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To be near unto God - pagina 471
:"ITheINTHEM AND THOUsoul's nearness toIN ME."God andour "mystical with Christ" belong together. All the apostles placed the emphasis on this; and in their writings the fathers of the Reformation, with Calvin in the lead, always referred to ...
To be near unto God - pagina 472
there is nothing indicative in this of thirst after the living God; nothing of the child's longing for his Father's house; nothing of sacred jealousy for And from this, no the honor of God's name. spiritual power can proceed. No religion can operate in, nor go forth from, this. And what is more, ...
To be near unto God - pagina 473
prayed in his high-priestly prayer: "Holy Father, I in them and thou in me" (St. John 17:23). If, however, our mystical union with Christ shall maintain its true religious character, and not degenerate into sentimental Christolatry, this relation to Christ must never be taken as an end in itself. ...
To be near unto God - pagina 474
Andour piety only becomes energetic when we with such perfect consecration, that we know of no higher joy than to drink in his peace, no greater recreation than to be near unto him, and no holier ambition than to fight and to sufifer for his holy name. And not even service of Christ may de ...
To be near unto God - pagina 475
and singing hymnsof praise. No, Christ has entered into our nature. This was possible, because our nature was created after the image of God; and therefore that which shall take you away from yourself and from sin, must touch youyour own nature, in your very manner of it must bring ...
To be near unto God - pagina 476
ing to a doctrine. No one is incorporated in this body by a military oath. No one becomes a member here, in order presently from choice, to No, the body of Christ resign his membership.anchored in the soul, as an organism which forms one whole, no part of which can ever be alienated from i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 477
—in the: "I in sealed of God.them and ThouinMe."Aunity87"FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD RESTETHUPONYOU."was a wonderful word which Jesus spake one which still pours balm into many wounds, and revives courage when ready to faint; ...
To be near unto God - pagina 478
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 479
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 480
The 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 personal ...
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