Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE VIII "I believe in the Holy Ghost."

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

ARTICLE VIII
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"I believe in the Holy Ghost."
"The Lord is that Spirit"
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[Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.] 
(Tune No, 255.)

1. GOD the Spirit, we adore Thee,
ln the trinal GODHEAD One,
One in love and power and glory
With the Father and the Son;
Prayer and praise to Thee we bring,
Our devotion's offering.

2. Once the desolate world-ocean
Quickened from its long death-sleep,
Woke to light and life's emotion
At Thy brooding o'er its deep;
Spirit, ever may Thy breath
Quicken us from sleep and death!

3. Holy Fount of Inspiration,
By Whose gift the great of old
Spake the Word of Revelation,
Marvellous and manifold,
Grant to us who see and hear
Reverence of eye and ear.

4. Priceless Gift of Christ for ever,
Righteousness and Peace and joy,
Which the evil world, that never
Can receive, cannot destroy,
Shall the Church or faint or fear
While the Comforter is near?

5. Author of our new creation,
Giver of the second birth,
May Thy ceaseless renovation
Cleanse our souls from stains of earth,
And our bodies ever be
Holy temples meet for Thee.

6. When we wander, Lord, direct us,
Keep us in the Master's Way,
Let Thy strong, swift Sword protect us,
Warring in the evil day;
Paraclete for every need,
Come to strengthen and to lead!

7. Come, Thy glorious gifts providing,
Foretaste of the future now,
Bring that sweet sense of abiding
Thou canst give and only Thou,
One in Thee, we shall be one
In the Father and the Son.  Amen.

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE VIII
        I believe that there is one Particular Spirit, a Person uncreated, and so the true and eternal God, yet not the Father, or the Son, but the Spirit of the Father and the Son, the third Person in the Blessed Trinity; that He inspired the writers of the Scriptures, that He is the Paraclete or Colmforter by Whom the Apostles were enabled to begin, and by perpetual succession to continue, the edification of the  Church; that He is the Cause of all holiness in us, the Source of Regeneration, Renewal, Illumination, and Sanctification. 

1.
"THE Lord is that Spirit."
"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost"
"The grace of our Lord jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost."
"As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate ME Barnabas and Saul."
 
2.
"The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters; and God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light."
"He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit."
 
3.
"Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
"By revelation He made known unto me the mystery,"
"... revealed unto His holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit."
"We speak not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth."
 
4.
"That He may abide with you for ever."
"Righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost."
"Whom the world cannot receive."
"The Eternal Spirit."
"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
 
5.
"The Spirit of Adoption."
"Born of water and of the Spirit."--" Washing of regeneration."
"And renewing of the Holy Ghost."
"Sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
"Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?"
 
6.
"Howbeit when He the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth."
"The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God."
"But the Comforter, Which is the Holy Ghost ... He shall teach you all things."
 
7.
"There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit."
"The Holy Spirit ... Which is the Earnest of our inheritance."
"Hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit."
"No man can say that JESUS is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost."
"He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit."

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE VII. "from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead."

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

ARTICLE VII.
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"from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead."
"Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God."
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[Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.]
(Tune No, 82.)

1. MISTFUL are our waiting eyes,
As of them who saw Him rise
From that mountain to the skies.

2. Then the holy Angels near
Gave them tidings of good cheer:
"Jesus shall again appear."

3. And we wait an Angel's cry,
Piercing earthward from the sky:
"Now, behold your Lord is nigh!"

4. Yet, who shall abide that day,
When the judge with dread array
Comes for universal sway?

5. Dreadly shall His summons sweep,
Heard by those who wake or sleep,
On the height or in the deep:

6. Heard by Life'mid all its bloom,
Heard by Death in every tomb-
Terrible decree of,doom.

7. As the fisher parts his prey,
Casting these from those away,
So it shall be on that day.

8. For the gathered souls who stand,
Waiting that supreme command,
He shall part on either hand.

9. To those souls of quick and dead,
" Come," shall be the blessing said,
" Go," shall be the cursing dread.

10. Lord, dwell in us now, we pray,
That, in the dividing day,
We be not the cast away!

11. So shall we till Thou appear
Blend, in longing eye and ear,
Holy joy with holy fear!   Amen.

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE VII.
      I believe that the Son of God in that human nature in which He ascended into Heaven shall come again from thence, and shall gather together all the quick, -- that is, those who shall then be alive, --and all those who before that day shall have died, and shall judge them according to their works; and He will deliever the wicked to everlasting torment with the devil and his angels, and will translate the elect into His glorious kingdom, of which there shall be no end.  

1.
"OUR conversation is in Heaven, from whence also we I look for the Saviour."
"They looked stedfastly toward Heavenas He went up."
 
2.
"Two men stood by them in white apparel, which also said, This same JESUS shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go."
 
3.
"The Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with the voice of the archangel."
 
4.
"But who may abide the day of His coming?"
"The Lord JESUS Christ, Who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom."
 
5.
" We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ."
" We which are alive and remain shall not prevent them which are asleep."
 
6.
"The dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain."
"He cometh to judge the earth."
 
7.
"The kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net ... which when it was full they drew to shore, and ... gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad anvay."
 
8.
"So it shall be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just."
 
9.
"Then shall the King say:--
"Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom."
"Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting flames."
 
10.
"God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them: and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
 
11.
"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour JESUS Christ."

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE VI. "He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father, Almighty."

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

ARTICLE VI.
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"He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father, Almighty."
"Whom have I in heaven but thee?"
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[Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.]
(Tune No. 11.)

1. ON Olivet a little band
Around their risen Master stand:
And after charge and blessing given,
He passeth from them into Heaven.

2. Wistful their eyes, but Angels twain
Cheer them with glorious words: "Again
One day shall Jesus even so
Return, as ye have seen Him go.,'

3. Till then in Heaven He doth remain,
True GOD, at GOD'S right Hand to reign,
True MAN, at human woes to grieve,
True GOD, Almighty to relieve.

4. For every soul in every need
He ever lives to intercede,
Presenting there within the Veil
A Sacrifice that cannot fail.

5. Our heavenly great High Priest He stands:
By pierced Feet, and pierced Hands,
By bleeding Brow and'riven Side,
He lives to plead for whom He died!

6. Whom have we, Lord, in Heaven but Thee?
Like ships safe moored on stormy sea
Our souls in peril, with Thee there
Find anchorage of hope and prayer.

7. Set loose from earth, and evermore
Fast bound to that eternal shore,
So all our life and love shall be,
Ascended Master, hid with Thee!   Amen.

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE VI.
   I believe that the Son of God after He rose from the dead did in His human nature, with the same -Body and Soul with which He rose, convey Himself from earth into the Heaven of Heavens, there to reign as a Judge and as a King in everlasting happiness at the right hand of God the Father Alighty-that is to say, with Divine majesty and power, exercising His High Priestly office of Mediator and Intercessor to the end of the world."   
 
1.
"AND HE led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them."
"And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld Him He was taken up."

2.
"And while they looked stedfastly toward Heaven, behold two men stood by them in white apparel."
"Which also said, This same jesus shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go."
 
3.
"Who is gone into Heaven and is at the right hand of God: angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him."
"We have not an High Priest Which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities."
"This is the true God and eternal life."
 
4.
"He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them."
". . . within the Vail; whither the Forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an High Priest."
 
5.
"Such an High Priest ... in the Heavens."
"By His own Blood He entered in once into the Holy Place."
"We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the.Righteous, and He is the propitiation for our sins."

6.
"Whom have I in Heaven but Thee?"
"Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the Veil."
 
7.
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth."
"Set your affection on things above."
"For ... your life is hid with Christ in God."

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE V. "He descended into hell: the third day He rose again from the dead."

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

ARTICLE V.
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"He descended into hell: the third day He rose again from the dead."
"I am He that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of Hell and of Death."
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[Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.]
(Tune No. 168.)

1. ALL the sacrifice is ended',
Breathed His Body's latest breath,
And His human Soul hath wended
Where the weary rest beneath;
Christ as Man hath comprehended
All the human law of death!

2. Yet not there His Soul remaineth
Nor His Body in the tomb:
Lo! what sudden glory gaineth
Quick dominion o'er the gloom!
Yea, o'er Death and Hell He reigneth
Bursting back the gates of doom!

3. Manifold the attestation
Brethren tell the marvel o'er,
And the soldiers from their station,
And the Angels at the door,
And His Own Word's revelation,
"Lo! I live for evermore."

4. Hail, thou Morn of Resurrection,
Primal holy Easter Day!
Now the hours of deep dejection
'Neath the night-clouds' dark array,
Foes' reviling, friends' defection,
In thy glory pass away!

5. Now He lives and reigns for ever!
That we too may enter in
Where eternal life shall never
Taste of sorrow or of sin,
Where from Him no death shall sever
Those He vanquished death to win.

6. Saviour! in our night of weeping
Tell us of the joyful morn,
Guard our souls, their vigil keeping
In the hours of hate and scorn
Raise us falling, wake us sleeping,
Till our Easter Day be born.

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE V.
   I believe that, when the sufferings of Christ were finished by death upon the Cross, His Soul entered the place of the departed spirits of the blest, and that so He underwent all the human law of death: but that as God suffered not His Holy One in the Body to see corruption, so neither did He leave His Soul in Hell: for that, dying on the Friday and resting in the grave on the Sabbath day, He did on the morning of the first day of the week, the third day of His death, return to life again, Soul and Body being re-united. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.
"It is finished." (John 19:30)
"He gave up the ghost." (Luke 23:46)
"Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first?" (Ephesians 4:9)
"In Paradise." (Luke 23:43)
"He became obedient unto death." (Philippians 2:8)

2.
"Thou wilt not leave My Soul in Hell:" (Psalm 16:10a)
"Neither wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption." (Psalm 16:10b)
"Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over Him." (Romans 6:9)
"That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, even the devil, and deliver," &c. (Hebrews 2:14 &c.)

3.
"Him God raised up from the dead, and shewed Him openly." (Acts 10:40)
"The Lord is risen indeed."-"We have seen the lord." (Luke 24:34 - John 20:25)
"Some of the watch shewed all the things that were done." (Matthew 28:11)
"Two Angels in white said, He is not here but is risen." (Luke 24:4-5)
"Behold, I am alive for evermore." (Revelation 1:18)

4.
" Upon the first day of the week." (Luke 24:1)
" Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the Feast." (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)
" Why weepest thou ?" (John 20:13 & 15)
" The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel."
" This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24)

5.
"He shall reign for ever and ever." (Revelation 11:15)
"Raised again for our justification." (Romans 2:25)
"There shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying ... and there shall be no more curse." (Revelation 21:4; 22:3)
"For I am persuaded that neither death ... shall be able to separate us-" (Romans 8:38)
"Our Saviour JESUS Christ, Who hath abolished death." (2 Timothy 1:10)

6.
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)
"Unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time." (Hebrews 9:28)
"To withstand in the evil day." (Ephesians 6:13)
"Let us watch and be sober." (1 Thessalonians 5:6)
"Till the Day dawn and the Day-star arise." (2 Peter 1:19)

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE IV. “...suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.”

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S.J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."ARTICLE IV.
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“...suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.”
“Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto My sorrow.”
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 [Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.]
(Tune No. 178.)

1.  MY Saviour!  I behold Thy life
Of not one smile and many tears;
I mark the spiritual strife,
Thy human woes, Thy human fears,
And cry, " Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine

2.  I watch Thine agonizing hour,
I see Thee by Thine own betrayed,
Alone in Pilate's craven power,
And scourged and scornfully arrayed,
And cry, "Was ever grief like Thine
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?"

3.  I Thee Thee fainting on Thy way,
Reviled and mocked of all the throng,
I hear the bitter words they say,
The abject's sneer, the drunkard's song,
And cry, 'Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?'

4.  That sin in every taunt I hear,
And see in every look of scorn;
It is the Cross which Thou dost bear,
The sharpness of Thy crown of thorn:
Dear Lord, 'Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?'

5.  My Saviour, I behold Thy death,
I hear Thy cries, Thy last words seven,
I see the scowling gaze beneath,
Above, the darkened face of Heaven,
And cry, 'Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?'

6.  My Saviour, I behold Thy grave
In that still garden's awful gloom,
I see Thee lying there to save
My soul from an eternal tomb,
And cry, 'Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?'

7.  And yet with all I hear and see
Of Death, or Passion of Thy life,
Sweet hopes are ministered to me
And voices fall with comfort rife,
That say, “Because He lived and died,
From sin thou canst be purified!” Amen.

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE IV.
        I believe that the Son of God was in His humanity subject to our infirmities: that He suffered in His body by external pains and in His Soul by temptations, fears, and anguish unspeakable: that He was delivered to death by Pontius Pilate, Procurator of Judea: that He endured agony and shame on the Cross to take off the curse due to us: That He did thereon in our nature truly die, so that His Soul was separated from His Body: and that His dead Body was laid in a new tomb.

1.
"HE is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief."
"The travail of His soul."
“In all points tempted like as we are."
“See if there be any sorrow like unto My sorrow."
“Thou shalt make His Soul an offering for sin."

2.
"My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death."
"Judas, one of the twelve, he that betrayed Him."
"All the disciples forsook Him." - "The multitude led Him unto Pilate."
"Pilate took JESUS, and scourged Him." - "They put on Him a purple robe."
"Consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners."
"With His stripes we are healed."

3.
"He bearing His Cross went forth."
"In Mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together."
"They gaped upon Me with their mouths."
"The abjects gathered themselves together." - "I was the song of the drunkard."

4.
"He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities."
"The chastisement of our peace was upon Him."
"He suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust."

5.
"Crucified and slain."
St. Matt. xxvii. 46; St. Luke xxiii. 34, 43,46; St. John xix.26, 28, 30.
"They that passed by railed on Him."
"My God, My God! why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
"Who His Own Self bare our sins in His Own Body on the tree."

6.
"Where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre."
"Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him."
 
7.
“...came to give His life a ransom for many."
“We were reconciled to God by the death of His Son."
“...through death to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable."
“Peace through the Blood of His Cross."”
“Without shedding of Blood is no remission."
“Redeemed with the Blood of Christ."

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE III. “...Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary...”

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

ARTICLE III.
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“...Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary...”
“The Man Christ Jesus.”
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 [Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.]

(Tune No. 185.)

1. THE Son forsook the Father's home
For mercy to lost man,
And did not scorn the Virgin's womb
To bear the sinner's ban.

2. Meekly the Maiden pure believed
The great Archangel's word,
And by the Holy Ghost conceived
The Saviour Christ the Lord.

3. The Word made flesh creation sees,
Its mighty God in Man:
Great mystery of mysteries
Since ever time began!

4. That we might gain a second birth
The Holy Son was given:
T'was God Himself came down to earth
To win us back to heaven.

5. Lord! we believe with love and praise
This wondrous truth of Thee:
Thereby in all our troublous days
How strong henceforth are we!

6. So near art Thou, so strong are we,
For now, if we are Thine,
Our Brother in humanity,
Thou makest us divine!

7. We see with peace in times of fear
Serene Thy human Form
Thy human Voice with joy we hear,
Sweet-toned above the storm.

8. So dread we not the deathly strife,
Knowing that Thou hast died:
It can but bear us into life,
Since nearer to Thy side!  Amen.

 

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE III

        I believe that the son of God, very God of God, was made Man, taking on him human nature of soul and body, and conjoining it with the Divine in the unity of his Person: that a woman named Mary did by the immediate operation of the holy Ghost conceive Him within her womb, ;and in due time brought him forth, continuing still as before a pure Virgin: and that so the Word was made flesh, being, without any original corruption, born of a woman under the law, that He might deliver us from the guilt of sin.

 
1.
"THOUGH He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor."
"The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man."
"He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden."
"He bare our sins."
 
2. 

"And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord."
"The angel Gabriel was sent from God."
"The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee."
"Unto you is born a Saviour which is Christ the Lord."

3.
"The Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us."
" God was manifest in the flesh."
" Great is the mystery of godliness."
" The mystery which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God."

4.
"God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons."
" God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself."

5.
"Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God."
"As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ."

6.

"For we have not an High Priest that cannot be touched with a feeling of our infirmities: but was in all points tempted like as we are....  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of Grace."

7.

"He took on Him the seed of Abraham: wherefore it behooved Him to be like unto His brethren, for in that He Himself suffered, being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted."

8.

"Who is he that condemneth!"
"It is Christ that died."
"To depart and to be with Christ, which is far better."
"And they shall see His Face."

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE II. “...and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord...”

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

ARTICLE II.
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“...and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord...”
“Unto you which believe He is precious.”
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[Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.]
 (Tune No. 105.)

1. GOD the Father's only Son,
Yet with Him in glory One,
One in wisdom, One in might,
Absolute and Infinite:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
Thou art LORD and GOD to Me.

2. Preacher of eternal peace,
The Anointed to release,
Unto sinners chained before
Setting wide the dungeon door:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
Christ the PROPHET sent to me.

3. Low in deep Gethsemane,
High on dreadful Calvary,
In the Garden, on the Cross,
Making good our utter loss:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
PRIEST and Sacrifice for me.

4. Ruler of Thy ransomed race,
And Protector by Thy grace,
Leader in the way we wend
And Rewarder at the end:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
Christ, the KING of kings to me.

5. Light revealed through clouds of pain,
That the blind might see again;
Love content in death to lie,
That the dead might never die:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
Light and LOVE and Life to me.

6. All that I am fain to know
While I watch and wait below:
All that I would find above,
Length and depth and height of love:
JESU, I believe in Thee,
Thou art All in All to me.   Amen.

 

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE II

        I believe that there is a Man JESUS  the Saviour, and that in and from Him is the only way, source, and gift of salvation, which He has Himself revealed, wrought out by His Blood, and will at last confer: that He is the Christ or Messiah, anointed by the Spirit to be Prophet, Priest, and King:  that He is the Son of God, begotten of the indivisible substance of the Father, and therefore of the same essence, very God of very God: that He is our Lord, with absolute authority over all things as God, and as Man invested with all power in Heaven and Earth.

1.
"The Only-begotten of the Father."
“The brightness of His glory, the express image of His Person."
“In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead."
“God over all."-" In the beginning was the Word."
“My Lord and my God."

2.
“Came and preached peace.",
"The Lord hath anointed Me ... to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening, of the prison to them that are bound."
“He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel."

3.
“Being, in an agony, His sweat was as, it were great drops of blood."
“... Calvary, there they crucified Him."
“Having made peace through the Blood of His Cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself."
“We are sanctified through the offering of the Body of Jesus Christ."

4.
“He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever."
"My grace is sufficient for thee."
"Follow ME."
"The King shall say,  Come, ye blessed of My Father."
“King of kings and Lord of lords."  

5.
“I am the Light of the world."
“Called you out of darkness into His marvellous light."
"Who loved me, and gave Himself for me."
“He that believeth in ME, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in ME shall never die."

6.
“I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ."
“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus."
" To depart and to be with Christ, which is far better."
“To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge."
"Christ is all, and in all."

Lyra Fidelium: ARTICLE I. “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.”

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."

 ARTICLE I.
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“I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.”
"The Lord He is God: there is None else beside Him."
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[Editor's note:  In the 1866 version of Lyra Fidelium  Scriptures  were placed beside  each verse in the twelve  hymns. The Scriptures supporting each hymn are numbered below the summary.] 
 (Tune No. 222.)

1. None else but Thee, for evermore,
One, All, we dread, believe, adore:
Great Earth and Heaven shall have their day
And worn and old shall pass away,
But Thou remainest, on Thy throne
Eternal, changeless, and alone!

2. None else we praise! in every form,
In peace of calm and power of storm,
In simple flower and mystic star,
In all around and all afar,
In Grandeur, Beauty, Truth, but Thee
None else we hear, None else we see.

3. None else we love! for sweeter grace
That made anew a ruined race:
The heirs of life, the lords of death,
With earliest voice and latest breath,
When days begin, when days are done,
Bless we the Father for the Son!

4. None else we trust! our flesh may fail,
Our heart may sink when foes assail,
But Thou art strength to be our stay,
And Glory not to pass away:
None else in life and death have we,
But we have all in all with Thee!

5. Yea, None but Thee all worlds confess,
And those redeemed ones numberless:
None else, from everlasting One,
And evermore beside Thee none.
Of all that is, has been, shall be,
Father of Life, None else but Thee!   Amen.

 

SUMMARY OF TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE I         I believe that there is a God, and that there is but one God: that He is the Father of all things and of all men, more peculiarly of those adopted in His Son, but more eminently still the Father of His Own only-begotten Son: that He is Almighty, because His dominion is infinite both as regards eternitly of duration and power of operation and authority: and that as before all things there was nothing but God, so out of nothing He produced all things

1.
"I AM the Lord: there is None else."
"The Lord our God is One Lord."
"They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure."
"Yea, all of them shall wax old as a garment."
"But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail."
"Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever."

2.

"I Thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth."
"O Lord, how manifold are Thy works."
"The heavens declare the glory of God."
"Of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things."
"Every good gift and every perfect gift...cometh down from the Father."
"Do I not fill the heaven and earth, saith the Lord?"

3.
"Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God."
"God Who is rich in mercy, for His great love...hath quickened us."
"By Him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually."
"Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

4.
"Trust ye in the Lord for ever."
"My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is th strength of my heart and portion for ever."
"We should not trust in ourselves, but in God."
"Who giveth us reichly all things to enjoy."

5.
"And every creature heard I saying, Blessing, &c."
"A great mulitude which no man could number."
"From everlasting - Thou art God."
"To everlasting - Thou art God."
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, Which was, and Which is, and Which is to come."

Title page: Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed

Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed

by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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"I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also."
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Oxford and London:
Messrs. PARKER AND CO.
1866.

Dedicated
TO
MY MOTHER

PREFACE.
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1. The Unity, Omnipotence, and Fatherhood of God
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2. The Person and Office of God the Son
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3. The Incarnation of God the Son
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4. The Passion, Death, and Burial of the God Man
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5. The Entrance for His Soul unto Paradise, and His Resurrection
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6. His Ascension, and Resumption of Divine Majesty
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7. His Second Advent to the Judgment of the Living and the Dead
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8. The Person and Office of God the Holy Ghost
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9. The Nature of the Universal Church, and the Fellowship of the Saints
("The Church's One Foundation" was taken from this hymn/poem.)
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10. The Remission of Sins
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11. The Final Resurrection of the Bodies of the Dead
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12. The Eternal Condition of the Judgment for the Just and the Unjust
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Apostle's Creed
 
---The Tunes indicated by numbers are selected from "Hymns Ancient and Modern."
---It is of course the option of the reader to use these or others which he may think more suitable.

PREFACE.
        Most clergymen are aware how many of their parishioners, among the poor especially, say the Creed in their private prayers.  And they cannot but feel how this excellent use, as also its utterance in public worship, is too often accompanied by a very meagre comprehension of the breadth and depth of meaning contained in each Article of the Confession of Faith.
        Such a feeling first suggested to the Author the probable usefulness of a simple and attractive explanation of the Creed in the popular form of a series of Hymns, such as might be sung or said in private devotion, at family prayer, or in public worship.
        Prose expositions indeed of every kind are not wanting, from the great work of Bishop Pearson downwards, but these are more adapted for the student than for the general worshipper, for education rather than for devotion; and there can be little doubt but that the poetical form is more likely to be effectual in securing an abiding place in the general mind, and also in exercising an influence upon heart and life.
        To this end the Author set about the composition of the following Hymns, and though, now the work is done, he is painfully sensible that he has not reached the point either of fulness or simplicity at which he aimed, he humbly trusts that GOD will make them nevertheless of some use in His Church.
        A short prose Summary of the truths contained in each Article has been added, to render the world more complete by supplying some unavoidable omissions in the Hymns.
        In the preparation of the summaries the Author has been much assisted by the Rev. J. Gorle's "Analysis of Person on the Creed."
        The testimony of Holy Scripture has also been adduced to authorise the doctrine and sentiment of almost every line, and to shew the oneness of the truth of the Bible and the belief of the Church.

Why is it important that Jesus is our High Priest? & two other notes

Hebrews

7.19  nothing made perfect...  "This is explained in the words, “for the law made nothing perfect.” The words “made perfect” are the translation of teleioo (τελειοο) which means “to carry through completely, to make complete, to finish, bring to an end.” The Mosaic economy brought nothing to a conclusion. It could not offer a sacrifice which would pay for sin. Therefore, it could not save anyone. Therefore, it was set aside."  --Wuest, K. S. (1997). Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament: For the English Reader (Heb 7:18). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

 7.22  surety of a better covenant...   "The term for “guarantee” (NASB, TEV) or “surety” (KJV) in verse 22 was used in business documents for a deposit, a security guaranteeing that one would carry through on one’s word or obligation, or someone who made such a guarantee."  --Keener, C. S. (1993). The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Heb 7:22–25). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Jesus: From Melchizedek to Eternal Savior

December 1, 1996 | by John Piper | Scripture: Hebrews 7:1–25 | Topic: The Person of Christ

Series: Hebrews  

This is three paragraphs about why we need a priest  from a full sermon by John Piper.
 

If, to be saved forever, we need Christ to intercede for us forever with God, then what is the implication about what we need saving from? The implication is that we need to be saved from God. Specifically we need to be saved from the wrath of God that burns against all ungodliness and unrighteousness (Romans 1:18). Christ can save us forever from the wrath of God because he intercedes forever with God. He continually puts himself between the Father and us as an asbestos shield against his white-hot anger against sin. Hebrews 10:30-31 says, "We know Him who said, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay.' And again, 'The Lord will judge his people.' It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

Until we get this firmly and clearly fixed in our minds, hardly anything in the book of Hebrews will make sense. The major problem in the world and in our lives is not our troubled marriages or our wayward children or our financial pressures or our failing health or our cultural degeneration. The main problem in the world—everybody's problem—is how to be reconciled to God so that we escape his terrifying wrath at the judgment. That's the main problem.

And the Biblical answer is priesthood. And specifically the superior priesthood of Christ. The reason there are priests in the Old Testament is that priests are needed to intercede for us with God. They enter the holy place where we are not allowed to go. And they take sacrifices for us so that our sins will be forgiven. All of that Old Testament priestly system was meant to teach us about our sin and the holiness and wrath of God and the inescapable judgment that is coming on us. And the point of it all was this: God has made a way to get right with God. He provided priests in the Old Testament, and then he provided his Son, the final High Priest.

Isaiah 45-48

Isaiah
45.9  Woe to him who strives with his Maker!...  Kinda seems like a no brainer.
45.19  things that are right. ...  Seems like a good definition of righteousness.
45.23  Philippians 2.10-11
46.9-11  I really like these verses.
47.5  The Lady of Kingdoms...  
47.6  showed them no mercy;  On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily...  It is almost like God is saying, "I wanted you to punish them, but you went too far."
"This would happen to her, because at the time when Jehovah made use of her as His instrument for punishing His people, she went beyond the bounds of her authority, showing ho pity, and ill-treating even defenceless old men."    --Keil, Carl Friedrich & Delitzsch, Franz. "Commentary on Isaiah 47:5-7". http://new.studylight.org/com/kdo/view.cgi?bk=22&ch=47&vs=5-7. 1854-1889.
47.10  For you have trusted in your wickedness...  It is amazing that they trusted the very things that displeased God to keep them safe.  The heart is deceitful...
48.11  for My own sake, I will do it...   I guess that it's not all about me after all.
48.22  A great verse to memorize and have floating around in the back of our minds. 
 
 

Brian Smoliak's notes on Proverbs 15.20-29 in the Carpenter Flock on 121125

Proverbs 15:20-29
“Joy in Education, it's Path and Consequences”


Last week we looked at Proverbs 15:5-19

Phil taught from these verses on the consequences of accepting or rejecting instruction from verses 5-12 and then The Heart’s Superiority to Circumstances”

- This week we will continue the focus on education with a closer look at the issues of the heart and then the consequences of the heart’s direction.

-What is your goal or objective in teaching and educating your children? What do you want to see as the result of your teaching?

(pause)

- How are you doing at reaching your goal?

When you look at the Proverbs and listen to the “Proverbs for Parents” lessons that we have been doing, does it seem like your dropping the ball with your kids? I mean practically…maybe you feel like your not teaching them enough…maybe you feel like you are teaching them but they just aren’t getting it and you feel like a failure.

(Talk about Proverbs from a legalist perspective verses a gospel perspective).

We must remember the gospel and it’s implications in our lives and in our parenting and in our kids lives. We must remember that we are believers in grace.

So as we look at these verses today, I would like to encourage you to examine your goals in teaching your kids. I don’t believe there is a wrong answer to my initial question, however our motive and priority can be off. I hope to address that as an application to our lesson today.

Proverbs 15:20-29(Let’s read our verses for today).

Structure of the Verses

Verses 20-23 are a subunit that we can title “Joy in Education”

Verses 25-29 are a subunit that we can title “Consequences of Righteousness and Wickedness”

Verse 24 connects these 2 subunits by looking back at the first and forward to the 2nd.




“Joy in Education” verses 20-23.

-The previous subunits covered by Phil last week lead us to a point where we are forced to look at the intentions and desires of the heart. And it is within the intentions of the heart that reveal the path and ultimate consequences of the path that we are on.

- Let’s look at verse 20

OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATION

-this verse parallels 10:1(read) with a twist. In 10:1 the emotion described in relation to the foolish son is grief to the mother. In 15:20 the strong word is “despises”.

-verse linked back to verse 13(read)

-The wise son does not despise his parents while the foolish son does. In some translations it refers to the son as “human being” suggesting disowning from the parents.

-as we will see the issue here comes down to whether a child is wise and accepts correction or is foolish and hates loving correction.




-This verse also shows that the one who really needs the instruction of parents and wise counsel rejects it-he is above that type of training revealing his prideful heart.

-The wise son makes his parents glad(Heb. Implies “rejoicing” or brings them joy. When your child does something right, or demonstrates wisdom in a situation does it bring you joy?

APPLICATION

Now here is the question…why? I want to take the focus off the wise son and focus on the glad father. Why is the father in this situation glad? This gets at the root of our lesson today.

(list selfish reasons, or morality only reasons why a child’s correct behavior brings joy).




- This verse sets the path for the rest of this subunit.

A quick question to ask in response to this verse, what is the attitude of all those involved in the training process? What is our motive for giving and receiving instruction?




Let’s Move on to Verse 21

OBSERVATIONS

-joy linked to verse 20 and previous verses

-both the wise and the foolish have joy(same word for joy as in v. 23)

-if we link this back to verse 20 we see that the foolish one takes joy in grieving his parents

-it is implied that the foolish one recklessly abandons the straight path.

-we see that path was also referenced in verse 19, linking this subunit to the previous verses.

APPLICATION

-look at this verse like a mirror for the heart.

-it speaks more of and reveals direction (path) like signs on the side of the road.

- there are 2 paths, the actions and intentions of the heart reveal the path that we are on.

-Joy/Happiness/Pleasure are not bad things. The question is what brings you joy? What brings you happiness and pleasure?

The answer to these things again reveal the path that we are on. They reveal a heart that has either been changed by God(regeneration) or a heart that is still dead in sin.




 Verse 22

OBSERVATIONS

- We see a continuation of instruction

- We see a continuation of path

- We see why it is important to accept and take joy in wise instruction as it relates to life.

- The fool, already set in his way, who takes joy in folly, brings grief to those who would instruct him, has no hope of making wise decisions that lead to successful plans.

-some translations say “making void of purposes” or that plans will be disappointed”

-This does not mean that he will not have short term success, it does however mean that ultimately without Godly wisdom…the fools self serving plans will meet a dead a end.

- the wise person, takes joy in continually receiving Godly counsel. He received counsel as a child, and had joy in pleasing his parents. With that example set, he seeks counsel to make the best decisions.

APPLICATION

- Do you seek wise counsel

- Do you teach your kids the value of seeking instruction and wisdom?




 Verse 23

OBSERVATIONS

- Not only does the wise person seek counsel…he takes joy in giving it

-Here we see the word joy again.

-It is obvious that joy is cultivated in both receiving and giving wisdom.

-A timely answer is like hitting the nail on the head.

-Have you ever experienced giving an answer that really helped someone. Do you recall the joy(not pride) in being able to provide such an answer?

APPLICATION

- Let’s teach our kids the value of giving a timely word.

- Often times kids can give the correct answer(when correcting a sibling etc) but it is not timely, reflecting a lack of wisdom.

-The answers we give must not only be appropriate in truth they must also be appropriate in time and motive(Job’s friends).

-In this section that we have seen that Joy comes from

- Seeing children receive wisdom

- In receiving wisdom

- In giving timely wisdom

-We have also seen that the foolish get joy in the exact opposite of these things.

- We have seen that wisdom starts with the parents in the home, implying that parents themselves must be wise, we have seen that after kids leave the home they continue to seek wisdom and to the point where they give wisdom to others.




-Again these verse describe a direction and do even though they can be used as a prescription to correct, they are more a reflection of the heart, hence the use of the word joy and path.




 Verse 24. Which Brings us to the transition verse between these to subunits

- “path” connects back to verse 21

- “life” looks forward to the last word of verse 27

- This verse connects present joy with future joy and presence with the Lord who is the source of wisdom.







Part 2 verses 25-29




- Verse 25

-connects back to verse 24 by describing consequences

-house refers to everything sustaining in life

-Here we see that it is the Lord that sees the ultimate end of those on the path of life and death.

- Ultimately the righteous will inherit wealth and security v.6

Here it is the proud that have it but the Lord will tear it down

-The widows boundary is a symbol of what is humble and poor

Rejected by culture and the proud, with no hope for a future.

Spiritually this reflects “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of God.”

These are the one’s that the Lord will protect.

-God resists the proud but gives grace to humble




-Verse 26

-This links back to verse 22-23

-Fools plans are evil

- Abomination vs. Pure / Proud are evil…the humble are pure

-Again, we see the Lord as the deciding factor…not the plans of man.

-Evil plans are selfish, whether a blatant attempt to hurt others to benefit self, or simply being selfish without consulting wise council in humility…these plans are evil to the Lord. They are immoral and against His character.

- The exact opposite reflect purity. Words that are pleasant, unselfish, seeking the good of others are wise, are the result of Godly teaching and education and are pure to the Lord.

-In conjunction with verse 25 we see that the Lord judges the intentions of the heart(verse 3 and 11)










Verse 27

-God hates unjust gain

-again speaking to the intentions of the heart

-the heart of the greedy only thinks of self and will do whatever necessary to benefit from others

-The language here, which links back to verses 1:10-19 which speaks of a “murderous thug” and parallels here as a “corrupt shyster”

-The heart that is not instructed in wisdom…that rejects wisdom will perform acts that God hates and thus face His judgment.

No matter how much a fool gains in this world…it will come to ultimate ruin.

-”What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul…”

-God hates bribes, if our heart is in line with God we will too.

-again, God is judge…those who are proud, and seek only self even to the point of unjust gains, will see his house come to trouble and ruin…linking this back to verse 25.

-Our integrity and character must not be compromised for bribes and unjust gain.

-spiritually, we cannot bribe God with our so called good works




Verses 28-29

- Linked chiastically righteous at the beginning of 28 & the end of 29 and then wicked at the end of 28 and the beginning of 29.




Verse 28

-This verse is the heartbeat of all our verses today.

-it is the heart that produces evil thoughts or pure words(v.26)

-it is the heart that is the source of being greedy or being generous(v. 27)

- it is the heart that is the key to giving good and timely answers(v. 23)

- Notice the contrast between “ponders” and “pours out” and the comparison from “heart” to “mouth”

-We know that our Lord said “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”, we also know that man will give an account for every idle word.




I asked earlier what is your goal in teaching your children? I believe that Proverbs, right here and in many other places, shows us the correct answer…we need to be after their heart.




-many ways to manipulate our children into “correct behavior”

Into being “moral” but if we do not have their heart then they will only act the way we want them to so they can avoid whatever the consequences are. Basically, we make the outside of their cup clean but their inside remains dirty and after they leave the home… many fall away.




(read Shepherding a Child’s Heart page 6)




(read Malachi 4:6) last verse before the New Testament




Let’s look at the result of either having your child’s heart or not.




Verse 29

-we know that the Lord is omniscient and omnipresent.

-He knows and sees everything

-This verse speaks of whether you have a saving relationship with God or not.

-all of our verses have thrust us to this point…if your heart, or your child’s heart takes joy in folly, grieves those who try to provide wisdom, seeks selfish gain, does not desire to seek Godly wisdom, gushes forth thoughtless evil words, then you have the Lord’s assurance…your house will come to ruin…and the Lord is far from you and does not hear your prayers…you will face His wrath.

-However, if your heart takes joy in seeing your children respond to Godly wisdom, seeks Godly wisdom, provides Godly wisdom, is humble, gives thoughtful pleasant words, hates illicit gains, then your path is a path upward…the Lord is your sustainer and protector and He is near and hears your prayers.




-This is why we must have the hearts of our kids.

-The Bible tells us that their hearts are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked…

-we must teach them the wisdom from Proverbs, but if we stop there then we are only trying to modify behavior.

-They must know that Jesus lived the Proverbs to perfection and that it is His perfection that allows us to receive the benefits as described in our verses today.

-We must be gospel people, we must trust God to change their hearts through the gospel so that they are receptive to wisdom.