Former President Barack Obama's Faith. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. 24).(W. xlix. 24).(W. 1. 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. "This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 24).(W. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 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 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. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. LCMS Sermons - Pastor James F. Wright Sermon on Ephesians 4:30-5:2. 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. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. I am as certain of this as I am that I am alive; he has given me new tastes, dispositions, and desires; the sins I once loved I now hate, and the holiness which heretofore I had no care for I now long after; hence I am sure the Lord has begun his work in me. 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. 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. He will perfect all that concerns you too in Jesus name. 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. ", 3. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. His omnipotence (vers. (Weekly Pulpit. 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. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. 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. And in Christ we have the plan of God's redeeming mercy made known to us as it was not to prophet and psalmist of old. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. lvii. 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 Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. by | Jun 29, 2022 | sullivan county arrests october 2020 | san diego mission bay restaurants | Jun 29, 2022 | sullivan county arrests october 2020 | san diego mission bay restaurants For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. The "Lord will," says he, the "Lord will." He looks on all through his life, and he feels sure that what God has done and is doing he will carry on even to the end. It did not look very likely, but since such was the Eternal purpose, there was no keeping the son of Jesse out of the throne. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. 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. 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. This is living with God. 1, 2. "But are you not afraid? To Dominicus, Bishop. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. 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. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. ad probam IV. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. )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. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. 6. lxxxv. We could never discharge our duties properly if we were to be perpetually distracted by the consciousness of what was around us: and, above all, we might be daunted by the perpetual thought of the presence of God, and so be paralyzed instead of helped. 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. II. LET US LOOK AT THE SPEAKER. 8). When used as an adjective, this is how the dictionary describes the meaning of perfect- adjective prfikt 1. 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. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. None other can be fit sinners; nay, and none other can be fit, grateful saints. 6. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or Athanasius, Covenant Duties. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. 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. He is in (1)Heaven. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. v. 22). [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. Here's how David describes the Lord's response to his cry for help. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Understanding Celibacy. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. II. Dry bones; hopeless situations have a spiritual ear. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. PHILIPPIANS 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. The so-called "Lord's Prayer," which actually is not the Lord's Prayer (that's in John 17) in Matt. 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 Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. IS THERE AN ALL-SEEING GOD? So, David was saying it doesnt matter what my situation is today, it doesnt matter what is happening around me, I am convinced with everything in me because of the love and mercy of God, the Lord will perfect all that concerns me. OURSELVES. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. David praises God for the truth of his word4. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." But once let a man or woman reach this assurance that through all the various scenes of life God is moulding them, and even by the "strokes of doom" fashioning them "to shape and use," and all the life sparkles with glad significance. 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. 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. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. KJV: The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. Psalm 138:8 says "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me." Notice the word PERFECT. Ps. His omniscience. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. God has made us so. 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. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Hence Paul. 19-22).3. cxxxviii. ID. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. Those who are always hearing pure and high principles set forth as the guides of life learn to value and to know them even faster than they can learn to live by them. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. (1)Atheism.(2)Indifferentism.3. He wants them to believe that Jesus gave up his divinity and performed miracles etc. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. 23, 24). 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. "Whatever concerns me," says he, "the Lord will perfect.". 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. 2. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. 17, 18).2. )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. And this perpetual though not always conscious sense of God's presence would, no doubt, if we would let it have its perfect work, gradually act on our characters just as the presence of our fellow-men does. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. 8). Whose works of grace, in that same earth, have steadily built up a kingdom of love, of peace, of righteousness? AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. (Isa. 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, II. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. But He sees all, His eye takes in the immeasurable universe. 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. He never could have known anything about dying, for on his face were no tokens of pain or struggle, nor was there any reason to believe that he ever awoke till he lifted up his eyes amid the cherubim. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. In the next verse the curious growth and unfolding of the embryo is referred to. 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 fear of man, as in the case of the Patriarch, may not bring a snare. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 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. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. lxxxv. The Christmas Messengers, Audience and Message. 5, 6. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 17, 18).2. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. Thou hast come to Jesus and trusted thy soul in His hands, then it is certain that the Lord hath brought thee to this state of mind. 3. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. 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. 23:1) I confess all my sins and iniquities, cleanse me with your blood, Lord Jesus . The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? xlix. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. 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. This is living with God. 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. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. 7 ad 3m II. Whence the original plan, stupendous beyond conception, more minute than the most powerful microscope can reveal, which must have preceded the first act of creation? G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. Luke 2:8-15. mmc. 18, 19. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! And how it would bless us! 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. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 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. To Dominicus, Bishop. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. All that concerns present safety and future glory are thus secured. For the Chief Musician. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. This is false. Chapter i. v. 22). 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." "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. 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