the lord will perfect that which concerns me sermon

the lord will perfect that which concerns me sermon

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). If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. His plans and purposes as displayed in these miracles of creation, are precious beyond measure. "He will perfect that which concerneth me." God; God in Christ. 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. "And can you tell me," said the infidel, "whether your God is a great or a little God?" 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. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. said Collins, the infidel, to a poor but pious man. 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. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. (Admonition 23.) Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. The word perfect can be used in various ways. ", 4. David praises God for the truth of his word4. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW 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. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. 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. 18 " Ep., cxxx. Ps. 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. 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. : 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. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. 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. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me;" not, "I will perform it myself. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. 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. We become unconscious of everything by long use. 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. 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 law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. 23, 24). All that concerns present safety and future glory are thus secured. The mercy of the creature is finite; the mercy of Jehovah is infinite. He will revive us."--HOS. Psalms 138:8 Context. How shall we learn to walk by His side? 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. 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. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. . (Weekly Pulpit. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? 1, 2. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. )God and ourselvesW. "Forsake not the works of Thine own hands." - the power of the Holy Spirit, which worketh in me now; the promises, so many, so great, and precious, contained in the Holy Scriptures; and my own experience thus far, and that of many others; - all encourage and establish my faith that ' the Lord will perfect that,' etc. In the day when I cried, 32. 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. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. v. 22). Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Then he pauses a moment, as if some doubt or question had entered his mind, and he adds, "Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever;" and then, with an upward look of intense devotion, addressing his words to the Lord, he prays, "Forsake not the works of thine own hands." 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. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. 19-22).3. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. : 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 faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. 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. 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. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. Are we not perpetually warned against departing from the living God, grieving and quenching the Holy Spirit? The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. He is present in all things, yet distinct from all things.Practically, this subject serves three important purposes. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. 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?' S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. 6. 1, 2. iii. 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. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. lxxxv. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. 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 duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. 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. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. And do you not know that you, as do even the best of men, often sin, often transgress God's commandment by thought, word, or deed?" The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops promotes the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. vi. 5, 6. 18, 19. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. Hoyt, D. D.: This psalm sings of I. 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. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. How great is the gratitude that is due to God from His saints, how innumerable are His blessings, how vast His mercy, how rich His grace and lovingkindness. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. 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. xviii. He is the perfect servant, the perfect minister, the perfect shepherd pastor-leader. Did the Almighty pause in the middle of creation and leave His work unfinished? THE UNCHANGING FOUNDATION OF ASSURANCE. 2. Then , 1. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. Mercy must be the theme of our song here; and mercy enduring for ever must be the subject of the sonnets of paradise. 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. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. Pentecostal. 2. The mercy of the creature was of yesterday; the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. 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. How shall we learn to walk by His side? Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? lvii. He will revive us."--HOS. 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. PowerPoint Sermons. 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. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 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. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. Now, as we thus in thought gaze upon the man, and. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. 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. 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. ad probam IV. Thou hast come to Jesus and trusted thy soul in His hands, then it is certain that the Lord hath brought thee to this state of mind. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. 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. 7 ad 3m II. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. (Isa. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. 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.". Ps. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. 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. This is living with God. 9 Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. World English Bible Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. III. 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. 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. OURSELVES. 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. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. We must understand that everything in life has a spiritual ear. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. Cultivate a loving affection for Him.(Homilist. cxxxviii. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. 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. We have the help of Almighty God! One man of God always feared death; but he might have spared himself his wretchedness, for he fell asleep one night in apparently excellent health, and died in his sleep. 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. 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. 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. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. 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. 2. You can speak to the mountain and it will give way (Mark 11:23). His omnipotence (vers. You are listening to the voice of Bill Johnson from a sermon given some years ago, and Johnson is poisoning his flock with the heretical doctrine of kenosis. We become unconscious of everything by long use. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. 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. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingIntroduction. 1. This must ever be our first appeal, to mercy. Christmas. 2. Psalm 33:18 Verse Concepts Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. vi. 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. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. And how it would bless us! vi. David praises God for the truth of his word4. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. )God and ourselvesW. "I do not see how I am to be perfected My nature is so vile." The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. The law and covenant of God are co-extensive; and what is enjoined in the one is confirmed in the other. . But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. 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.

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