Seeking God's Glory Amidst Uncertainty and Humility

"Heaven yes it's a good thing to remember that if it were only this that as you and I are surrounded by perplexities and are wondering what's going to happen and are so conscious of the strength of Communism or every other ISM that we begin to quake and fear remember that he's above it all and looks down upon it all he's not in it he's outside the flux of it all and that'll put you right at once look down from heaven and behold from where well the habitation of of thy Holiness." [00:22:54]

"Do we remember who God is when we pray do we tell him do we use this terminology do we think it out do we remember the Holiness of God how we essentially it is look at our Lord himself when he was here in this world he who though he was on Earth was still in heaven the only begotten beloved Son of the father look at him praying and this is what he says Holy Father we don't pray truly unless we realize these things." [00:23:47]

"The glory of God is his essential and ultimate attribute it means his greatness his Splendor his majesty I'm never tired of saying this I must say it again you know the real trouble with all of us is that we don't know God we think we do but we don't don't the glory of God have you ever thought of it you see the pist knew this much about it he said I would sooner be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness or of the ungodly." [00:24:56]

"He reminds God and himself of the relationship that subsists between them you see you start with God God as he is in himself and then you go on to the relationship between us and God well he here are his terms he puts it in the form of a question he says where is thy Zeal toward me where is thy Zeal toward me what's he talking about well what he means is this he knows the p history of the children of Israel and of God's dealings with them." [00:26:47]

"God's Almighty strength and ability and power I rather like the way in which the psalmist puts it the prophet puts it here you see doesn't doubt the strength he knows it's there he's confronted by the power of Babylon and the calans who have sacked the city of Jerusalem carried away the people captive and you might come to the conclusion well of course this has happened to us because God hadn't the strength to prevent it and wasn't strong enough to conquer them no no says the prophet it isn't that God has still got the same strength." [00:28:55]

"Where is the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies that's of course a typical biblical and especially Old Testament expression the sounding of the bowels the Ancients believed that the bowels were the seat of the emotions why well because when a man's under a strong emotion he's aware of the movement of his bowels he may even have a pain a colic and Agony strong emotion gives movements of the bowels and that's what this man says where is the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward us." [00:30:25]

"Why hast Thou made us to Earth from thy ways and hardened our heart from thy fear have you pondered that have you considered it do you realize exactly what this man is saying let's be clear about this his petition is why hast Thou made us to ear from thy ways and why hast thou hardened our heart from thy fear what is this well we mustn't evade this difficulty we must face it with open eyes some people have tried to avoid the problem by saying that it just means that God permits us to be hardened." [00:33:50]

"It is a terrible and dangerous thing for God's people to be disobedient for sometimes God punishes our Disobedience by not only turning his face from us and leaving us to ourselves he even seems to drive us into sin and into error and to harden our hearts he sends afflictions and afflictions Harden us that is one of God's ways of punishing us and what the prophet is praying is this oh God stop dealing with us judicially we deserve it we deserve it we've sinned against you we've rebelled against you." [00:36:50]

"Be careful how you treat God my friend you may say to yourself I can sin against God and then of course I can repent and go back and find God whenever I want you try it you try it and you will sometimes find that not only can you not find God but that you don't even want to you'll be aware of a terrible hardness callousness a callosity in your heart and you can do nothing about it and then you suddenly realize that it's God punishing you to reveal your sinfulness and your vess to you." [00:38:01]

"Thou Art Our Father Thou Art Our Father this is most significant you know the trouble with these Jews always was that they were always talking about Abram Abram is our father they said these Gentiles who are they Abraham is our father they rested upon the fact that they were the children of Abram John the Baptist knew that very well because you remember when he preached to them he says begin not to say in yourselves we be Abraham seed for I say unto you that God is able to raise out these Stones children unto Abraham." [00:40:37]

"Though Abram be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not thou oh Lord At Our Father Our Redeemer thy name is from Everlasting Abraham of course a great man thank God Jacob marvelous yes yes but Abraham is dead and Jacob is dead they can't rise up and save us God thy name is from Everlasting it is too everlasting God is not the god of the Dead but of the living and he is the Living God we don't fall back on the fathers however augus and great we go back to God." [00:42:48]

"Though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not thou oh Lord art still Our Father Our Redeemer thy name is Everlasting and then he goes on to say you see we are thy in inheritance he says this is the truth the tribes of thine inheritance that's who we are we are thy people they were not thy people we are thine thou never bearest rule over them they were not called by thy name this is a tremendous thing the Lord's portion is his people though we may be full of sin and unworthiness as we are we are still the people of his Holiness." [00:44:24]