INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 91
"...all those that live a life of communion with God are constantly safe under his protection & may therefore preserve a holy serenity & security of mind at all times." "It is the character of a true believer that he dwells in the secret place of the Most High; he is at home in God, returns to God" "If Jehovah be our God, our refuge, & our fortress, what can we desire which we may not be sure to find in him? He is neither fickle nor false, neither weak nor mortal; he is God & not man, & therefore there is no danger of being disappointed in him." "God protects believers." "God is as willing to guard his people as the hen is to guard the chickens, & as able as a man of war in armour." "Those that preserve their purity in times of general corruption may trust God with their safety in times of general desolation." "It is our duty to be at home in God, to make our choice of him, & then to live our life in him as our habitation, to converse with him, & delight in him, & depend upon him;" "Christ has broken the serpent's head, spoiled our spiritual enemies (Colossian 2:15)." "...those are truly honourable whom God puts honour upon by taking them into covenant & communion with himself & designing them for his kingdom & glory. John 12:26." CHAPTER 92 "Praising God is good work: it is good in itself, & good for us." "It is our privilege that we are admitted to praise God, & have hope to be accepted in it." "It is good to give thanks for the mercies we have received, for that is the way of fetching in further mercy" "Those can best recommend to others the duty of praise who have themselves experienced the pleasantness of it." "I will triumph in the works of thy hands. From a joyful remembrance of what God has done for us we may raise a joyful prospect of what he will do, & triumph in the assurance of it, triumph over all opposition." Romans 11:33. "The greatness of God's works should lead us to consider the depth of his thoughts, that counsel of his own will according to which he does all things - what a compass his thoughts fetch & to what a length they reach!" "Christ reckons those his enemies that will not have him to reign over them" "Where God gives true grace he will give more grace." "...let those who flourish in God's courts, give him the glory of it" "The products of sanctification, all the instances of a lively devotion & a useful conversation, good works, by which God is glorified & others are edified, these are the fruits of righteousness." "All that ever trusted in God found him faithful & all-sufficient, & none were ever made ashamed of their hope in him." CHAPTER 93 "The Lord reigns gloriously; He is clothed with majesty." "He reigns powerfully." "Both strength & honour are his clothing. He can do every thing, & with him nothing is impossible." "He reigns eternally" "He reigns triumphantly." "The unlimited sovereignty & irresistible power of the great Jehovah are very encouraging to the people of God, in reference to all the noises & hurries they meet with in this world. Psalms 46:1, 2." "He reigns in truth & holiness." "God's church is his house; it is a holy house, cleansed from sin, consecrated by God, & employed in his service." "...holiness always becomes God's house & family, & those who belong to it; it is perpetually decent" CHAPTER 94 "There is a God to whom vengeance belongs" "Those are wicked indeed, & workers of the worst iniquity, lost to all honour & virtue, who are cruel to the innocent & hate the righteous." "If all knowledge is from God, no doubt all knowledge is in God." "It concerns us to keep a strict guard upon our thoughts, because God takes particular notice of them. Thoughts are words to God, & vain thoughts are provocations." "There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity" "Let God's suffering people assure themselves of this, that, whatever their friends do, God will not cast them off, nor throw them out of his covenant or out of his care; he will not forsake them, because they are his inheritance" "'When I had almost dwelt in silence, then the Lord was my help, kept me alive, kept me in heart; & unless I had made him my help, by putting my trust in him & expecting relief from him, I could never have kept possession of my own soul; but living by faith in him has kept my head above water, has given me breath, & something to say.'" "God's right hand sustains his people when they look on their right hand & on their left & there is none to uphold; & we are then prepared for his gracious supports when we are sensible of our own weakness & inability to stand by our own strength, & come to God, to acknowledge it, & to tell him how our foot slips." "God is, & will be, as a righteous Judge, the patron & protector of right & the punisher & avenger of wrong" "God is his people's refuge, to whom they may flee, in whom they are safe & may be secure; he is the rock of their refuge, so strong, so firm, impregnable, immovable, as a rock" Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 587 - 600.
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September 2023
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