Be strong. But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. Connection of this chapter with the preceding. There are four general things here to be noticed. In this most of all Thou hast showed me the sweetness of Thy charity, Thomas A KempisImitation of ChristAn Exhortation to Love God1. 2. Psalm 32. By the kindly fellowship of friends.3. By using our website, you accept our use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy. He rejoices in his mercy9. And he shall strengthen your heart - He will animate you; he will enable you to meet trial and opposition; he will keep you from becoming faint and disheartened. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingAppendix xiv. As a wicked man's life is made up of sin, (Admonition 30.) 24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.. English Standard Version. THE question as to the Rabbinic views in regard to the binding character of the Law, and its imposition on the Gentiles, in Messianic times, although, strictly speaking, not forming part of this history, is of such vital importance in connection with recent controversies as to demand special consideration. --PSALM xxxi. All rights reserved worldwide. There are walls which no mortal hands built to surround me, A Refuge Eternal,--'Tis JESUS MY ROCK! But in our own strength no one is sufficient for these things; but the grace of God will help us. 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. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. If this weakness of the heart should continue, it will be very injurious. --PSALM xxxi. 8. 22. In this most of all Thou hast showed me the sweetness of Thy charity, Thomas A KempisImitation of ChristAn Exhortation to Love God1. By the design or end of acting. But I know not that there is any Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture 'Into Thy Hands''Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.' Differently to be admonished are those who deplore sins of deed, and those who deplore sins of thought. II. Example from the history of Job. 3. 5. "He shall strengthen your heart." Augustine's similitude of a good and bad rider. We say and do things in panic which we disown in calmer hours. New Living Translation (NLT) 19. This must by no means be neglected, the more we pray the stronger we are. Do not sit still, and rub your eyes, and say, "I cannot help it, I must always be dull like this." For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. Many things are and will continue to be implicitly John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian ReligionLinksPsalm 31:24 NIVPsalm 31:24 NLTPsalm 31:24 ESVPsalm 31:24 NASBPsalm 31:24 KJVPsalm 31:24 Bible AppsPsalm 31:24 ParallelPsalm 31:24 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 31:24 Chinese BiblePsalm 31:24 French BiblePsalm 31:24 German BiblePsalm 31:24 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)In times of temptation. Justification 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, 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. 3. By the kindly fellowship of friends.3. The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full. If this weakness of the heart should continue, it will be very injurious. For those who deplore sins of deed are to be admonished that perfected lamentations should wash out consummated evils, lest they be bound by a greater debt of perpetrated deed than they pay in tears of satisfaction for it. 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. 1. It is founded on the Lord Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection and intercession. There is AN OCCASIONAL WEAKNESS apparent in many of those that hope in the Lord. How God acts in them. IV. The Targum is, "who hope for", or "trust in the word of the Lord"; the essential Word, the promised Messiah. Many things are and will continue to be implicitly John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian ReligionLinksPsalm 31:24 NIVPsalm 31:24 NLTPsalm 31:24 ESVPsalm 31:24 NASBPsalm 31:24 KJVPsalm 31:24 Bible AppsPsalm 31:24 ParallelPsalm 31:24 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 31:24 Chinese BiblePsalm 31:24 French BiblePsalm 31:24 German BiblePsalm 31:24 CommentariesBible Hub. For those who deplore sins of deed are to be admonished that perfected lamentations should wash out consummated evils, lest they be bound by a greater debt of perpetrated deed than they pay in tears of satisfaction for it. When Life's gloomy curtain, at last, shall close o'er me, And the chill hand of death unexpectedly knock, I will John Ross MacduffThe Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of JesusThe Communion of Saints. The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach. As to the first. I. 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. Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. 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." 23, 24.). Spurgeon. As you slam the door on those oily, mocking faces. It sounds strange logic, 'Be for Thou art,' and yet it is the logic of prayer, and goes very deep, pointing out both its limits and its encouragements. There are but few that love God: many give Him hypocritical kisses, but few love Him. This to him was a most cheering fact: he had no fear as to his circumstances, since all things were in the divine hand. God's goodness is a treasure laid up for future as well as present use and blessing. I would not have you deserve the coward's doom, and speak of it as "retiring." It does not say, "He shall comfort your heart, therefore you need do nothing." For, as stated above [4401](A[8]), the intention of the minister is necessary for the validity of a sacrament. i. You feel a sudden strengthening of your spirit, so that you are perfectly resigned, satisfied, prepared, and ready. 2, 3 (R.V.). 24Be brave. We must understand Paul of a spiritual life. When Life's gloomy curtain, at last, shall close o'er me, And the chill hand of death unexpectedly knock, I will John Ross MacduffThe Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of JesusThe Communion of Saints. But heretics, Saint Thomas AquinasSumma TheologicaOther Fragments on the Psalms. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. 3. Objection 2: Further, if a minister of the Church has not the true faith, it seems that he is a heretic. Ii. Edward BurbidgeThe Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?Of Faith. Do not be a religious or political "turn-coat" against the secret conviction of your mind. 3. For to me to live is Christ. 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. The Definition of It. God alone can do this.1. 2. (3)It pleads many excuses.III. If you want to get out of diffidence, and timidity, and despondency, you must rouse yourselves up. Be of good courage Or, be strong, namely, in the Lord, and through confidence in his promises, which will not fail you, as I have found by experience. Such are those where, concerning the woman which had an issue of blood, He said, "Who touched Me?" There are four general things here to be noticed. By the design or end of acting. Psalm 31:24 in all English translations. Phil 1:1I. The affection of love is natural, but the grace is not. 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." You must not be so; in the name of God, you are commanded in the text to "be of good courage."2. The dogma of implicit faith refuted. Ii. 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. " 30). 1. Such are those where, concerning the woman which had an issue of blood, He said, "Who touched Me?" Objection 1: It seems that faith is required of necessity in the minister of a sacrament. Its Peculiar Properties. MSG: The Message . He desired to know nothing but Christ, and him crucified. --PSALM xxxi. -- 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. No bosom (save one) has the power to relieve me, The bosom which bled for me, JESUS MY ROCK! The necessity of the doctrine of faith. 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." There are other analogous expressions in Scripture, setting forth, under various metaphors, God's protection of them that love Him. There are others peculiar to himself. 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. 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. How His mind must Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture 'Lying Vanities''They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.' I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize. 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. 2. 1. A brief recapitulation of the leading points of the whole discussion. 20. 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. Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' He praises God for his goodnessDictionary of Bible ThemesPsalm 31:249612hope, in GodLibraryGoodness Wrought and Goodness Laid Up'Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!' BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. V. LET ME URGE YOU TO HAVE COURAGE TO DECIDE FOR JESUS CHRIST. God alone can do this.1. How His mind must Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture 'Lying Vanities''They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.' Christ ought not to be served by feather-bed soldiers.IV. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. And so in our temptations. They fear God, Thomas WatsonA Divine CordialFather, I Know that all My Life"My times are in Thy hand." Whate'er events betide, Thy will they all perform: Safe in Thy breast my head I hide, Nor fear the coming storm. 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. Edward BurbidgeThe Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?Of Faith. Nay, you shall be more happy that everything should cross you than that everything should please you, if it be God's sweet will. There are other analogous expressions in Scripture, setting forth, under various metaphors, God's protection of them that love Him. In the text to which this Appendix refers it has been indicated, that a new legislation was expected in Messianic days. There are but few that love God: many give Him hypocritical kisses, but few love Him. I would not have you deserve the coward's doom, and speak of it as "retiring." Its Peculiar Properties. By the kindly fellowship of friends.3. Example from the history of Job. They have not yet entered into possession of their full inheritance; they have a hope which is looking out for something better on before; they have a living hope which peers into the future beyond even the dark river of death, a hope with eyes so bright that it seeth things invisible to others, and gazes upon glories which the unaided human eye has never beheld. i. The Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureBe for Thou Art'Be Thou to me a strong Rock, an house of defence to save me. God alone can do this. You feel a sudden strengthening of your spirit, so that you are perfectly resigned, satisfied, prepared, and ready. Sometimes by gracious providences.2. Christ ought not to be served by feather-bed soldiers.IV. The Definition of It. 1. In this most of all Thou hast showed me the sweetness of Thy charity, Thomas A KempisImitation of ChristAn Exhortation to Love God1. 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. In the text to which this Appendix refers it has been indicated, that a new legislation was expected in Messianic days. "Where have ye laid him?" -- 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. David, showing his confidence in God, craves his help7. 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. Be strong. Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. 24 Be strong and take . Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. I Cor 2:2. 2, 3 (R.V.). Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? 1853. You may have gone to your bed, sick at heart, "weary, and worn, and sad," and you wake in the morning ready for anything. 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. The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach.
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