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Who Are You Behind Closed Doors?

Posted on June 3, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

You may have heard this quote before:

“What a man is in secret, in these private duties, that he is in the eyes of God and no more…”

—John Owen, Indwelling Sin in Believers (1667).

While reading this morning, I found a similar quote. It really hit home:

“It is in secret, not in public, that what we really are as Christians becomes clear. It is not my visible service so much as my hidden life of devotion that is the index of my spirituality. That is not to despise my public life, but to anchor its reality to the ocean bed of personal fellowship with God.

I may speak or pray with zeal and eloquence in public. I may appear to others to be master of myself when in company. But what happens when I close the door behind myself and only the Father sees me?”

—Sinclair Ferguson, In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel-Centered Life, (Reformation Trust, 2007), 159.

 

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Comments

  1. Wendy Parker says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    I so agree. I feel more my real self alone with the Father & Messiah. That includes not only in prayer but when engaging with Him while gardening etc. Even driving I feel His presence and it is those times we are really one.

  2. Maurice Caron says

    June 3, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    I HAVE SAY ALLALUIA TO THAT IN YESHOUA AH MACHA

  3. Maurice Caron says

    June 3, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    ROMAIN 1:16

  4. Belle says

    June 4, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    I keep reminding myself that there is no closed door with God. He is the door, opens and closes at his will.

  5. Tom says

    June 5, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    People tend to look at appearance and personality, while God looks at the heart and character. 1 Sam 16:7

  6. Patrick says

    June 10, 2011 at 6:28 pm

    This is powerful…….amen!!

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