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To be near unto God - pagina 275
Love for God apart from sm operates most purely with the angels. And yet. however glorious their love for God may be, it is a different and a lesser love than that of the redeemed sinner for his God and Savior. It is not for us to say, how revelation would have unfolded itself, had not Adam falle ...
To be near unto God - pagina 276
And according to the greater measui*e of their sin, they enter into a far richer measure of fellowship with the Father who is in heaven, and of the knowledge of his holy Name. A more brutal outbreak in sin is not at all the necessary background of this experience. As in the case of Luther, a deep ...
To be near unto God - pagina 278
"IACKNOWLEDGE MY UNTO THEE."SINAlthough it is a Divine appointment, for wliich behooves us to give thanks, it is nevertheless difficult for us, sinners, to realize that in the end even sin is compelled to become a means of leading us into deeper knowledge of God, and of makin ...
To be near unto God - pagina 277
There are two ways that here present themOne man minimizes his sin. He is offended when he is told of his guilt. He will not hear it said that he is guilty in all sorts of ways. He holds himself erect, and deems himself a selves.saint.;Thisand not toisthe ...
To be near unto God - pagina 279
but also among the redeemed. In Christ has come to us a knowledge of God's name and being, such as has never been known outside of him, but Bethlehem as well as Golgothatures,therefind their cause alone in the salvation of sinners. Even the knowledge of the Almighty power of ...
To be near unto God - pagina 280
of sin in their case run? How runs it now? Two classes of persons should here be kept apart. Those who broke out into sin in an offensive way, and the others who remained within the bounds of an ordinary sinful existence. Mary of Magdala and Salome do not stand in one line. Peter, who thrice deni ...
To be near unto God - pagina 281
as fruit of their faith they unfold a much richer Christain life. The convert from gross sins frequently counts all his life long with the weight of pounds alone, wliile the quiet convert weighs with the assay-balance.This is not true of all. Alas, there are not a few who turn the fact its ...
To be near unto God - pagina 282
better self, and dream that they train themselves This results in a good deal in virtuous living. of social respectability and praise-worthy self-control. But it bears no fruit for eternal life, insomuch as they claim the honor of it for themselves,and withdraw themselves from God, with wh ...
To be near unto God - pagina 283
Verse 5 of this same Psalm comains the record. "I said I will confess mj^ trangressions unto theAnd so: I acknowledged my sin unto And thou forgavest the iniquity of my When thus the soul holds on, and before GodLord." thee. sin"...on bended knee mourns ...
To be near unto God - pagina 284
under sentence of death, our soul comes into direct contact, and immediate touch with the holy God, It brings us living and striking knowledge of him, with whom we have to do. The sin was terrible. ButGod used it for this end: that through it we should come to a better understanding of his holine ...
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