Psalm 118:25 Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.… I. WHAT IS IT? 1. Not mere numbers. Crowd-winning is not soul-winning. 2. Still less mere rank, wealth, and talent in the Church. He is a fool who despises these things; but he is a still greater one who claims them to be identical with true prosperity, or a substitute for it. 3. But it consists in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit of God. This will be seen in the conversion of sinners; in the holiness and zeal of believers; in their increase of unity and love. II. WHENCE IS IT? It is from God. We are to look to him. We are terribly apt to look elsewhere. III. HOW IS IT OBTAINED? By waiting upon God with earnest, importunate prayer. "O Lord, I beseech thee," etc. And one such earnest seeker can do much to gain this. It is the prayer of one man - "I beseech thee" - that we have here. IV. WHEN MAY IT BE HAD? NOW! The earnest longing for it is an omen of its approach. The prayer of faith works marvels. V. WHY SHOULD WE SEEK IT? For our own sake; for the Church's sake; for the world's sake; for Christ's sake. - S.C. Parallel Verses KJV: Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.WEB: Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. |
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