Only so can one understand the Commandment of
God aright.
To praise
God aright, to give Him the proper worship: this is the meaning of right belief.
Not exact matches
Daily encounter with the Bible, especially the gospels, allows us to see the world
aright, as
God sees it.
God desires to set things
aright.
To believe
aright means, then to receive the crucified Christ, to apprehend in his cross the end of all our self - redeeming activity, and the beginning of
God's creative redemption.
What Brunner affirms is that when we encounter Jesus
aright we also and at the same time encounter
God.
Despite this, Beckett's book remains an important survey and reminder of what in Western thought is of value, and why, and demonstrates the truth articulated by both the Second Vatican Council and Saint Julian: «Whatever has been spoken
aright by any man... belongs to us Christians; for we worship and love... the Logos which is from the unbegotten and ineffable
God... [and] those writers were able, through the seed of the Logos implanted inthem, to see reality darkly» (p. 51).
Sure, it's not easy to make sense of these, let alone explain them to children, but it's total nonsense and intellectual / hermeneutical laziness to simplistically assume that these are all
aright in the sight of
God, and therefore legit moral options for us today.
«Thou hast made us for thyself, O
God...» At best, we men are pilgrims whose true Patria is the heart of
God; we walk as wayfaring men in the company of the Son of
God, seeking to do our duty and live
aright in this world, but not ashamed to let it be known that
God has prepared for us another habitation, «a city which hath foundations.»
Psa 50:23 «He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way
aright I shall show the salvation of
God.»
To face
God and eternal life
aright, each person must face reality.
It is not so easy a matter to perform this task
aright; to stand in the presence of
God and to speak in his name, with that plainness and simplicity, that seriousness and gravity, that zeal and concern, which the business requires; to accommodate ourselves to the capacity of the common people without disgusting our more knowing hearers by the insipid flatness of our discourse; to excite and awaken drowsy souls, without terrifying and disturbing more tender consciences; to bear home the convictions of sin, without the appearance of some personal reflection; in a word, to approve ourselves unto
God as workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.21
May
God Almighty bless all and continue to guide us all
aright.»