In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. It is a simple question of time; a simple question whether it shall come here in this world, where the blood of Christ "freely" flows, or in the future world, where "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin."(W. 5, 6. lxxxv. Whenever servants of the Lord come together and examine what it is that they need to be, there must be a vision of Christ. )God and ourselvesW. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. We do not agree with Momus, neither are we of his mind who desired to have a window in his breast that all men might see his heart. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of PoitiersPsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. The Spurgeon Library | Faith in Perfection For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. 1, 2. And it is also true of the work of grace all around us. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . 18 " Ep., cxxx. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. OURSELVES. Carelessness? 23, 24). Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. And lest the presence of God should be too much for us, Christ has taken human nature on Him, and has provided that He will be always with us as long as the world shall last. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. He professes his confidence in GodDictionary of Bible ThemesPsalm 138:86708predestination8125guidance, promise8441goalsPsalm 138:7-81265hand of GodLibraryFaith in PerfectionIn the opening, I must remark that this is not the heritage of all mankind. And though we thought that we had suffered loss from the tardiness of their coming, yet we find gain from their more abundant charity; seeing that from this delay in point Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the GreatThe Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. If God is omniscient and omnipresent, then the moral character of His creatures is unveiled to His gaze, and clearly and distinctly known to Him. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? My Prophetic Prayer Points for Today (My PPP) -UNENDING PEACE Understanding Celibacy. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. PRAYER POINTS FOR JULY - Tesh N Writings G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. 7 ad 3m II. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. It is from the mercy of God that He works for us, and works in us. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." 1. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative Life, Epistle Xlvii. Christ: The Perfect Servant - Grace to You S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. ad probam IV. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. : While the Americans were blockading Cuba, several captains endeavoured to elude their vigilance by night, trusting that the darkness would conceal them as they passed between the American war-ships. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub. And this will generally be just when we are tempted to do wrong, or perhaps just when we are actually beginning to do it: some secret sin of which no one knows or dreams perhaps, some self-indulgence, which we dare not deny that God condemns. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? the various events and vicissitudes of life, even before one of them existed. Thomas experiences the presence of the risen Christ and he responds by saying "MY LORD AND MY GOD!" Thomas addresses Jesus in the same language in which Israel addressed Yahweh. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. He cannot comprehend it, which is not strange, for how is the finite to comprehend the infinite? The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. PowerPoint Sermons. He wasnt saying O Lord, please perfect that which concerns me. He wasnt also making a wish. 8). 3. He is in (1)Heaven. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. Psalm 138:8 Sermons: The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me; your Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. PROVERBS 23:18 He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. 8). S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. This is what we need to impart interest to life. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers, PsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Whence our expectations of reward for doing right, of punishment for wrong-doing? Psalm 138:8 This is a message that grips my heart because I have every reason to believe that the LORD desires to perfect that which concerns His children. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. Being confident of this, he that has begun a good work in you will perform it. For he who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exhibit the highest things. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. vi. 23, 24). I. (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. thou establish my soul in it more and more. "When a foul crime has been perpetrated, tender-hearted Christian women who would not harm a hair of the enemy's head, but would rather feed him, will express keen resentment, and will be disquieted in mind till they hear that the perpetrator has been convicted and duly punished."
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