GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. : 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 Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. This thought is expanded and enforced by its application to all measures of space. Perfect peace, that's the promise. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. 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 Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. 1, 2. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN MIGHT, BUT DOES NOT, KNOW OF HIMSELF. 1, 2. One day the Lord spoke to me through a particular scripture. 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. 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. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. )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. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. 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. The promise is not the foundation. vi. 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. 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. 8). 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. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 15. 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. 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. (Isa. Jesus prayed all the time, and at any time. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. 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. 5, 6. 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. (Admonition 23.) We actually need to go a step further by speaking to ourselves, by letting the elements of heaven, the mountains before us, the forces and powers of darkness, all hear the Word of God and submit to that Word. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. 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. 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. 5, 6. 17, 18).2. 19 III. lxxxv. 5, 6. 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. 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. (1)He knows our actions, ways, words, thoughts. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. 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. 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. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. 24).(W. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. Hoyt, D. D.: This psalm sings of I. Never; but it issues in eternal glory. 1, 2. Ps. Here's how David describes the Lord's response to his cry for help. : 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. 24).(W. "And among all the people" to say it another way "I will be glorified." So to see, to apprehend, and to reckon with his holiness (and, in some sense, to perceive it) is to see glory and, thus, to glorify him. 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 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. 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. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. 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. iii. 2. 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. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 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. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times." Psalm 34:15 Verse Concepts The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry. 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. How shall we learn to walk by His side? That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. on all sides of man, and His hand is upon him to restrain and control. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. Mercy must be the theme of our song here; and mercy enduring for ever must be the subject of the sonnets of paradise. Nothing can escape Jehovah's eye, for He is behind and before, i.e. 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. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. 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. 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. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. The 10 Best Books for Skeptics of Christianity. The mercy of the creature is finite; the mercy of Jehovah is infinite. (Admonition 23.) St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. 15. 5, 6. In the opening, I must remark that this is not the heritage of all mankind. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. 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. 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. 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. vi. xlix. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. All that concerns present safety and future glory are thus secured. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. 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. 6. Give thanks to Him and praise His name! Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. This is one of the most famous statements in the Old Testament, and rightly so because it expresses the heart of a great spiritual leader at the end of his life. 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. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 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. 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?' Denomination:
(2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. )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. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. vi. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 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. : 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. II. 18, 19. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 19-22).3. vi. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. )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. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? 1, 2. THE PSALMIST'S TRIUMPHANT CONVICTION. 8). 3. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. lxxxv. 7 ad 3m II. "Forsake not the works of Thine own hands." "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. (Psa. 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. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 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. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. 3. 15. 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. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. This is living with God. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. v. 22). Think of all those who, on the night of the Passover, came out of Egypt, but yet never entered into Canaan; their carcasses fell in the wilderness, because of their unbelief. But we dont seem to see changes in that problem or issue because most times for the situations we find ourselves in, it is not just God we need to talk to. The text, however, itself, is its own guard. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . And so, if we do not die shouting victory, we hope that we shall peacefully fall asleep, "for His mercy endureth for ever." That of siding with Him against evil (vers. 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. ID. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. When I kept going, in danger and beatings and shipwreck and insults and prison, that was the power of Christ in me. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 7. 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. Thoughtfulness soon degenerates into distrust, and holy anxiety easily rusts into unbelief. Exodus 16:2-15. 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. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. 157 views, 7 likes, 9 loves, 29 comments, 4 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Miller Memorial Baptist Church: Sunday, February 26, 2023~ Reverend Damaris Y Walker, Esq., Pastor ~ Scripture: Song of. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. : 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. xviii. How shall we learn to walk by His side? Chapter i. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. 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. On all hands there are disappointed folk who, thinking of condition rather than character, find life "tame." But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. "(Archbishop Temple. 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. Chapter i. . (2)His knowledge of us is entire, complete.2. His omniscience. 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. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. 7 ad 3m II. cxxxviii. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. 17, 18).2. 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. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. Chapter i. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. And how it would bless us! St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. He is our model. 23, 24). "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. It is here proposed to show, that every incumbent duty ought, in suitable circumstances, to be engaged to in the exercise of Covenanting. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. 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. His omnipresence. To Dominicus, Bishop. "When a foul crime has been perpetrated, tender-hearted Christian women who would not harm a hair of the enemy's head, but would rather feed him, will express keen resentment, and will be disquieted in mind till they hear that the perpetrator has been convicted and duly punished." 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. How few are the objects we see even thus externally and partially! 8). 5, 6. 1, 2. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. (ver. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 18 " Ep., cxxx. cxxxviii. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf.
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