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To be near unto God - pagina 169
32'WHO WORKETH ByINdoing willingly whatYOU TO GodwillsWILL." us to do,of God; not in barren book-knowledge, but in living soul-knowlThis springs edge, which is itself eternal life. from all sorts of causes, but not least from theweinc ...
To be near unto God - pagina 172
edge of God brings us nearer to the haven of salvation, i. e., to eternal life. From the illustration we come back to the matter itself. When God so works in us that at length we ourselves will what God wills, the process is not outward but inward. It is not that we are here on earth below, and t ...
To be near unto God - pagina 173
in his child, that he has his throne in the inmost recess of the child's soul, and thus has fellowship with him, not from afar, but in the sanctuary of his own person. There God worketh upon us by day and by night, even when we are He is our Sculptor, who* not conscious of it. carves in us the im ...
To be near unto God - pagina 174
ing of God, a better knowledge of him, and an will and purpose. Thus we see that there is still another way of learning to know God than learning about him from books or sermons. * Further on we will try to show that this knowl-ever clearer insight into hisedge of God from books and ...
To be near unto God - pagina 175
God is great, and we know him not. The most we can do is to kneel in worship before the unknown God." This is what the doubters meant, who at Athens had reared an altar to the "Unknown God." They did not mean that besides the manygods, whose altars had been reared, there was still another God, wh ...
To be near unto God - pagina 176
andleast of all that they are irreligious; that indeed they are most religious and that therefore with deep humility they are frank to confess, that the God whom we worship is One who by his Supreme Majesty withholds his knowledge frommen.However devoutthismay ...
To be near unto God - pagina 177
struggle against it. In this way only the victory is gained of the child-like Abba Father. When God is spoken of in a way which shows that there has been no fear of God, nor love to cast it out; that there has been no struggle and consequently no triumph, there is no child-like Abba, dear Father, ...
To be near unto God - pagina 178
moments in his life when he had to confess: "What I would, that do I not; but what I hate, (Rom. 7:15). This is an honest conwhich age upon age has been shamefully abused, that under the cloak of piety one might continue in sin and keep the conscience quiet. An abuse which shall be judged of God. ...
To be near unto God - pagina 179
whenof intentions and cherish holiest purposes, at the time of trial we are bound to fail?Andthisbestmood must beresisted.Thisisdebase-mentIt not only unfits one for the of self. battle of life, but severs the vital nerv ...
To be near unto God - pagina 180
34"NOT ASIWILL."In the "Our Father," and in Gethsemane, it is each time the same prayer: "Thy will be done." But though the emphasis and the words are alike both times, the meaning is different. In the "Our Father" "Thy will be done" means: "Thy will, O God, be done by ...
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