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To be near unto God - pagina 443
human way, to know, to perceive, to that we, too, come to our turn, and that for us also there comes a moment of hearing that is what he who prays means, when he gives jubilant thanks, that God has also inclined the ear to his prayer. Of course, this is not so with God. He does nothing in turn. H ...
To be near unto God - pagina 445
pronounces blessed. Then of itself and unconsciously the second round is reached, the entering upon the secret walk with God. Not that the light of God's countenance shines on us all, but in this way, that the soul has become a mirror,from whichthislightisThat G ...
To be near unto God - pagina 446
no words for it. Our conception here fails of all analysis. can believe, we can undergo sensations, we can enjoy, but here on earth, at least, and in our state of sin the deep mystery of the Triune Being of God can not be unveiled to us. worship Almighty God as our Father who is in heaven. worshi ...
To be near unto God - pagina 444
''TAKE The HolyNOT THY HOLYmOMSPIRITME."Scripture speaks of a seeking of God's"Blessed is the people that know the joyface. ful sound: they shall walk, Lord, in the light of thy countenance" (Ps. 89:15). But the Scripture speaks also of something more int ...
To be near unto God - pagina 447
It is the Holy Ghost himwho, entering into the heart of God's child, sets the seal upon it of this Triune Mj'stery. But for this reason fellowship with the Holy-stillness of solitude. selfSpirit in us is exceedingly sensitive and tender. Nothing must come in between, or it is gone. ...
To be near unto God - pagina 449
And then the joy of salvation returns; the meeting again between the soul that had deeply grieved the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit who rather than let go the soul of God's child, had allowed himself to be grieved. It is well with him who has experienced this with regard to his own sin. He alo ...
To be near unto God - pagina 448
And evenin such moments, faith that is not continues to shine through. After his deep fall David felt the anxious estrangement." He realized that as long as God looked upon his sin, no restoration of fellowship was possible, and therefore he prayed: "Hide thy face from my sins, and blot ou ...
To be near unto God - pagina 450
had not yet taken uphis abode in the church permanently, because, only after his ascension, Jesus would send the Comforter from the Fatherto the church.And so it must be understood when the Apostles speak of the church as of a "Temple of God" and as a ''dwelling place of God ...
To be near unto God - pagina 451
Thus humanity is divided. There is the unregenerated world, with which the separation continues, and which has no more temple on Zion. And there are the people of the Lord, who are no longer carnal, but live their hves in the spirit. Among this people, in this Church of the Lord, all separation h ...
To be near unto God - pagina 452
him, are derived from the Holy Ghost,is absurd. general has ever excelled, no poet has ever sung, no scholar has ever reaped the admiration of the world, no artist has ever enriched life with his creations, but it was the Holy Spirit, who caused the spark of genius to glow in him. Such and ...
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