue from digital consumers will not just be about the application of digital technology.



Однако получение прибыли от «цифрового» потребителя будет означать не только применение технологий.


The speculator’s primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations.



Главная забота спекулянта — предвидеть колебания рынка и получать от этого прибыль.


We live in a nation built on profiting from the suffering of others.



Мы живём в обществе, которое строится на отрицании страданий других людей.


They had little motivation to rip me off because they were already profiting from the success of my business.



У них было мало мотивации ободрать меня, потому что они уже получали прибыль от успеха моего бизнеса.


Of course, there are many ways to avoid profiting from the sale of my book to my students.



Конечно, есть много способов, чтобы избежать получать прибыль от продажи своей книги студентам.


Sellers are also profiting from the platform.


This should not be surprising as some countries are profiting from the presence of geothermal energy on a larger scale.



Это не должно вызывать удивления, поскольку некоторые страны получают прибыль от присутствия геотермальной энергии в больших масштабах.


For them, it always means profiting from increased production, i.e. the exploitation of people and planet.



Для них рост всегда означает получение прибыли благодаря увеличению производства, то есть благодаря эксплуатации людей и планеты.


That’s fine, and of course someone deserves remuneration for my profiting from their work.



Это нормально, и конечно кто-то заслуживает вознаграждения за свою выгоду от своей работы.


Most of what has been published on technology entrepreneurship to date has focused on profiting from opportunities to fill gaps in the existing economic system.



Большая часть опубликована по технологическому предпринимательству на сегодняшний день была сосредоточена на получение прибыли от возможностей для восполнения пробелов в существующей экономической системы.


With time and experience, anybody can start their approach to stock trading begin profiting from the very beginning.



Со временем и опытом каждый может начать свой подход к биржевой торговле, начав получать прибыль с самого начала.

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