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To be near unto God - pagina 405
Here on earthsin characterizes alloflife.Itdoes this by no means merely in the sense, that sin is continuously committed night and day, and that sin occasions ruin, but rather in this sense that sin breaks human life, constantly removes its supports and makes th ...
To be near unto God - pagina 406
and shall one day show itself to be our real human existence, even as it is this already for God's angels. But it does follow from this that our earthly life must be continuouslyhigher, true,tossed and shaken and move ever up and down; and that it becomes richer, more interesting an ...
To be near unto God - pagina 407
mining, so that rejuvenated and renewed in strength of life you feel by the grace of God that you have been, as it were, given back to yourself, in order, as though nothing had ever been the matter with you, in full realization of Divine grace, with renewed courage to take up the battle This refr ...
To be near unto God - pagina 408
thisabundant refreshing overtakes usspiritually.only overtakes him who exists spiritually, who inwardly leads a spiritual life and who can thirst after God as the hart thirsts after the water brooks. The many thousands who live in unconcern, without ever missing fellowship Bu ...
To be near unto God - pagina 411
observe by the side of sense and love of truth the rise of hatred against falsehood. To become ever more deeply conscious of the sense of justice, to see the seriousness of life increase. 0, it all presents the beautiful image of a going from strength to strength in the inner personality. In body ...
To be near unto God - pagina 410
learning to walk, until at last it succeeds when And so the the ankles have become stronger. growth goes on until full maturity is reached; and then there is strength for a hard run, the bold jump, the climb of a steep rock, the defiance of weariness and fatigue. All this is material. The growth ...
To be near unto God - pagina 409
ness are ended, and light shines forth again, and God returns to reveal himself to you in the fullness of his grace, then for you also there is abundant refreshing. And then you perceive and confess that had not God led you through this depth of forsakenness, you would never have experienced such ...
To be near unto God - pagina 412
With old people not infrequently there is shrinking and diminution. With the artist also there is a moment in his life when he has reached his zenith, and the fullness and richness of his expression of art rather decreases than gains. In the intellectual domain there may be a few whose minds at 7 ...
To be near unto God - pagina 413
years, as a rule, stand so much higher? Is the oldest child in the family always farthest advanced in grace? Observe particularly certain defects in character, certain well-known weaknesses and little sins, that showed themselves unpleasantly in a child of God, ten or twenty years ago. Meeting su ...
To be near unto God - pagina 414
that first period of grace. There is considerable increase in knowledge, as well as in spiritual experience and in spiritual wisdom, but there is no acquisition of higher strength. Sometimes even there is a relapse, which is not survived except with much difficulty. And so there is considerable s ...
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