the lord will perfect that which concerns me sermon

The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! 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. )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 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. With our past of perversity; what can we do but cast ourselves on God's infinite pity? For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. To follow Jesus means to take up his dream and work for it.". 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. 19-22).3. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. 18 " Ep., cxxx. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. xviii. 7 ad 3m II. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. The Lord Will Perfect All That Concerns Me Is a Declaration of Faith. vi. 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. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. 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. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. To Dominicus, Bishop. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. 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. 17, 18).2. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. 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?' His communion is unbroken. Will the disclosures of that day fill us with joy, or cover us with shame? [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. 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. 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. His omnipotence (vers. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. 23, 24). 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. Wherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. vi. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. 15. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. 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. 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? For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. 1, 2. This Psalm is a psalm of David. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. (Admonition 23.) . "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." II. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. )God and ourselvesW. solely via the power of the Holy Spirit. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 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. Nor are they few or slight, but amount to a vast sum, more numerous than the sands of the sea. 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. 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. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 1, 2. And it is not his way to leave off what he once begins. 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. He is always at work organizing our lives to bring Him glory and grow us in Christlikeness. 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. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. 18, 19. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. What is it? 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. 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. 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 Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. the fear of man, as in the case of the Patriarch, may not bring a snare. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. Psalm 138:8, NASB: The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting; Do not abandon the works of Your hands. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. 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. 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. God has made us so. "And among all the people" to say it another way "I will be glorified." So to see, to apprehend, and to reckon with his holiness (and, in some sense, to perceive it) is to see glory and, thus, to glorify him. 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. ", 2. 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. 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. Chapter i. 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. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. His omnipotence (vers. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. GOD.1. 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. This is living with God. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. There is no cry so pitiful as "Nothing to live for." 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. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. This thought is expanded and enforced by its application to all measures of space. 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.

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