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(1)There is the error that supposes that formal worship can be of any real worth. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? 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. This was basically what David was doing when he declared The Lord will perfect that which concerns me., Scriptures: "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. )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. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. 7. 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. October 27th, 2022 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your Hands. vi. 17, 18).2. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . "You saw me before I was born. 8). OURSELVES. Give me to see, and know that I am thine in an everlasting Covenant, which cannot be broken: that from having committed my soul-concerns into thy hands; all my earthly interests I may safely leave at the disposal; and that . David wasnt saying how I wish the Lord will perfect that which concerns me like how you could say how I wish theres no work tomorrow, how I wish theres no school tomorrow, how I wish I could speak French, or how I wish someone will just write a cheque of 5million in my name. A wish doesnt necessarily have anything to do with God nor is a wish based on faith in God, because it isnt usually directed to God or addressed to God. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. v. 22). The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! This is what we need to impart interest to life. xlix. 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. He takes His motives entirely from Himself. He professes his confidence in GodDictionary of Bible ThemesPsalm 138:86708predestination8125guidance, promise8441goalsPsalm 138:7-81265hand of GodLibraryFaith in PerfectionIn the opening, I must remark that this is not the heritage of all mankind. This Psalm is a psalm of David. iii. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 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. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. Carelessness? 7. 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. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 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. Now carry this confidence into everything. 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. 1, 2. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. This is living with God. His omnipotence (vers. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 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. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. When David said the lord will perfect that which concerns him, David wasn't saying how I wish the lord perfect that which concerns me. 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. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. 6. 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. OURSELVES. The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." 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. To Dominicus, Bishop. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius John Edgar McFadyenIntroduction to the Old TestamentLinksPsalm 138:8 NIVPsalm 138:8 NLTPsalm 138:8 ESVPsalm 138:8 NASBPsalm 138:8 KJVPsalm 138:8 Bible AppsPsalm 138:8 ParallelPsalm 138:8 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 138:8 Chinese BiblePsalm 138:8 French BiblePsalm 138:8 German BiblePsalm 138:8 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. He does not come back in a quarter of an hour and say, "Have you my money safe? 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. 6. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. 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. 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. 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. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God, 20th centu ry. 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. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. Then we notice that he looks sad for a while, as if he cannot deny what has been urged; but presently he looks up, and his eyes are turned not to us, but lifted heavenward; and we hear him say, "Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever;" and he adds the prayer, "Forsake not the work," etc. 5, 6. 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). 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. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. LCMS Sermons - Pastor James F. Wright Sermon on Ephesians 4:30-5:2. 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. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. 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. (Weekly Pulpit. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. 13-16).4. 1, 2. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. 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. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. In the day when I cried, 32. 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. 2. 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?' 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 "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. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said 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. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. He will revive us."--HOS. When I loved people, and poured out my life, Jesus was doing that through me. 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. The Lord Will Perfect That Which Concerneth Me: 12/14/2014 (SUN) | Bible: Psalm 138:8. 19 III. 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. Denomination: Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. 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. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? 8. iii. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. v. 22). The thought will flash across us that God sees us. In a declaration of faith, you are also speaking for all the elements in heaven to hear you, for everything on the earth to hear you and for all the forces and powers of darkness to hear you so they are all bound to cooperate with, surrender and submit to the Word of God. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. 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. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. 1, 2. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. Rom. 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. Chapter i. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. Its offices are located in Omaha, Nebraska. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 1. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. 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. When used as an adjective, this is how the dictionary describes the meaning of perfect- adjective prfikt 1. iii. Our personal salvation depends on our answer to that question and our commitment to that answer. But whatever does really concern me, and especially my soul's full salvation, I am sure the Lord will perfect. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life, (Admonition 23.) 15. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 2. 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. 5, 6. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Ps. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." (2)There is the error that imagines that death will make some fundamental alteration in their relation to God.2. A man takes his money into the bank and leaves it. 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?' 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. 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. 19-22).3. 18, 19. Nero's sword will not have the final say, but Jesus is going to bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. There are many things which concern me; but what they are I leave to the Lord to determine; for I often find, as many others have told me is true of them likewise, that I much concern myself about things which, after all, do not really concern me, and about which, therefore, I need not trouble. 24).(W. (Weekly Pulpit. Rom. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 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. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Ps. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. 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. 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. His omnipotence (vers. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 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. (Isa. And, without doubt, it is only as we are confident in the Lord that we render effective service and become channels of blessing to others: which God grant we may! (Weekly Pulpit. )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. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Psalm 138:8 King James Version 8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. 19 III. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. 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. 7 ad 3m II. 5, 6. 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?' If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? GOD.1. God has made us so. Of course, ere ever this be possible, the Lord's work must have begun in us; we must have yielded ourselves up to him in real repentance and faith; but if we have done that, why, instead of our too common misgiving and fear, have we not this glad persuasion that is expressed in our text?
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