We Do Not Look At the Things Which Are Seen (St. Paul) No. 1 | Orthodox Lightweight Cotton Unisex TeeEven though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians, 4: 16 18 (NKJV)

and a guarantee of either eternal blessedness or eternal suffering

They are not surprised by the vileness or recalcitrance they find in themselves because they know they are sinners

My brethren were handsome and tall

“I have seen the Lord

like a disease

call a solemn assembly: gather the people

and might grant you the greatest possession of all

Make provision for your death

” Wherefore

Blow a trumpet in Zion

and your faith is also vain

but avoid fanaticism