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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. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. His omniscience. "(Archbishop Temple. Exodus 16:2-15. 1. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 157 views, 7 likes, 9 loves, 29 comments, 4 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Miller Memorial Baptist Church: Sunday, February 26, 2023~ Reverend Damaris Y Walker, Esq., Pastor ~ Scripture: Song of. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? 19-22).3. 2. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! Sermon Outlines - PreachingHelp.org His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. His plans and purposes as displayed in these miracles of creation, are precious beyond measure. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. David praises God for the truth of his word4. This I apprehend, as it regards David, and as it regards every Christian, may be summed up in two things the work of providence without them, and the work of grace within them. Christ: The Perfect Servant - Grace to You I. 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. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. All the elements in heaven, everything in nature, the powers and forces of darkness, all heard that Word and they surrendered to that Word, they submitted to that Word and there was great peace and calm all around. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. "(Archbishop Temple. (Isa. David praises God for the truth of his word4. 1. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever--do not abandon the works of Your hands. 1. How shall we learn to walk by His side? Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. God is everywhere; not only above all as transcendent, but also through all and in all as immanent in nature. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. And what is the foundation of the promise? Now, in this condition of things, God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life. 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. the regular habit of reading the Bible at a fixed time, the occasional reminders of ourselves that God is looking on, these are our chief means of learning to remember His presence. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. III. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. 1, 2. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. The daily prayer in the closet, the endeavour to keep the attention fixed when praying with others, either in our regular services or in family worship. vi. "(Archbishop Temple. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. 15. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. "He will perfect that which concerneth me." 8). 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. It's that simple. 12), while the devil was exulting against us;--then God, in His loving-kindness, not willing man made in His own image to perish, said, Whom shall I send, and who will go?' The Lord told David he should be a king. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. iii. The Lord's invitation to follow him is individual and personal, and it is compelling. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. (Admonition 23.) Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. 1, 2. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. 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. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. In a sermon preached before the Virginia Company in 1610 William Crashaw advanced a range of arguments to justify the Virginia enterprise. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 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. 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. 12), while the devil was exulting against us;--then God, in His loving-kindness, not willing man made in His own image to perish, said, Whom shall I send, and who will go?' --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. To Dominicus, Bishop. 3. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. 1, 2. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. 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. It is perfectly plain from the elevated central point of view where we now stand, and in the focal light in which we now see, that no man can be justified before God upon the ground of personal character; for that character, when subjected to God's exhaustive scrutiny, withers and shrinks away. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. His omnipresence. 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. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. God Cares about Everything that Concerns Us - cswisdom.com Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. The consideration of this single ease leads to the general statement that all God's works are marvellous, a statement which the writer reaffirms as from an experimental conviction of its truth. If not, whence our own existence? 5, 6. For it would be all through simple and utter trust in him - through nothing whatever of ourselves, but all of him. 2. 23:1) I confess all my sins and iniquities, cleanse me with your blood, Lord Jesus . AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. To Dominicus, Bishop. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? Chapter i. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. xviii. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. 24).(W. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. He does it because it is the good pleasure of His will to do it. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. If there is a creator of the universe, He must also be its sustainer: He cannot press material forces into service and go and leave them, as we do a windmill to draw water, for all force depends upon Him for its existence. He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. 19 III. I. WEB: Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. 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. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. Although he had averred so strongly his aversion to the wicked, he prays that this may be no mere outward separation. 1, 2. A Psalm by David. When I loved people, and poured out my life, Jesus was doing that through me. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. 15. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. C. H. Spurgeon: Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 25: 1879 - Christian Classics If that Being has gone down into these depths of human depravity, and seen it with a more abhorring glance than could ever shoot from a finite eye, and yet has returned with a cordial offer to forgive it all, and a hearty proffer to cleanse it all away, then we can lift up the eye in adoration and in hope. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. PRAYER POINTS FOR JULY - Tesh N Writings 9. (1)There is the error that supposes that formal worship can be of any real worth. 19-22). Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. I. Real Life Church: Ankeny, IA > Perfect Peace The Lord Will Perfect - RCCG PPP It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. 8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. Said Milton, speaking of his travels abroad when a young man: "I again take God to witness that in all places where so many things are considered lawful, I lived sound and untouched from all profligacy and vice, having this thought perpetually with me, that though I might escape the eyes of men, I certainly could not the eyes of God."4. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 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. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. THE PSALMIST'S TRIUMPHANT CONVICTION. 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. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. 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. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. 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, (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. 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. Rom. OURSELVES. ad probam IV. It is not his own strength or good resolves, but that ever-enduring mercy which fortifies him against all the risks and perils which he knows beset him; and he will abide in that mercy through continual prayer and trust. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. - the power of the Holy Spirit, which worketh in me now; the promises, so many, so great, and precious, contained in the Holy Scriptures; and my own experience thus far, and that of many others; - all encourage and establish my faith that ' the Lord will perfect that,' etc. "To church, sir," was the reply "What to do there?" That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. LCMS Sermons - Pastor James F. Wright Sermon on Ephesians 4:30-5:2. So that whenever we are on the point of doing or saying anything cowardly, or mean, or false, or impure, or proud, or conceited, or unkind, the remembrance that God is looking on shall instantly flash across us and help us to beat down our enemy. The LORD Will Perfect That Which Concerns You Any signal manifestation of Jehovah's presence, however favourable, inspires awe. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of Covenanting, Introduction. Nor are they few or slight, but amount to a vast sum, more numerous than the sands of the sea. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. 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. 7 Bible Verses About God's Perfect Timing - Abide and Seek The daily prayer in the closet, the endeavour to keep the attention fixed when praying with others, either in our regular services or in family worship. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Matthew 6:9-13) 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. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it.

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