AugustineOf Holy Virginity. 1, 2. Psalm 33:18 Verse Concepts 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. v. 22). 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. Sense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. 1, 2. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. His omnipotence (vers. 1. 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. Hoyt, D. D.: This psalm sings of I. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. It is easy for us to talk to God when there is a problem or issue and more often than not, God hears us. It leads to prayer. 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. Rejoice, ye saints of God, that you have a great High Priest who is passed into the heavens, who now appears in the presence of God for you. 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. Verse 18: And Jesus will rescue me from every evil dead. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. 1. To Dominicus, Bishop. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? His omnipotence (vers. Here are 6 to get started: 1. : 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. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." 5, 6. Will the disclosures of that day fill us with joy, or cover us with shame? 7 ad 3m II. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." 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? GOD.1. There must be a foundation for the promise. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. On all hands there are disappointed folk who, thinking of condition rather than character, find life "tame." 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?' 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. 6. 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. You can speak to your womb and effect the promises of God concerning your womb through the spoken Word. 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. III. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. God knows us, not relatively, but personally. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? sighs one troubled heart, "I fear I shall fall into many sins between here and heaven." ad probam IV. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. xviii. 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. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Verse 17: And I was on trial, alone, because nobody else came to stand by me, but Jesus stood by me and strengthened me. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 19 III. Chapter i. 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. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. 17, 18).2. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 19-22).3. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. He does not come back in a quarter of an hour and say, "Have you my money safe? THE RESULT OF THIS CONFIDENCE. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old Testament. 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. 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. 23:1) I confess all my sins and iniquities, cleanse me with your blood, Lord Jesus . His omnipresence. God's justice. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. 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. )God and ourselvesW. Do as the man did with the bad banknote, throw it down on the highway or into a ditch, and run away from it. David praises God for the truth of his word4. "(Archbishop Temple. lvii. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE (vers. : 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. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times." Psalm 34:15 Verse Concepts The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. Chapter i. (1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. 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. 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. (Admonition 23.) He who superintends all must be all-seeing, and He who presides over all history must take cognizance of every event. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. 2. Psalm 138:8 Choice comfort for a young believer As every state has its dangers, so the peril of religious concern is despondency. 24). 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. In the opening, I must remark that this is not the heritage of all mankind. OURSELVES. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. We become unconscious of everything by long use. 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. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. II. 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. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. lvii. 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. David praises God for the truth of his word4. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. 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. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. 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. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. 6. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. (Admonition 23.) 23, 24). Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. It goes on in secret, as far from human vision as if it were deep down in some subterraneous cavern, but God sees it and directs the mysterious and complicated tissue, as if it were a piece of delicate embroidery. 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. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Lord this seventh month of the year, let Your hand of perfection rest mightily on me. )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. 8). 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. 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.". : 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. GOD.1. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. For it would be all through simple and utter trust in him - through nothing whatever of ourselves, but all of him. Chapter i. 7 ad 3m II. 5, 6. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 24).(W. 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. 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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