DISCOURSE: 623 THE GOODNESS OF GOD TO ISRAEL Psalms 73:1. _Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart._ THE aversion which men usually feel to a vindication of God’s absolute sovereignty, proceeds from an idea, that the exercise of it would be repugnant to his other perfectio... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 624 PROSPERITY OF SINNERS NOT TO BE ENVIED Psalms 73:16. _When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I their end._ TO unenlightened man, there are numberless things in the dispensations of Providence altogether dark and... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 625 THE CHRISTIAN’S EXPERIENCE AND HOPES Psalms 73:23. _I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory._ THERE are in the Holy Scriptures many expressions which are difficult to be reconciled with... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 626 THE CHRISTIAN’S CHOICE Psalms 73:25. _Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee._ THIS evil and deceitful world promises happiness to its votaries; and men, naturally carnal, are too willing to be deceived by it. Even the godly themselves... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 627 BENEFIT OF DRAWING NEAR TO GOD Psalms 73:28. _It is good for me to draw near to God._ THE dispensations of Providence are often so dark and inscrutable, that the proud man is ready to question the wisdom of them, and almost to doubt whether they are the result of design or chance. Th... [ Continue Reading ]