Welcome: Take a Survey. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, That the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. cxxxviii. 2. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? 19 III. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. Download MP3 (13.5MB) Request: transcript & translate this sermon What? The Christmas Messengers, Audience and Message. He will revive us."--HOS. 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. 6. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. 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. 6. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. They were just desires I had in my head not necessarily things I hoped God would do or was even sure God could do. His omnipotence (vers. God has made us so. The answer is a daily walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. There is the full assurance that He will be at work still in order to complete that which He has commenced. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. 3. 18, 19. iii. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. 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. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Rom. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. His omniscience. 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. xviii. To Dominicus, Bishop. Your womb has a spiritual ear. lxxxv. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. 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. Home; About. But the issue here is prayer. 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? We become unconscious of everything by long use. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. Verse 8. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. Cultivate a loving affection for Him.(Homilist. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. Whence our expectations of reward for doing right, of punishment for wrong-doing? "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. To follow Jesus means to take up his dream and work for it.". His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. ( Psalm 138:8) "God will perfect everything that concerns you." ( Psalm 138:8, NKJV) I have heard my wife use King David's phrase many times in her public prayers. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. "Thou hast made me: I reverently challenge Thee to complete Thy work." 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. 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?' vi. 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. 6. GOD.1. Hoyt, D. D.: This psalm sings of I. 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. : 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. lvii. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. David praises God for the truth of his word4. AugustineOn the Good of Marriage, Prayer Out of the Deep. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. 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. This is living with God. 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. WEB: Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. If not, whence our own existence? 18 " Ep., cxxx. 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. )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. 1. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 231 and 1506: "Faith in Perfection", and, "Choice Comfort for a Young Believer." Verse 8. To reprove some prevalent impieties in human conduct. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. 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. feel that assuredly he has got hold of a secret that too many of us do not possess, some less-favored one than the speaker comes up to him with wonder, wistfulness, perplexity, and desire written plainly on his countenance, and begins to -, 1. )God and ourselvesW. 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. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. 19-22).3. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. 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. 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. 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. 13-16).4. ad probam IV. 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 faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. Ps. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 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. 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. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. xlix. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 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. 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?' 19-22).3. God has made us so. To Dominicus, Bishop. But He sees all, His eye takes in the immeasurable universe. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. "To church, sir," was the reply "What to do there?" For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. How shall we learn to walk by His side? Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. 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. vi. 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. 4. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. 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. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. lvii. 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. On all hands there are disappointed folk who, thinking of condition rather than character, find life "tame." (Admonition 23.) 23, 24). I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be, I. To start saving items to a SermonFolder, please create an account. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. We become unconscious of everything by long use. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 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?' Cultivate a loving affection for Him. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me (Psalm 138:8) Thought for the day, Nov 1, 2017 - YouTube 0:00 2:01 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me (Psalm 138:8) Thought. 13-16).4. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. Persevere in what Thou hast begun." 24).(W. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. 3. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. 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. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. A Psalm by David. To refute some popular errors of human life. 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. 17, 18).2. 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 proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. 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. 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)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. 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. 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. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 5, 6. 7 ad 3m II. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. 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. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. iii. WHAT CONCERN HAS OUR LIFE, HERE AND HEREAFTER, WITH THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD? 1. (Weekly Pulpit. 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. 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. "(Archbishop Temple. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. Now carry this confidence into everything. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. 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. 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. He wants them to believe that Jesus gave up his divinity and performed miracles etc. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. 18, 19. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. Here first we see that GOD FILLS US WITH ASSURANCE. 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. You can speak to the mountain and it will give way (Mark 11:23). Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. Specially with His people. 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. When I was young, I used to make a lot of wishes using wishing bones or when blowing out my birthday candles. 15. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. )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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . 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 psalmist affirms . But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. OURSELVES. 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 a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. 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. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. This thought is expanded and enforced by its application to all measures of space. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. The mercy of the creature is changeable; the mercy of Jehovah is unchangeable. 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. (Weekly Pulpit. thou establish my soul in it more and more. Utilizing the Biblical teaching ministry of Dr. Curt Dodd, it seeks to globally proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to bring those who are lost into a real life-transforming encounter with the Savior and encourage believers in their daily walk. 7. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? 2. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. iii. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. OURSELVES. 2. : 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 duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of Covenanting, Introduction. 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. 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. One of my favorite scriptures is this confession from the psalmist David: "The LORD will perfect that which concerns me" (Psalm 138:8, NKJV). S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. 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? The writer of Psalm 51. says if but the Lord will restore to him the joy of his salvation, and uphold him with his free spirit, "then will I teach transgressors," etc. He will revive us."--HOS. 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. When I kept going, in danger and beatings and shipwreck and insults and prison, that was the power of Christ in me. 13-16).4. He will revive us."--HOS. 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. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. 1. : 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 God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 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. 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. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. 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. 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. 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?' Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. 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? "I do not see how I am to be perfected My nature is so vile." 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. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. Chapter i. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. 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. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us." We become unconscious of everything by long use. 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 duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. He is present everywhere, in the entirety of Himself.
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