Because, with the outward extension of the Church, its influence upon the inner man needs always to be considered. That what we are to speak to for the clearing and improving this noble piece of truth, that Christ is the Truth, may be the more clearly understood and edifying, we shall first take notice of some generals, and then show particularly how or in what respects Christ is called the Truth; and finally speak to some cases wherein we are to make use of Christ as the Truth. How this is founded on hope. [2431] and of Lazarus. For it is written, He hath given us drink in tears by measure (Ps. Oh, I would rather that you should be stung into courage by excessive pain than that you should be healed into cowardice! It destroys faith, which consists in a knowledge of the divine will. III. What this will is, and how necessary the knowledge of it. Access 50+ premium resources. You may have gone to your bed, sick at heart, "weary, and worn, and sad," and you wake in the morning ready for anything. A brief recapitulation of the leading points of the whole discussion. The Law in Messianic Times. A CHEERING PROMISE. The parallelism between these two clauses is even stronger in the original than in our Version, for whilst the two words which designate the 'Rock' are not identical, their meaning is identical, and the difference Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, "My Times are in Thy Hand"Having thus taken to the best resource by trusting in Jehovah, and having made the grandest claim possible by saying, "Thou art my God", the Psalmist now stays himself upon a grand old doctrine, one of the most wonderful that was ever revealed to men. Psalm 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. Men are by nature haters of God (Rom. There is AN OCCASIONAL WEAKNESS apparent in many of those that hope in the Lord. Be strong. 3. Augustine's similitude of a good and bad rider. I would not have you deserve the coward's doom, and speak of it as "retiring." How needful is it . The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingAppendix xiv. "The Saints on earth, and those above, But one communion make; Joined to their Lord in bonds of love, All of His grace partake." The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingAppendix xiv. "He shall strengthen your heart." After carefully pondering the matter--with, John YeardleyMemoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the GospelWhether Faith is Required of Necessity in the Minister of a Sacrament?Objection 1: It seems that faith is required of necessity in the minister of a sacrament. 2. I. Objection 2: Further, if a minister of the Church has not the true faith, it seems that he is a heretic. Proud member A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION. 1. The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach. Don't let me down! The Law in Messianic Times. John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian ReligionCovenanting Confers Obligation. 22. Sometimes by gracious providences.2. 2. 2. 3. The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach. Sometimes by gracious providences.2. Bible Language English. Christ ought not to be served by feather-bed soldiers.IV. The Psalmist has been describing, with the eloquence of misery, his own desperate condition, in all manner of metaphors which he heaps together--'sickness,' 'captivity,' 'like a broken vessel,' 'as a dead man out of mind.' Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? There are some things of this sort even of our Saviour in the Gospel, because the Lord of the Prophets deigned to be Himself also a Prophet. Have you never felt it? 'I trusted Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureHid in Light'Thou shall hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.' But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. lxxix. They fear God, Thomas WatsonA Divine CordialFather, I Know that all My Life"My times are in Thy hand." 20. Salem Media Group. You have not a hope apart from the ever-blessed Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 2, 3 (R.V.). What an honour to that old saint that Jesus Christ, dying, should find nothing that more fully corresponded to His inmost heart at that moment than the utterance of the Psalmist long ago! By a precious promise.4. Hope in God cheers him, sustains him, comforts him; makes life happy and prosperous; and makes death calm, serene, triumphant. 2. --PSALM xxxi. (3)In the midst of great labour for the Lord.The best of men are but men at the best; and, therefore, who wonders if their heart sometimes faileth them in the day of suffering, in the hour of battle, or under the broiling sun, when they are labouring for their Lord?3. In the text to which this Appendix refers it has been indicated, that a new legislation was expected in Messianic days. Save verses, read offline, watch teaching clips, and more! But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. I. For Thou art my Rock and my Fortress.' After carefully pondering the matter--with, John YeardleyMemoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the GospelWhether Faith is Required of Necessity in the Minister of a Sacrament?Objection 1: It seems that faith is required of necessity in the minister of a sacrament. 1. An exhortation. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. You feel a sudden strengthening of your spirit, so that you are perfectly resigned, satisfied, prepared, and ready. If you are the persons spoken of in the text, this hope of yours is rooted, and grounded, and stablished in the Lord: "all ye that hope in the Lord." Perhaps, in the middle of the night, you awake, and the visitations of God are manifested to you, and you feel as happy as if everything went the way you would like it to go. I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great. 23). It sounds strange logic, 'Be for Thou art,' and yet it is the logic of prayer, and goes very deep, pointing out both its limits and its encouragements. Don't give up. Be strong. 5. 5. Of Faith. I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize. TRUE COURAGE WILL NEVER SWERVE FROM THAT WHICH IT KNOWS IS RIGHT. I. 8. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart (See Gill on Psalms 27:14); by this instance of God's wonderful kindness to the psalmist, he would have the saints take heart, and be of good cheer, even in the greatest distresses, since their case cannot be worse than his was; and yet he had deliverance out of it; all ye that hope in the Lord; for the eye of the Lord is on such, and he takes delight in them, ( Psalms 33:18 ) ( 147:11 ) . It sounds strange logic, 'Be for Thou art,' and yet it is the logic of prayer, and goes very deep, pointing out both its limits and its encouragements. You may have gone to your bed, sick at heart, "weary, and worn, and sad," and you wake in the morning ready for anything. The dogma of implicit faith refuted. The parallelism between these two clauses is even stronger in the original than in our Version, for whilst the two words which designate the 'Rock' are not identical, their meaning is identical, and the difference Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture"My Times are in Thy Hand"Having thus taken to the best resource by trusting in Jehovah, and having made the grandest claim possible by saying, "Thou art my God", the Psalmist now stays himself upon a grand old doctrine, one of the most wonderful that was ever revealed to men. Is it not wonderful that, at that supreme hour, He deigned to take an unknown singer's words as His words? The Definition of It. The call which John Yeardley had received to visit the German colonies in South Russia, and which had lain for a long time dormant, now revived. Get down on my level and listen, and pleaseno procrastination! What has He ever done that you should doubt Him?3. Do you not think that your God deserves to be trusted? I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize. Nay, you shall be more happy that everything should cross you than that everything should please you, if it be God's sweet will. Try Bible Gateway Plus free today! Phil 1:1I. In like manner, his being cast into the sea and swallowed by the great fish, is a poetic reproduction, for homiletical purposes, of Israel's sufferings at the hands of the heathen whom it had failed to warn. Spurgeon. A friend who had watched with regret his unsuccessful attempts on former journeys to enter that jealous country, and who augured from the political changes which had taken place that permission might probably now be obtained, brought the subject again under his notice. 24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great Miss A. L. WaringHymns and MeditationsHis Journey to South Russia. 30). 20. "Where have ye laid him?" By the design or end of acting. love and reverence we owe to God because of his retributive work! In this most of all Thou hast showed me the sweetness of Thy charity, Thomas A KempisImitation of ChristAn Exhortation to Love God1. When Life's gloomy curtain, at last, shall close o'er me, And the chill hand of death unexpectedly knock, I will John Ross MacduffThe Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus. Its Peculiar Properties. Question answered in respect to God and man. The history of the extension of the Church of Christ from one land to another, and of the successive victories won by the Cross over heathen races from age to age, gives by itself a very imperfect idea of the meaning of the words "The Holy Catholic Church." For to me to live is Christ. The first part of this verse is consecrated for ever by our Lord's use of it on the Cross. AugustineAgainst LyingThe Death of the Righteous'For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' Many things are and will continue to be implicitly John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian ReligionLinksPsalm 31:24 NIVPsalm 31:24 NLTPsalm 31:24 ESVPsalm 31:24 NASBPsalm 31:24 KJVPsalm 31:24 Bible AppsPsalm 31:24 ParallelPsalm 31:24 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 31:24 Chinese BiblePsalm 31:24 French BiblePsalm 31:24 German BiblePsalm 31:24 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)It pleads many excuses.III. An exhortation. i. But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach. There are walls which no mortal hands built to surround me, A Refuge Eternal,--'Tis JESUS MY ROCK! The necessity of the doctrine of faith. 1. He praises God for his goodnessDictionary of Bible ThemesPsalm 31:249612hope, in GodLibraryGoodness Wrought and Goodness Laid Up'Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!' 1. (Admonition 30.) There are four general things here to be noticed. It is not alone, "Be of good courage"; there is an "and" with it: "and he shall strengthen your heart." The call which John Yeardley had received to visit the German colonies in South Russia, and which had lain for a long time dormant, now revived. We must understand Paul of a spiritual life. - S. I. Such are those where, concerning the woman which had an issue of blood, He said, "Who touched Me?" That is moral courage. 24 Be brave. But I know not that there is any Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture 'Into Thy Hands''Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.' If this weakness of the heart should continue, it will be very injurious. Don't have any false shame. 24So be strong and courageous,all you who put your hope in the Lord! 2. (1)At the present time, I believe that it restricts enterprise. There are other analogous expressions in Scripture, setting forth, under various metaphors, God's protection of them that love Him. I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize. The parallelism between these two clauses is even stronger in the original than in our Version, for whilst the two words which designate the 'Rock' are not identical, their meaning is identical, and the difference Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture"My Times are in Thy Hand"Having thus taken to the best resource by trusting in Jehovah, and having made the grandest claim possible by saying, "Thou art my God", the Psalmist now stays himself upon a grand old doctrine, one of the most wonderful that was ever revealed to men. Do you not think that your God deserves to be trusted? He sings, "My times are in thy hand." Alexander took great pains to have him healed, and when he was quite well, he never exposed his precious life to any risk again. I would not have you deserve the coward's doom, and speak of it as "retiring." If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. He was not shut up unto the hand of the enemy; but his feet stood in a large room, for he was Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891That it is Sweet to Despise the World and to Serve GodNow will I speak again, O my Lord, and hold not my peace; I will say in the ears of my God, my Lord, and my King, who is exalted above all, Oh how plentiful is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee! I. [2431] and of Lazarus. 1. 2. 3. 1. Psalms 24 1-2 God claims Earth and everything in it, God claims World and all who live on it. THE HOPE WHICH THE CHRISTIAN HAS IN GOD. There are four general things here to be noticed. The necessity of the doctrine of faith. Who can scale the holy north-face? 3. Christ ought not to be served by feather-bed soldiers.IV. (a) The truly pious man despairs of success in anything else, or from any other quarter, for he feels that God alone can give success. HippolytusThe Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus My Spirit on Thy Care[861]Emmaus: [862]St. Michael: Louis Bourgeois, 1551; Arr. 20. The Law in Messianic Times. That what we are to speak to for the clearing and improving this noble piece of truth, that Christ is the Truth, may be the more clearly understood and edifying, we shall first take notice of some generals, and then show particularly how or in what respects Christ is called the Truth; and finally speak to some cases wherein we are to make use of Christ as the Truth. Jonah's refusal to obey the divine command to go to Nineveh and cry against it is best taken, not as prosaic history, but as a poetical representation of Israel's failure to obey the divine call of witnessing for God. For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. 4. But "faith directs in intention" as Augustine says against Julian (In Psalm xxxi, cf. 5. HippolytusThe Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus My Spirit on Thy Care[861]Emmaus: [862]St. Michael: Louis Bourgeois, 1551; Arr. Hid in Light'Thou shall hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.' 1. Spurgeon. And He did on this account feign that He knew not, that He might signify somewhat else by that His seeming ignorance: and since this St. Example from the history of Job. THE PERSONS TO WHOM THIS PROMISE IS MADE, those who "hope in the Lord." LESSONS ADDRESSED TO THE CHURCH, DRAWN FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCE. He was is haste, Flying from his enemies, when he said this. He sings, "My times are in thy hand." By the kindly fellowship of friends.3. For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize. Expect God to get here soon. The affection of love is natural, but the grace is not. Same thought in substance in all these passages. Men of hope. Old Objection, that the agency of God in such cases is referable to prescience or permission, not actual operation. Sometimes by gracious providences.2. When my heart is all sorrow, and trials aggrieve me, To whom can I safely my secrets unlock? 1. The call which John Yeardley had received to visit the German colonies in South Russia, and which had lain for a long time dormant, now revived. Old Objection, that the agency of God in such cases is referable to prescience or permission, not actual operation. "All ye that hope in the Lord." A CHEERING PROMISE. Perhaps, in the middle of the night, you awake, and the visitations of God are manifested to you, and you feel as happy as if everything went the way you would like it to go. It is not alone, "Be of good courage"; there is an "and" with it: "and he shall strengthen your heart." But I know not that there is any Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture 'Into Thy Hands''Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.' It destroys faith, which consists in a knowledge of the divine will. And He did on this account feign that He knew not, that He might signify somewhat else by that His seeming ignorance: and since this St. ( C. H. Question answered in respect to the devil. Spurgeon. The dogma of implicit faith refuted. Watchfulness is another help; taking care to keep away from the occasions and inducements to sin: occupation in what is good and right, storing the mind with God's truth. 3-5 You're my cave to hide in, 6): which means that each person's soul should in its penitence drink the tears Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the Great, The Nature of JustificationJustification in the active sense (iustificatio, {GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH OXIA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA}) is defined by the Tridentine Council as "a translation from that state wherein man is born a child of the first Adam, to the state of grace and of the adoption of the sons of God through the second Adam, Joseph PohleGrace, Actual and Habitual, "The Truth. "
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