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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. To Dominicus, Bishop. 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. I. 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. 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. Psalm 138:8 - " The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands." (KJV) The month of July kicks off the second leg of our prayer and fasting in RCCG worldwide. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. To him God's thoughts, i.e. He sees how he has been made to differ from the inferior creation in constitution and destiny. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 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." 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. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. 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. Read full chapter Psalm 138:8 in all English translations Psalm 137 Psalm 139 King James Version (KJV) Public Domain PLUS Do you have questions about the passage you are reading? 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. God has made us so. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. IV. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. "(Archbishop Temple. 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. I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859Question of the Contemplative LifeI. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. 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. 19-22).3. 1. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. 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. Persevere in what Thou hast begun." WHAT CONCERN HAS OUR LIFE, HERE AND HEREAFTER, WITH THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD? See "Spurgeon's Sermons", Nos. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 23, 24). That of siding with Him against evil (vers. We cannot live long with men without catching something of their manner, of their mode of thought, of their character, of their government of themselves. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. ", 2. When we read the Gospels, we see that our Lord Jesus always took time to retreat to spend time in the presence of His Heavenly Father. II. In a sermon preached before the Virginia Company in 1610 William Crashaw advanced a range of arguments to justify the Virginia enterprise. (Weekly Pulpit. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 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. vi. Never; but it issues in eternal glory. 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 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. ad probam IV. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 17, 18).2. 3. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . 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, (1)Heaven. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. 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. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. 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. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. Here are 6 to get started: 1. II. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one, Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. 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?' AugustineOf Holy Virginity. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. 7 ad 3m II. David praises God for the truth of his word4. : 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. 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. 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. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. He is the perfect servant, the perfect minister, the perfect shepherd pastor-leader. 13-16).4. "To Him all hearts are open, all desires known." GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. OURSELVES. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Understand the meaning of Psalms 138:8 using all available Bible versions and commentary. You can speak to a dry hopeless situation and the spoken Word can effect a change (Ezekiel 37:1-10). Whence the march and trend of history, always revealing "a power not ourselves, which makes for righteousness," and which sweeps away opposition like dust before the oncoming storm? He will revive us."--HOS. "(Archbishop Temple. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. This is living with God. 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. 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. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? iii. 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. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. 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. He was saying I am certain, I am confident, I have no doubt in my mind that God will perfect that which concerns me. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 5, 6. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. 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. thou establish my soul in it more and more. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. Christmas. 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. 7. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. He is in (1)Heaven. xviii. 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. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 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. 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. 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. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. And as God thus begins the work of a sinner's salvation from mercy, it no way depends upon our merit or worth. Then up comes another fear. 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. 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. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. "(Archbishop Temple. vi. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. 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. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. And when I wake up, you are still with me!" 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. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. 17, 18).2. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. 19-22).3. 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, The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers, The 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. 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. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. Biography of St. Augustine. 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. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. 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. 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. 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. 9 Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. lvii. This is a prayer which you and I may well bring before God, whose workmanship we are. 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. 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. : 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. The Lord Will Perfect That Which Concerneth Me: 12/14/2014 (SUN) | Bible: Psalm 138:8. GOD.1. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. He is in (1)Heaven. (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859Question of the Contemplative LifeI. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. 6. 15. 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. 7 ad 3m II. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? 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 Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. 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. 18, 19. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. Your womb has a spiritual ear. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. 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. 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. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. | 28:00 min. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. 23, 24). lxxxv. 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?' And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. 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. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859Question of the Contemplative LifeI. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. xviii. 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 the merit of his perfect obedience is applied to us for our forgiveness. 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. 19 III. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Try, One Small Change Will Energize Tomorrow's Sermon, Slow Down, Big Fellawhat A Motorcyclist Taught Me About Preaching, Spit-Shine Tomorrow's Sermon Before You Go To Bed Tonight. Be comforted in every time of trouble. )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. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. xlix. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. 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. Conclusion . The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 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?' "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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. While the majority of the sermons listed below are "mine," several of them are sermons worked up by my dad, Frank Higginbotham, who preached over 60 years, and others were developed from seeds planted by various preachers I've heard throughout my lifetime. 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. 1. The word perfect can be used in various ways. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? 19-22).3. 1. 18 " Ep., cxxx. 1, 2. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. 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. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. 19 III. 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. 1. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. "Forsake not the work of Thine own hands. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. For the Chief Musician. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. This is living with God. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. We cannot live long with men without catching something of their manner, of their mode of thought, of their character, of their government of themselves. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. )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. To Dominicus, Bishop. 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. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. But that crown of life which you have submitted to His wisdom, which you have taken up in obedience to the plain indications of His providence, which you follow out with integrity, walking before the Lord and committing your way unto Him that crown of life shall have His blessing, and none shall be able to put you on one side. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. cxxxviii. But we dont seem to see changes in that problem or issue because most times for the situations we find ourselves in, it is not just God we need to talk to.

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