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To be near unto God - pagina 472
ing to a doctrine.Nooneincorporated in this one becomes a member here, in order presently from choice, to resign his membership. No, the body of Christ is anchored in the soul, as an organism which forms one whole, no part of which can ever be alienated from it. It is invisib ...
To be near unto God - pagina 474
that we should defiantly meet the world that is offended at Christ, but it aims to inspire the disciples of the Lord to stand their ground when they would retreat, and to remain unmoved in the face of slander and disdain.But do not forget that this word has its dangerous side, because it h ...
To be near unto God - pagina 475
your honesty and uprightness, and pays homage to what is called your philanthropic and ethical nature. The world has demonstrated this differently in the case of Jesus himself. When we do nothing else in the name of Jesus than what the world can praise, that which is characteristic in our confess ...
To be near unto God - pagina 476
GodThe proof is found near unto you. that as soon as you let go your hold on God, the world is ready at once to turn its scorn into praise, and its disdain into applause. There is undoubtedly hatred against the neighbor in the sin of the world. This began with Cain. But only insofar as the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 477
But the fire of this hatred only breaks out and unsparingly, when the world perceives that it is no more you who speak of God andfiercelybear witness for him, but that the living God himself speaketh in you, because he dwelleth in you, and when for this reason it can strike in you a ...
To be near unto God - pagina 478
antithesis can not be separated from the nearness to God. The nearer we are to the world, the farther away we are from God. And the nearer we are to God, the greater the distance between us and the world. If it were possible for us to go out from the world, after we have come near unto God, there ...
To be near unto God - pagina 479
unsanctified utterance, which is observed in you, and then falsely and slanderously saying all manner of evil against you. To be near unto God and to bear this trouble, belong together. In such a way however that it must never be courted; the world must never be incited to it by your desire after ...
To be near unto God - pagina 480
the beginning, pride is not the motive. It is rather that a beginning is made from the earnest desire to belong to the people of God, partly as an assurance of one's own salvation, but more for the sake of taking an active part in the work of sanctifying the name of the Lord, and of advancing the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 481
Ourfathers used to say, that thisoneself in the place of theWordisputtingGod. Notoffrom any saint whatever, from God's Word the standmust be derived which determines geniune childship, and the true gold of our godliness. These censors did no ...
To be near unto God - pagina 486
willcome and make our abode with them" (JohnAnd this excludes from God and from being near unto 14:23).the search afterhim, the alwaysIn this sacred domain imitation leads to nothing but selfdeceit. All mysticism of soul, which seeks and finds God, realizes that ...
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