WE ADMIRE PHYSICAL COURAGE; but, after all, it is chiefly a constitutional endowment. Sometimes by gracious providences.2. 24Be strong and take heart,(A)all you who hope in the Lord. This supposeth what our case by nature is, and what we are all John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeJesus, My Rock. When the storm and the tempest are raging around me, Oh! He prays in his calamity19. Phil 1:1I. A brief recapitulation of the leading points of the whole discussion. The word rendered 'presence' is literally 'face,' and the force of this very remarkable expression of confidence is considerably marred unless that rendering be retained. Phil 1:1I. John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian ReligionCovenanting Confers Obligation. Psalm 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. (Admonition 30.) Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD. A friend who had watched with regret his unsuccessful attempts on former journeys to enter that jealous country, and who augured from the political changes which had taken place that permission might probably now be obtained, brought the subject again under his notice. Phil 1:1I. As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. Therefore, if the minister is without the true faith, the sacrament is invalid. Some Generals Proposed. He desired to know nothing but Christ, and him crucified. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! What to those who serve Thee with their whole heart? The ultimate basis of this expectancy must be sought in the Old Testament, 27. All rights reserved. William Crotch, 1836 Psalm 31 Henry F. Lyte, 1834 My spirit on Thy care, Blest Savior, I recline; Thou wilt not leave me to despair, For Thou art love divine. 1. No bosom (save one) has the power to relieve me, The bosom which bled for me, JESUS MY ROCK! Its Peculiar Properties. NLT Compact Giant Print Bible, Filament Enabled Edition (Red Letter, LeatherLike, Navy Blue Cross), NLT Life Application Study Bible 2nd Edition, Leatherlike brown & tan indexed, NLT Teen Life Application Study Bible, Softcover, NLT Filament Bible, Blue Clothbound Hardcover, NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible, Hardcover. I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great Miss A. L. WaringHymns and MeditationsHis Journey to South Russia. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. [2431] and of Lazarus. We must understand Paul of a spiritual life. What this will is, and how necessary the knowledge of it. where shall I flee to be safe from their shock? To WHOM THIS PROMISE IS MADE. On Psalm xxxi. The affection of love is natural, but the grace is not. But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! The history of the extension of the Church of Christ from one land to another, and of the successive victories won by the Cross over heathen races from age to age, gives by itself a very imperfect idea of the meaning of the words "The Holy Catholic Church." A friend who had watched with regret his unsuccessful attempts on former journeys to enter that jealous country, and who augured from the political changes which had taken place that permission might probably now be obtained, brought the subject again under his notice. They err from the Scriptures who make the grace of God a reason for doing nothing; it is the reason for doing everything. Differently to be admonished are those who deplore sins of deed, and those who deplore sins of thought. I Cor 2:2. No bosom (save one) has the power to relieve me, The bosom which bled for me, JESUS MY ROCK! The works of God distinguished from the works of Satan and wicked men. There are other analogous expressions in Scripture, setting forth, under various metaphors, God's protection of them that love Him. There are four general things here to be noticed. Be strong. They fear God, "My times are in Thy hand." --PSALM xxxi. I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great. -- Psalm 31:15 Father, I know that all my life Is portioned out for me, And the changes that are sure to come, I do not fear to see; But I ask Thee for a present mind Intent on pleasing Thee. In this most of all Thou hast showed me the sweetness of Thy charity, Thomas A KempisImitation of ChristAn Exhortation to Love God1. 3. The Message (MSG). Spurgeon. 1. A CHEERING PROMISE. 3. No, for , 1. --PSALM xxxi. Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. Some Generals Proposed. 20. All ye that hope in the Lord - All that put their trust in him, or all whose expectation is from him. 2, 3). 30). That what we are to speak to for the clearing and improving this noble piece of truth, that Christ is the Truth, may be the more clearly understood and edifying, we shall first take notice of some generals, and then show particularly how or in what respects Christ is called the Truth; and finally speak to some cases wherein we are to make use of Christ as the Truth. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. There are walls which no mortal hands built to surround me, A Refuge Eternal,--'Tis JESUS MY ROCK! In like manner, his being cast into the sea and swallowed by the great fish, is a poetic reproduction, for homiletical purposes, of Israel's sufferings at the hands of the heathen whom it had failed to warn. If this weakness of the heart should continue, it will be very injurious. Its Peculiar Properties. Your granite cave a hiding place, your high cliff nest a place of safety. The mercy of God is not so "marvellous" when it is shown in humbler cities as when it is shown in "a strong city," [1389] and for this reason "God is to be blessed." As a wicked man's life is made up of sin, Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityHow they are to be Admonished who Lament Sins of Deed, and those who Lament Only Sins of Thought. (1) But what art Thou to those who love Thee? William Crotch, 1836 Psalm 31 Henry F. Lyte, 1834 My spirit on Thy care, Blest Savior, I recline; Thou wilt not leave me to despair, For Thou art love divine. The admonition was timely and effectual. The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach. Is it not wonderful that, at that supreme hour, He deigned to take an unknown singer's words as His words? Jonah's refusal to obey the divine command to go to Nineveh and cry against it is best taken, not as prosaic history, but as a poetical representation of Israel's failure to obey the divine call of witnessing for God. For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' Paul was a great admirer of Christ. Christ ought not to be served by feather-bed soldiers.IV. Used by permission of NavPress. 'I trusted Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureHid in Light'Thou shall hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.' As to the first. As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. What this will is, and how necessary the knowledge of it. --PSALM xxxi. You may have gone to your bed, sick at heart, "weary, and worn, and sad," and you wake in the morning ready for anything. 3. "He shall strengthen your heart." This must be the ground of our courage. "He shall strengthen your heart. For it is written, He hath given us drink in tears by measure (Ps. The Message (MSG). 3. And many such martyrs there have been. In this most of all Thou hast showed me the sweetness of Thy charity, Thomas A KempisImitation of ChristAn Exhortation to Love God1. "The Saints on earth, and those above, But one communion make; Joined to their Lord in bonds of love, All of His grace partake." As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. The history of the extension of the Church of Christ from one land to another, and of the successive victories won by the Cross over heathen races from age to age, gives by itself a very imperfect idea of the meaning of the words "The Holy Catholic Church." He built it on Ocean foundations, laid it out on River girders. Connection of this chapter with the preceding. A friend who had watched with regret his unsuccessful attempts on former journeys to enter that jealous country, and who augured from the political changes which had taken place that permission might probably now be obtained, brought the subject again under his notice. After carefully pondering the matter--with, John YeardleyMemoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel, Whether Faith is Required of Necessity in the Minister of a Sacrament?Objection 1: It seems that faith is required of necessity in the minister of a sacrament. Ii. The dogma of implicit faith refuted. Same thought in substance in all these passages. And He did on this account feign that He knew not, that He might signify somewhat else by that His seeming ignorance: and since this St. 3. The Schoolmen refuted by various passages. Psalm 31:23-24 The Message (MSG) 23 Love God, all you saints; God takes care of all who stay close to him, But he pays back in full. The Targum is, "who hope for", or "trust in the word of the Lord"; the essential Word, the promised Messiah. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. 5-6 God is at their side; The necessity of the doctrine of faith. 5. 3. It destroys faith, which consists in a knowledge of the divine will. [2431] and of Lazarus. A CHEERING PROMISE. 23, 24.). 2, 3 (R.V.). --JONAH 11. But I know not that there is any, 'Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.' A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION. Ii. (1) But what art Thou to those who love Thee? HippolytusThe Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus, My Spirit on Thy Care[861]Emmaus: [862]St. Michael: Louis Bourgeois, 1551; Arr. Is it not wonderful that, at that supreme hour, He deigned to take an unknown singer's words as His words? A SEASONABLE EXHORTATION. New International Version (NIV). BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. We must understand Paul of a spiritual life. Some Generals Proposed. Therefore, if the minister is without the true faith, the sacrament is invalid. David, showing his confidence in God, craves his help7. [2432] He asked, namely, as if not knowing that which in any wise He knew. It does not say, "He shall comfort your heart, therefore you need do nothing." Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Old Objection, that the agency of God in such cases is referable to prescience or permission, not actual operation. Alexander took great pains to have him healed, and when he was quite well, he never exposed his precious life to any risk again. Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. Of the Triumph of the Christian Faith. There are other analogous expressions in Scripture, setting forth, under various metaphors, God's protection of them that love Him. No, get not into that class; be thou rather like that soldier of Alexander, who was always to the front, and the reason was that he bore about with him what was thought to be an incurable disease, and he suffered so much pain that he did not care whether he lived or died. The ultimate basis of this expectancy must be sought in the Old Testament Alfred EdersheimThe Life and Times of Jesus the MessiahThere are Some Things of this Sort Even of Our Saviour in the Gospel27. 1853. 1. They err from the Scriptures who make the grace of God a reason for doing nothing; it is the reason for doing everything.1. The dogma of implicit faith refuted. 2. Expect GOD to get here soon. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingAppendix xiv. Whate'er events betide, Thy will they all perform: Safe in Thy breast my head I hide, Nor fear the coming storm. 'I trusted, 'Thou shall hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.' The scope of this chapter. Augustine's similitude of a good and bad rider. --JONAH 11. No doubt it does need moral courage to stand against ridicule, but be not jeered from the right. 23). This supposeth what our case by nature is, and what we are all John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeJesus, My Rock. 3-5 You're my cave to hide in, THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Languagecopyright 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. 2. It is founded on the Lord Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection and intercession. NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Verse Mapping Bible, Comfort Print: Find Connections in Scripture Using a Unique 5-Step Process, NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Full-Color, Red Letter: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation. And He did on this account feign that He knew not, that He might signify somewhat else by that His seeming ignorance: and since this St. When my heart is all sorrow, and trials aggrieve me, To whom can I safely my secrets unlock? Question answered in respect to the devil. In Thee I place my trust, On Thee I calmly rest; I know Thee good, I know Thee just, And count thy choice the best. 2. "All ye that hope in the Lord." Whate'er events betide, Thy will they all perform: Safe in Thy breast my head I hide, Nor fear the coming storm. Some Generals Proposed. Perhaps, in the middle of the night, you awake, and the visitations of God are manifested to you, and you feel as happy as if everything went the way you would like it to go. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. Psalm 31 makes it clear that David knew God in a personal, practical, and deep way before he got into this crisis. The Psalmist has been describing, with the eloquence of misery, his own desperate condition, in all manner of metaphors which he heaps together--'sickness,' 'captivity,' 'like a broken vessel,' 'as a dead man out of mind.' 6): which means that each person's soul should in its penitence drink the tears Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThe Nature of JustificationJustification in the active sense (iustificatio, {GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH OXIA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA}) is defined by the Tridentine Council as "a translation from that state wherein man is born a child of the first Adam, to the state of grace and of the adoption of the sons of God through the second Adam, Joseph PohleGrace, Actual and Habitual"The Truth. "