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: 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. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. Mon, Dec 25, 1995. 1, 2. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. 24).(W. 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. 19 III. There is a sweetness and a power in the very monosyllable, "Thy mercy"; because it is peculiar to God, it is His own property, it distinguishes Him. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. To Dominicus, Bishop. Perfect peace, that's the promise. Dry bones; hopeless situations have a spiritual ear. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. 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. This is a plea that every reconciled soul may urge. Its offices are located in Omaha, Nebraska. 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. 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. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. 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. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. Our relation toward such a God should be . See "Spurgeon's Sermons", Nos. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. 15. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? TRY TO LEARN HIS SECRET. 2. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. His communion is unbroken. 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. 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. 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. 1. 1, 2. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. THE UNCHANGING FOUNDATION OF ASSURANCE. The mercy of the creature was of yesterday; the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting. 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 thought will flash across us that God sees us. 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. Nothing can escape Jehovah's eye, for He is behind and before, i.e. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. II. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the Great, Sense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? God has made us so. 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. 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. 1, 2. Whenever servants of the Lord come together and examine what it is that they need to be, there must be a vision of Christ. 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. 24).(W. (Weekly Pulpit. AugustineOn the Good of MarriagePrayer Out of the Deep. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. The answer is the same. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. 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. )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. 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. And here let us look upon the bright as well as the dark side of this subject. Even in its most rudimental form, invisible to any other ken, it is still open to His eyes, and He determines all its subsequent development, recording in His book the days to come, i.e. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. 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. (Admonition 23.) He will revive us."--HOS. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionForasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. (Isa. David praises God for the truth of his word4. )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. | 28:00 min. vi. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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. Pastor James F. Wright Sermon on Ephesians 4:30-5:2 The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. 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 whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 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. 18 " Ep., cxxx. 15. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. Many times in the Psalms we see David speaking to himself, like in Psalm 43:5 where he says to himself why are you downcast O my soul? The text, however, itself, is its own guard. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. Christ: The Perfect Servant - Grace to You For the Chief Musician. "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. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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. (Isa. 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. 7-12). 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. "Alas!" (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. Psalm 138:8 Choice comfort for a young believer As every state has its dangers, so the peril of religious concern is despondency. 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. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, That the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. It is easy for us to talk to God when there is a problem or issue and more often than not, God hears us. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. 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. 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. cxxxviii. iii. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. His omnipotence (vers. There must be a foundation for the promise. Cultivate a loving affection for Him. 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. 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. 24).(W. vi. To reveal the supreme interest of human life. (Isa. 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. It began in election; and when does it end? 1, 2. The Coming Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of Intercession, Forasmuch as Each Man is a Part of the Human Race1. Get a grip at this, thou troubled one, and by a personal faith say, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. 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. 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. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. Chapter i. 23, 24). No, the first day of creation was a guarantee of the five which followed it and of the grand rest day which crowned the week. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. 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. 19 III. 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.