Be it so; but, "My friends, there their power ends. Fear Him. Fear Him --how striking the repetition here! Only the one fear would effectually expel the other.
Son of man. Holy Luke The man had not the least idea that his case was not of as urgent a nature, and as worthy the attention of our Lord, as anything else He could deal with.
Nothing else is laid to his charge. And if not the least, why vex yourselves about things of more consequence? Well might He say, "Fear not! The meaning is, Be in readiness.
Both have their spiritual significance; but preparedness for Christ's coming is the prominent idea. A servant may be truly faithful, even though taken so far unawares that he has not everything in such order and readiness for his master's return as he thinks is due to him, and both could and would have had if he had had notice of the time of his coming, and so may not be willing to open to him " immediately, " but fly to preparation, and let his master knock again ere he admit him, and even then not with full joy.
A too common case this with Christians. But if the servant have himself and all under his charge in such a state that at any hour when his master knocks, he can open to him "immediately," and hail his "return"--that is the most enviable, "blessed" servant of all. See Matthew Matthew Even heathens are not without knowledge enough for future judgment; but the reference here is not to such. It is a solemn truth, and though general, like all other revelations of the future world, discloses a tangible and momentous principle in its awards.
In its general import all are agreed; but the nearest to the precise meaning seems to be, "And what should I have to desire if it were once already kindled? Before a promiscuous audience, such obscure language was fit on a theme like this; but oh, what surges of mysterious emotion in the view of what was now so near at hand does it reveal! When thou goest, The urgency of the case with them, and the necessity, for their own safety, of immediate decision, was the object of these striking words.
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The Darby Translation. English Standard Version. Good News Translation. Hebrew Names Version. Jubilee Bible King James Version. Lexham English Bible. The Message Bible. New American Standard Bible. New Century Version. New International Reader's Version. New International Version. The old proverb bids us cut our coat according to our cloth, and he that can clothe his mind with the garments which providence allots him needs not to envy my Lord Mayor in his robes.
Joy lies more in the mind than in the place or the possession. He that hath enough, though he hath but a few shillings a week, hath more than the possessor of millions.
He that is content is the truly rich man; your money-grubber is always poor, how can he be otherwise — poor in the worst sense of the word? This, I think, should, in addition to teaching us submission, always give us such a degree of consolation in the time of trouble that we even rise into something like joy. I was reading to-day of old Mr. Dodd, who is a person the Puritans are always quoting— a man who did not write books, but he seems to have said things with which other people made their books attractive.
This old Mr. Oh yes, let us kneel down together, and thank God for our trouble! Is it consumption, a dying child, a farm that does not pay, a business that is gradually leaking away? Evidently he is not so dull and foolish as to need a sharp awakening by chastisement. He sees the evil of his disobedience, and the necessity of chastisement, and now he can be left to follow out the lessons he has learned.
When you and I begin to be familiar with affliction, and to thank God for it, we are pretty nearly getting through it. I believe, myself, that there is a period often set to the sorrows of saints, and that the period is usually coincident with their perfect acquiescence in them.
When they are content to have all things as God wills, God will be content to let them have it much as they will. Therefore, let us come to this— if even the very hairs of our head are all numbered, if everything be really ordained of the Most High concerning his people, let us rejoice in the divine appointment, and take it as it comes, and praise his name, whether our allotment be rough or smooth, bitter or sweet.
I shall not plunge into the slough of difficulties which some of you are sure to see lying in the way; I trip over the mire with the nimble feet of faith. I shall not discuss how fore-ordination can be shown to be consistent with the responsibility of man, and the free-will of man, and all that.
I believe in the responsibility of man, and the free-will of man, as much as I believe in predestination. I believe in the responsibility of man as much as you do, and I believe in the free-agency of man as much as anybody living.
How can I believe both doctrines? I evidently can believe them both, for I do believe them. I have learned this: that the man whose creed is consistent in the judgment of others usually has a very scanty, poverty-stricken creed; and a good deal of it is rather theory than revelation. When you come to make up your theology into a system, you are very apt to act like a builder, who fills in between the great stones mortar of his own mixing. I am content to pile up the unhewn stones, and put in no cement of my own.
I will not shape truth, much less add to it. I believe that all the contradictions in Scripture are only apparent ones.
I cannot expect to understand the mysteries of God, neither do I wish to do so. If I understood God, he could not be the true God. A doctrine which I cannot fully grasp is a truth which is intended to grasp me. When I cannot climb, I kneel. Where I cannot build an observatory, I set up an altar. A great stone which I cannot lift serves me for a pillar, upon which I pour the oil of gratitude, and adore the Lord my God.
How idle it is to dream of our ever running parallel in understanding with the infinite God! His knowledge is too wonderful for us; it is so high we cannot attain to it. He tried the door, but it was fastened: all proper and safe entrance was out of the question. But he could not be content till he had satisfied his curiosity, and therefore he climbed up to the window.
He must be got down, and taught not to climb there again. Shall we imitate this childish folly? Brethren, I will not attempt it.
I do not want to endanger my soul, and perhaps even my reasoning powers, by straining after the unknowable. Poor child that I am, I would rather love God and wonder at him, than regard him with cold, intellectual apprehensions, and dream that I know him altogether. I pray to grow in the knowledge of that which the Lord reveals: and I pray for grace to limit my curiosity by the boundaries of his revelation; surely these are far enough apart for the largest researches.
As for the difficulty before us, I do not understand it; and what good would it be to me if I did understand it? I know that whatever a man does that is wrong, he does it of his own free-will; and all the sin in the world I believe to be caused by the wilful and censurable choice of the transgressor; but I know that, at the same time, there is a grasp of foresight and predestination so comprehensive that everything accords with the divine fore-knowledge and predestination. Let our hair grow as it will, or let us pluck out what hairs we please, let nothing interfere with our absolute liberty in that matter; and yet the hairs of our head are all numbered.
So much for fore-sight. If there were nobody else in the world except you, and God had nothing else to do but to think of you, and there were no objects of his attention beyond yourself, and his eternal mind had no object of consideration but you only, the Lord would not then know more about you than he does now.
The omniscience of God is concentrated upon every single being, and yet it is not divided by the multiplicity of its objects; it is not the less upon any single one because there are so many. How it should astonish us, that the Lord knows us at this moment so intimately as to count every hair of our heads! The knowledge which the Lord has concerning his people is most minute, and takes in those small matters which men set down as unconsidered trifles. He knows us better than our friends know us.
Many a man has a kind friend who knows his affairs most accurately, but even such a familiar acquaintance has never counted the hairs of your head. God knows us better than we know ourselves. Nobody knows how many hairs he has upon his own head; but the very hairs of your head are all numbered by One who knows us better than we know ourselves.
He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name Psalm NIV. There are nine planets in our solar system.
Eight if you subtract Pluto. They orbit around the sun. The sun is a star in the Milky Way. The Milky Way has billion more stars that are just like the sun 4. Planets and moons orbit around each of them too. God has a name for every one of them. In addition to that, there are trillion galaxies in the universe, each with billion stars. There are way more stars in the sky than hairs on human heads. Excerpted and adapted with permission from Revealed by Alex and Stephen Kendrick. Alex Kendrick has dedicated his life to following Jesus Christ and making His truth and love known among the nations.
After serving in church ministry for 20 years, he now writes, speaks and produces Christian films with his brothers, Stephen and Shannon. He and his wife, Christina, live in Albany, Ga. After serving in church ministry for 20 years, Stephen now writes, speaks and produces Christian films with his brothers, Alex and Shannon. He and his wife, Jill, live in Albany, Ga. The only One who truly knows you and defines you is the One who created you.
Jesus Christ inhabited time and space in the first century and is recognized around the world as the most loving, powerful, and influential person ever to have walked the earth. But also this: His entire life is a vivid illustration of the priority of identity. Luke But there shall not an hair of your head perish. God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.
So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. Job Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? Psalm Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:. Context Crossref Comment Greek. Verse Click for Chapter. New International Version Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. New Living Translation And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
English Standard Version Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Berean Study Bible And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Berean Literal Bible But even the hairs of your head all have been numbered.
Fear not; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
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