When the storm and the tempest are raging around me, Oh! 2. Whate'er events betide, Thy will they all perform: Safe in Thy breast my head I hide, Nor fear the coming storm. By the design or end of acting. 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.' 1. 22. 2. Because, with the outward extension of the Church, its influence upon the inner man needs always to be considered. It is not so easy to love God as most imagine. The scope of this chapter. 3. 1853. With what courage we should hope in God! The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties, THE question as to the Rabbinic views in regard to the binding character of the Law, and its imposition on the Gentiles, in Messianic times, although, strictly speaking, not forming part of this history, is of such vital importance in connection with recent controversies as to demand special consideration. Phil 1:1I. But "faith directs in intention" as Augustine says against Julian (In Psalm xxxi, cf. Psalm 31:23-24 The Message (MSG) 23 Love God, all you saints; God takes care of all who stay close to him, But he pays back in full. 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." Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. "O love the Lord, all ye his saints" (Psalm xxxi. 23). How God acts in them. It does not say, "He shall comfort your heart, therefore you need do nothing." Psalms 31:24 In-Context. This doctrine obscured by the Schoolmen, who make God the object of faith, without referring to Christ. Oh, I would rather that you should be stung into courage by excessive pain than that you should be healed into cowardice! There are walls which no mortal hands built to surround me, A Refuge Eternal,--'Tis JESUS MY ROCK! No bosom (save one) has the power to relieve me, The bosom which bled for me, JESUS MY ROCK! If this weakness of the heart should continue, it will be very injurious. Let good or ill befall, It must be good for me; Secure VariousThe Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USAHow God Works in the Hearts of Men. For Thou art my Rock and my Fortress.' Walk Humbly. A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION. The Definition of It. "Where have ye laid him?" Such are those where, concerning the woman which had an issue of blood, He said, "Who touched Me?" 8. How Satan acts in the reprobate. This supposeth what our case by nature is, and what we are all John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeJesus, My Rock. It does not make him neglect means. 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." But "faith directs in intention" as Augustine says against Julian (In Psalm xxxi, cf. This doctrine obscured by the Schoolmen, who make God the object of faith, without referring to Christ. The works of God distinguished from the works of Satan and wicked men. You may have gone to your bed, sick at heart, "weary, and worn, and sad," and you wake in the morning ready for anything. For Thou art my Rock and my Fortress.' Is it not wonderful that, at that supreme hour, He deigned to take an unknown singer's words as His words? Whate'er events betide, Thy will they all perform: Safe in Thy breast my head I hide, Nor fear the coming storm. A brief recapitulation of the leading points of the whole discussion. 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. The Law in Messianic Times. On Psalm xxxi. 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. Salem Media Group. No, for , 1. The Message, Numbered Edition, Personal Size, with Topical Concordance, The Message // REMIX 2.0--soft leather-look, textured pieces, The Message Large-Print Devotional Bible, hardcover, The Message Deluxe Gift Bible, Black/Slate Leather-Look. ).PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsCourage, David, Fear, Heart, Hope, Maschil, Psalm, Strengthen, Strengtheneth, Strong, Wait, WaitingOutline1. This to him was a most cheering fact: he had no fear as to his circumstances, since all things were in the divine hand. For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' What this will is, and how necessary the knowledge of it. 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. Spurgeon. He may be calumniated and despised; deprived of the fellowship of other Christians; cast down by reason of his departures from God, so that he walk in darkness and hath no light. Do you not think that your God deserves to be trusted? 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. Contra Julian iv). What to those who serve Thee with their whole heart? Don't give up. What has He ever done that you should doubt Him? 2. The Targum is, "who hope for", or "trust in the word of the Lord"; the essential Word, the promised Messiah. 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. When my heart is all sorrow, and trials aggrieve me, To whom can I safely my secrets unlock? For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. In the text to which this Appendix refers it has been indicated, that a new legislation was expected in Messianic days. But in the depth of desolation he grasps at God's hand, and that lifts him up out of the pit. where shall I flee to be safe from their shock? Moments for Mums: Be Strong - Part 1. Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. 1. As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. Because, with the outward extension of the Church, its influence upon the inner man needs always to be considered. Often they are very trying; but this promise is for us. where shall I flee to be safe from their shock? 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!' They fear God, Thomas WatsonA Divine CordialFather, I Know that all My Life"My times are in Thy hand." Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. Don't have any false shame. The admonition was timely and effectual. For those who deplore sins of deed are to be admonished that perfected lamentations should wash out consummated evils, lest they be bound by a greater debt of perpetrated deed than they pay in tears of satisfaction for it. Edward BurbidgeThe Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?Of Faith. And he shall strengthen your heart The God you put your trust in, will, by that trust, impart fortitude and strength to you; all ye that hope in the Lord . Question answered in respect to the devil. Such are those where, concerning the woman which had an issue of blood, He said, "Who touched Me?" Is it not wonderful that, at that supreme hour, He deigned to take an unknown singer's words as His words? Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. He prays in his calamity19. 2. Such are those where, concerning the woman which had an issue of blood, He said, "Who touched Me?" For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' The admonition was timely and effectual. Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. [2432] He asked, namely, as if not knowing that which in any wise He knew. The Schoolmen refuted by various passages. 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." 23). He sings, "My times are in thy hand." Only the clean-handed, only the pure-hearted; Men who won't cheat, women who won't seduce. Some Generals Proposed. Do you not think that your God deserves to be trusted? Have you never felt it? 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. 19, 20.) I would not have you deserve the coward's doom, and speak of it as "retiring." The Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureBe for Thou Art'Be Thou to me a strong Rock, an house of defence to save me. 1. [2431] and of Lazarus. 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 JesusThe Communion of Saints. But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. They err from the Scriptures who make the grace of God a reason for doing nothing; it is the reason for doing everything.1. 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. (2)It endangers the success of the best workers. AugustineAgainst LyingThe Death of the Righteous'For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' What this will is, and how necessary the knowledge of it. A CHEERING PROMISE. Expect GOD to get here soon. Dont give up. The dogma of implicit faith refuted. Question answered in respect to God and man. 2, 3 (R.V.). 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. There are but few that love God: many give Him hypocritical kisses, but few love Him. Whether Faith is Required of Necessity in the Minister of a Sacrament? 1. 2. 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. For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. MAN'S UNBELIEF AND THE DIVINE FAITHFULNESS. It destroys faith, which consists in a knowledge of the divine will. They fear God, Thomas WatsonA Divine CordialFather, I Know that all My Life"My times are in Thy hand." 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! (1) But what art Thou to those who love Thee? 22. Oh, I would rather that you should be stung into courage by excessive pain than that you should be healed into cowardice! 1. Phil 1:1I. i. It is not so easy to love God as most imagine. 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. --PSALM xxxi. Psalms 31:24. For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. 6): which means that each person's soul should in its penitence drink the tears Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThe 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. " 1. This supposeth what our case by nature is, and what we are all John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life, Jesus, My Rock. Phil 1:1I. THE question as to the Rabbinic views in regard to the binding character of the Law, and its imposition on the Gentiles, in Messianic times, although, strictly speaking, not forming part of this history, is of such vital importance in connection with recent controversies as to demand special consideration. Version. Alexander took great pains to have him healed, and when he was quite well, he never exposed his precious life to any risk again. Do not sit still, and rub your eyes, and say, "I cannot help it, I must always be dull like this." Courageous - Being Daughters rooted in Grace. They fear God, Thomas WatsonA Divine CordialFather, I Know that all My Life"My times are in Thy hand." But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. No, get not into that class; be thou rather like that soldier of Alexander, who was always to the front, and the reason was that he bore about with him what was thought to be an incurable disease, and he suffered so much pain that he did not care whether he lived or died. ", 2. This to him was a most cheering fact: he had no fear as to his circumstances, since all things were in the divine hand. Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. For to me to live is Christ. Alexander took great pains to have him healed, and when he was quite well, he never exposed his precious life to any risk again. (Ver. Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. (Admonition 30.) --PSALM xxxi. If you want to get out of diffidence, and timidity, and despondency, you must rouse yourselves up. Access 50+ premium resources. 2. Ii. Dont give up. 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. When my heart is all sorrow, and trials aggrieve me, To whom can I safely my secrets unlock? For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' Psalm 30. This doctrine obscured by the Schoolmen, who make God the object of faith, without referring to Christ. A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION. Men are by nature haters of God (Rom. Ill. "O love the Lord, all ye his saints" (Psalm xxxi. Of the Triumph of the Christian Faith. --JONAH 11. Contra Julian iv). The ultimate basis of this expectancy must be sought in the Old Testament Alfred EdersheimThe Life and Times of Jesus the MessiahThere are Some Things of this Sort Even of Our Saviour in the Gospel27. How Satan acts in the reprobate. You feel a sudden strengthening of your spirit, so that you are perfectly resigned, satisfied, prepared, and ready. Im leaping and singing in the circle of your love; discard me like a broken dish in the trash. Paul was a great admirer of Christ. Have you never felt it? Benson Commentary. He rejoices in his mercy9. How His mind must Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture 'Lying Vanities''They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.' No, get not into that class; be thou rather like that soldier of Alexander, who was always to the front, and the reason was that he bore about with him what was thought to be an incurable disease, and he suffered so much pain that he did not care whether he lived or died. I. Ii. For Thou art my Rock and my Fortress.' --PSALM xxxi. You must not be so; in the name of God, you are commanded in the text to "be of good courage."2. "He shall strengthen your heart." Truly unspeakable is the sweetness of the contemplation of Thee, which Thou bestowest upon those who love Thee. 1. 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. Question answered in respect to God and man. He desired to know nothing but Christ, and him crucified. 22. For those who deplore sins of deed are to be admonished that perfected lamentations should wash out consummated evils, lest they be bound by a greater debt of perpetrated deed than they pay in tears of satisfaction for it. Oh, I would rather that you should be stung into courage by excessive pain than that you should be healed into cowardice! Is it not wonderful that, at that supreme hour, He deigned to take an unknown singer's words as His words? (2)In times of temptation. Connection of this chapter with the preceding. 20. Old Objection, that the agency of God in such cases is referable to prescience or permission, not actual operation. 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. For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' 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. They fear God, Thomas WatsonA Divine CordialFather, I Know that all My Life"My times are in Thy hand." 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!' But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. AugustineAgainst LyingThe Death of the Righteous'For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' I. 19. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. How this is founded on hope. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD. The necessity of the doctrine of faith. What love and reverence we owe to God because of his retributive work! (Read Psalm 31:19-24) Instead of yielding to impatience or despondency under our troubles, we should turn our thoughts to the goodness of the Lord towards those who fear and trust in Him.
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