Exodus 9:18-26 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail… I. GOD IS THE TRUE HOME OF THE SOUL. Everything the soul needs is to be found in Him: nowhere else. Here is inviolable security, and everlasting peace. II. CHRIST HAS COME TO BRING US HOME TO GOD. III. THE ETERNAL BLESSEDNESS OF ALL WHO ARE BROUGHT HOME TO GOD BY CHRIST. This is seen in two ways. 1. By what is escaped. "The hail." God's judgments. We have all been solemnly warned. The voice of God cries "gather," (ver. 19). If we slight the call, our blood be upon our own heads! (Hebrews 12:25). 2. By what is enjoyed (ver. 26). The security of the children of Israel in Goshen, while the storm raged so terribly all around them, touchingly represents the peace of God's people in time and in eternity (Isaiah 32:18). IV. The subject suggests SOLEMN QUESTIONS. 1. Where art thou? In the field, exposed, and defenceless, or, at home? 2. Dost thou fear God? (ver. 20, 21). True fear leads to obedience. But many are heedless of counsel and warning, and God's judgments are put "out of sight" (Psalm 10:5). 3. What are you doing to bring others home? If we believe in "the wrath to come," we cannot rest in inaction. (W. Forsyth, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. |
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