- 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. 19-22).3. Ps. Hoyt, D. D.: This psalm sings of I. 6. 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. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. How shall we learn to walk by His side? Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. lvii. 2. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. 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. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. Denomination:
S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. When it is in progress He will not leave it or suffer it to be marred He will carry it forward through its successive stages until it be finished to the glory of His name. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. 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? He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. 4. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. 18 " Ep., cxxx. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. We become unconscious of everything by long use. Rejoice, ye saints of God, that you have a great High Priest who is passed into the heavens, who now appears in the presence of God for you. 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. We have the help of Almighty God! 7 ad 3m II. 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. God has made us so. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. 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. The friends of God are glad in the sure hope of being more and more consciously under His eye. 1. 2. 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. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative Life, Epistle Xlvii. It leads to prayer. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. (Isa. 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 . That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. The answer is a daily walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. 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)Constant.II. Then I would exhort you to get rid of it. 11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. : 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. 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. But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. David praises God for the truth of his word4. 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)There is the error that imagines that death will make some fundamental alteration in their relation to God.2. 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 Great, The Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. What encouragement the sinner has to seek God, seeing He is a God of such mercy. 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. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. He will revive us."--HOS. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. 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. xviii. 1, 2. 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. David praises God for the truth of his word4. 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. 1, 2. Chapter i. His omnipotence (vers. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 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. xlix. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. LET US LOOK AT THE SPEAKER. "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me: Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever: forsake not the works of Your own hands." Psalm 138:8. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Matthew 6:9-13) ad probam IV. 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. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? 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. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. 1, 2. To Dominicus, Bishop. What are those things you are standing for and believing that the Lord will bring to pass concerning you, beloved take the Word of God as it and with a simple faith believe in your heart that His promises will not fail to the ground but will fulfill all it intend to do in your life and situation in Jesus Name. 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. 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. 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. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. How shall we learn to walk by His side? 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. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. God has made us so. His omnipresence. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Dry bones; hopeless situations have a spiritual ear. But God's eye penetrates the darkest abode, the deepest cell, the obscurest corner, the blackest night. Did the Almighty pause in the middle of creation and leave His work unfinished? It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Now do all of you who are just beginning life put yourselves and all your circumstances into God's hand and there leave them. OURSELVES. 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. 18 " Ep., cxxx. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. His omnipotence (vers. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. : 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. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. (Admonition 23.) The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. Conclusion . cxxxviii. 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. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. v. 22). Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. 5, 6. (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. The strophe closes with a frank confession of the writer's impotence and awe. It is easy for us to talk to God when there is a problem or issue and more often than not, God hears us. Whether he be at rest or in motion, in every posture and state, God knows him. 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. 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 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. 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. 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. 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? His omnipotence (vers. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved.
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