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To be near unto God - pagina 549
a.Godwe createdafter our image, butafter theimage of God. And this you will not get from books, and not from travel, and not from acquaintance with men. For all this only confines you to the limit and to the measure of our small proportions, and is altoge ...
To be near unto God - pagina 550
100THOU TRIEST MINE HEART, THAT IS WITH THEE."ITManycauses can interrupt the secret walk with to the pious mind is, that God withdraws his face, in order, by the want of it, to make you thirst more strongly after it. The most common is, that earthly interests so engage ...
To be near unto God - pagina 551
to flee from God was stronger than to be near unto God. We perceive this change in our spiritual attitude clearly, at once and in the most painful way,and the inclinationwhenit was a sin that tempted us; a sin which, once committed, startled us, and for which we would give an ...
To be near unto God - pagina 554
it is good for you, unspeakably good, to be near again unto God. And what is the secret of this healing work of the soul? Is it not stated in Jeremiah's words: "Lord, thou knowest me, thou seest me, thou triest mine heart that it is with thee" (Jer. 12:3 Dutch version). That which makes the utter ...
To be near unto God - pagina 552
God, when you know him in all your ways, and have been initiated into the secret of salvation, and then commit a sin which startles and frightens you, and brings a dark cloud to your sky, and you are thrown back upon yourself, and you feel that you have no more part in the lovely walk with God. I ...
To be near unto God - pagina 553
Not from lack of will, but from shame. We knew that we must get back to God, but we postponed it. We wanted to pray, but we allowed fear. \\elltime to intervene.Wekeptsilent.Andin thisoppressive silence, which so sorely weighed upon the soul, we go ...
To be near unto God - pagina 555
God, and that in co-operation with Satan we oppose God. And if this be the case what is it to make confession of sin, save that so soon as you realize this, you at once step out from among the ranks of Satan and return to the battle lines of God, imploring mercy, that you may be counted worthy ag ...
To be near unto God - pagina 556
of Satanby dragging him,wrongl}', into everything.thatasitwere, rightly orBut doesitnot seemnow werather incline to the other extreme, and forget, if not deny, the very existence of the Evil One? With this denial, self-c ...
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 ...
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