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17, 18).2. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. 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. solely via the power of the Holy Spirit. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. 19-22).3. 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. 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. You are anxiously asking Him, shall I persevere to the end? But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. 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. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Do we not begin at the Cross, and when we have climbed ever so high, is it not at the Cross that we end? S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. vi. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. ad probam IV. 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. 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. 24). His omniscience. 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. 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. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. 6. 18, 19. He cannot comprehend it, which is not strange, for how is the finite to comprehend the infinite? 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. 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. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. 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. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. 13-18). How shall we learn to walk by His side? 1, 2. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me;" not, "I will perform it myself. If God is omniscient and omnipresent, then the final judgment will be a time of full and complete revelation, as well as a time of righteous retribution (Ecclesiastes 11:14; Revelation 20:12). And now you that are afraid about the future, rest with us in this sweet promise. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. A Psalm by David. 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? So say many. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. Rom. )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. Mercy must be the theme of our song here; and mercy enduring for ever must be the subject of the sonnets of paradise. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. 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. cxxxviii. : 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 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 separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. ad probam IV. 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. xlix. 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. 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. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. And are not temptations everywhere, and so many of them subtle and strong, and before which many souls have fallen? 2. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. 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. 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. 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. )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. NOTE THE ROCK ON WHICH HE RESTS. This is living with God. Its offices are located in Omaha, Nebraska. : 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. 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. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 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. World English Bible Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. I want to see it." 2. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. David praises God for the truth of his word4. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 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. 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. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. 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. iii. (Weekly Pulpit. They are ever before David as an object of adoring wonder, not by day only, but by night; not merely in the watches of the night, but even in his sleep. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. 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. v. 22). 1. 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. 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. 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. 3. To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into a society where justice rules, where love shapes everything. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. : 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 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 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. 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. (Weekly Pulpit. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! 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. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Chapter i. : 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. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. vi. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. 73 views, 1 likes, 0 loves, 2 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Church of the Saviour UMC: Modern Worship, Church of the Saviour - January 29, 2023 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. 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 then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 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. 1. See how this works in us rest from fear. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 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. 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. 1. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. 6. 4. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. 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 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 LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands. To Dominicus, Bishop. 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. "To worship God." 15. Many times in the Psalms we see David speaking to himself, like in Psalm 43:5 where he says to himself why are you downcast O my soul? There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. His omnipotence (vers. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. 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. 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). S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 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. The Lord Will Perfect All That Concerns Me Is a Declaration of Faith. Ps. xviii. He is in (1)Heaven. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 7. v. 22). To Dominicus, Bishop. 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. iii. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. (Weekly Pulpit. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. 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. He takes His motives entirely from Himself. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 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 Lord Will Perfect That Which Concerns Me. Here is what we see in this text: the promise of peace, the God of peace, and the recipient of peace. THE DIVINE OMNISCIENCE (vers. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? His meditations are continuous. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. xlix. He does not come back in a quarter of an hour and say, "Have you my money safe? Why should he? Hence Paul. 2. To refute some popular errors of human life. 7. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. 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. 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. 23, 24). Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 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. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? 2. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. To reprove some prevalent impieties in human conduct.(1)Atheism.(2)Indifferentism.3. 5, 6. 8). 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. The Lord Will Perfect That Which Concerneth Me: 12/14/2014 (SUN) | Bible: Psalm 138:8. 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?' The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. He was saying I am certain, I am confident, I have no doubt in my mind that God will perfect that which concerns me. His mercy and His grace are the grand springs of all the happiness and blessings we possess, and of all the hopes that inspire the heart and animate the soul. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. 1, 2. cxxxviii. 19 III. Sermon Outlines. 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. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? PHILIPPIANS 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. GOD.1. 19 III. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. But when the mercy of God is on you and with you, you can be confident, you can be assured, that God will certainly perfect ALL that concerns you. David praises God for the truth of his word4. 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. 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. On all hands there are disappointed folk who, thinking of condition rather than character, find life "tame." Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. 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. "I am, as Thy creature, wholly dependent on Thee; without Thee, faith must die, and hope expire; without Thee, love must decay and perish. 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. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii.

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