Filteren
van 3996
To be near unto God - pagina 557
hesitate to dismiss this whole matter of Satan's influences,partandparcel,fromtheirGospel.Andwith respect to this it is evident again, that every such effort aims not at forming the mind and thought after the Gospel, but at moulding the Gosp ...
To be near unto God - pagina 559
This much, however, working severally delineates itself with sufficient clearness. There are workings from the unholy spirit world, which, without definite attack, of themselves find a direction to our thoughts.iscertain, that a threefoldvehicle observable by us, in public op ...
To be near unto God - pagina 558
that the world of men is not the only world of conscious beings. There are myriads of other spiritual beings who are known as spirits, angels, cherubim, seraphim, etc. It is also certain that this world of spirits is not separated from our world of men, that it exists by the side of it, and is in ...
To be near unto God - pagina 561
workings in the spiritual atmosphere. But the incident with Peter shows that you might be mistaken. That there might have been an attack of Satan when you did not in the least suspect And in any case, that the daily prayer: it. '"Deliver us from the Evil!" is no superfluous eralwealth for ...
To be near unto God - pagina 560
The conflict was in the open. Altogether different from now. Even in those days, however, Satan tried to hide himself. We refer to this for our instruction. Peter, with his sensitive nature and excitable mind, was used as instrument. "His 5esus to die on the Cross! Never!" Love for Jesus was the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 563
and wooed him. yet he tarried.The crown awaited him.HestillButremained in the sphereof this world. Not because it attracted him. On the contrary, between the risen Savior and the world, which was still submerged in misery, every tie of connection was seve ...
To be near unto God - pagina 562
Be, therefore, on your guard.become awareAs soonof spiritual coolness, asasyousoon as youperceive that this, that or the other thing renders difficult or prevents you from being, and continuing, near unto God, then consider what influences you are ...
To be near unto God - pagina 565
of our soul to look for God's throne not in our proximity, nor yet underneath, but above us. The heavens are God's throne and the earth is his footstool. We look up to the heavens, from whence light comes to us, where God's stars twinkle in the firmament, from whence rain descends to us and water ...
To be near unto God - pagina 564
and that for those many days he forewent the glory which awaited him on God's throne. But this could not last. The end must follow. It was an holy pause in his glorification, entered upon from love, but which of necessity had to be It could not, and was not, as short as possible. permitted to be ...
To be near unto God - pagina 567
sacred mystery, a restless ascent of our faith, our love and our hope up to the throne of glory. By his ascent up to heaven Jesus has not become farther removed from us, but he has come What now vibrates and lives and nearer by. operates is fellowship between the King of glory and his saints on e ...
van 3996
