To be near unto God - pagina 165
takes no part in this transition
is left
in the rear.
The whole church will understand that she loses power when she adheres to the old, without harmonizing her insight into the past with the She then claims of our clarified consciousness. Her preaching does loses her touch upon life. not join itself to what stirs and moves in the world. She does not equip the faithful with needed armor, and becomes herself the cause, that in ever weaker positions in the conflict of Confess, in times she is incapacitated. such as these, when in every way the will has become the object of investigation and thought, will it do for Christians to act as though the knowledge of the will did not concern them? Here we confine ourselves to our subject. It is the aim of these meditations to bring the soul This requires into secret fellowship with God. spirits
knowledge of God, even that knowledge which is In that knowledge of God itself eternal life. we must increase. And this increase is more possible through the will than through the understanding. This is the point which we emphasize.
The holy
apostle expresses
it
so clearly:
''Walk
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, whereby we shall be fruitful in every good work, and at the same time increase in the knowledge of
God"
(Col. 1:10), bends his will so that at length he has no other will than to forgive his debtor, comes through his own will to the knowledge of the compassionate God who forgives him. To God forgiveness is no outward rule, which he applies.
He who
To
forgive proceeds from his will. to forgive proceeds from his Being. 161
And If
this will
we come
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Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's
Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's