Hence Paul. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? 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. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. NOTE THE ROCK ON WHICH HE RESTS. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. As for Me and My House: Winning the Battle for Your Family Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. 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. The friends of God are glad in the sure hope of being more and more consciously under His eye. Lost in the Credits - Micaiah (PowerPoint) GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. (Isa. 8). But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. Ps. 1. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. 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. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? The Lord Will Perfect All That Concerns Me Is a Declaration of Faith When David said the Lord will perfect that which concerns me, he was making a declaration of faith. Sermon Reflection - How God Is Glorified Among The Nations Through When I kept going, in danger and beatings and shipwreck and insults and prison, that was the power of Christ in me. 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. Darby Translation Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me." ( v.16-17) An enemy is someone who wants harm to come to you either by their own action or by someone else's. 1. 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. 1, 2. 18, 19. 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. lxxxv. "Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands." In the next verse the curious growth and unfolding of the embryo is referred to. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. 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. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. 8). 4. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. OURSELVES. THE LORD IS GOING TO PERFECT EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS ME With Pr Rose Our personal salvation depends on our answer to that question and our commitment to that answer. 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. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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. 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. 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. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. How shall we learn to walk by His side? "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. No, the first day of creation was a guarantee of the five which followed it and of the grand rest day which crowned the week. OURSELVES. (Admonition 23.) vi. 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. Ps. 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. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. 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. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 2. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. 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. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. And how it would bless us! God has made us so. 1, 2. PROVERBS 23:18 Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Here is what we see in this text: the promise of peace, the God of peace, and the recipient of peace. God's mercy. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. 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. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said, A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. xviii. v. 22). 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 self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. 19 III. Home; About. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. Dry bones; hopeless situations have a spiritual ear. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. To Dominicus, Bishop. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. (2)There is the error that imagines that death will make some fundamental alteration in their relation to God.2. (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. 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. 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?' Rom. Whenever servants of the Lord come together and examine what it is that they need to be, there must be a vision of Christ. 1. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. "(Archbishop Temple. 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. THE PSALMIST'S TRIUMPHANT CONVICTION. "God is a Spirit," etc. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. OMNIPOTENCE IN THE CREATION OF MAN (vers. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. To Dominicus, Bishop. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. v. 22). That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. 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. Ps. 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. The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. 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. OURSELVES. (Admonition 23.) 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. Have you obtained a religion which is not the work of God? That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. God has made us so. )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. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. 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. His omnipotence (vers. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. When David said the Lord will perfect all that concerns him, he meant that the Lord will fulfill His purpose for our . But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. Psalm 138:8 The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;Your "(Archbishop Temple. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. Then up comes another fear. : 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 Will Perfect That Which Concerns Me | Ray Noah 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. 17, 18).2. 19-22). It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. "(Archbishop Temple. Chapter i. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! v. 22). The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! 19-22).3. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. The right state of mind plainly is to have the thought of God's presence so perpetually at hand that it shall always start before us whenever it is wanted. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. How many are the Scriptures which bid us, by direct precept or by actual example, to fear lest we should come short of eternal life! 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. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? (Isa. My Prophetic Prayer Points for Today (My PPP) -UNENDING PEACE Now, as we thus in thought gaze upon the man, and. 13-16).4. Joseph Prince App - | Pray For Good Success Today G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. 2. What does Psalm 138:8 mean? | BibleRef.com In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 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. 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. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. )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. 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 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. He sees the whole of every object. 1, 2. 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. 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. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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? Having trouble logging into your account? In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 19-22).3. This is one of the most famous statements in the Old Testament, and rightly so, because it expresses the heart of a great spiritual leader at the end of his life. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. This is one of the most famous statements in the Old Testament, and rightly so because it expresses the heart of a great spiritual leader at the end of his life. 15. 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. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 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. 6. What Is God's Glory? | Desiring God 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. 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 is always at work organizing our lives to bring Him glory and grow us in Christlikeness. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. 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. (Isa. the lord will perfect that which concerns me sermon. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION (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. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 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 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. 2. God Will Perfect That Which Concerns Me The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever do not abandon the works of your hands. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. 1, 2. ad probam IV. : 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. 16:15 .) 1, 2. David praises God for the truth of his word4. xlix. 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? On all hands there are disappointed folk who, thinking of condition rather than character, find life "tame." For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 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. If something is concerning or upsetting to you right now, know that God will take care of it. 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. Struck by this view of God's omniscience as embracing the beginning, the unfolding and the completion of all things, the singer bursts out into a recognition of its value. "Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever." But His mercy endureth for ever. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. 18, 19. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. 6 was given to actual disciples who knew God personally as their Heavenly Father. 5, 6. 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. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. ad probam IV. II. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. As Romans 8:28-30 says: And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. lxxxv. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. It is easy for us to talk to God when there is a problem or issue and more often than not, God hears us. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. cxxxviii. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Whence our expectations of reward for doing right, of punishment for wrong-doing? 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.
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