The Hidden Life, Thoughts on Communion with God (1877)
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- Title
- The Hidden Life, Thoughts on Communion with God (1877)
- Author
- Rev Adolph Saphir
- Publication year listed
- 1877
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- Public domain eBook
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The Hidden Life, Thoughts on Communion with God (1877)
Year: 1877
The Hidden Life, Thoughts on Communion with God (1877) by Rev. Adolph Saphir, Author of “Expository Lectures on the Epistle to The Hebrews,” The Life of Faith’, etc. “The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.” Psalm 25:14 “In a country where Christian truth is constantly explained, there are many who possess an intellectual knowledge of doctrine, who yet have not obeyed the call of God. Their half-knowledge of truth, which can only be fully and correctly understood by believers, often makes it difficult for them to understand the simplicity of the gospel. And in their position much humility and self-distrust will be needed to keep them from cavilling and opposing difficulties.” “What is this life? It is not mere knowledge. The word knowledge is often used in Scripture in a high and comprehensive sense; and then to know means, not merely to understand intellectually, or to form a mental conception, but to discern and appropriate by an inward experience, to love and to possess. In this sense, to know is eternal life. This knowledge is the gift of the Holy Spirit, this vision is the fulfilment of the promise, “They shall know Me.” But it wo