2 Chronicles 17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. I. SOME MEN WHEN, LIKE JEHOSHAPHAT, THEY HAVE RICHES AND HONOUR IN ABUNDANCE, HAVE THEIR HEARTS LIFTED UP, BUT NOT IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD. The natural tendency of such circumstances is to create and foster a spirit of pride, of self-sufficiency, and of independence. How necessary the warning (Deuteronomy 8:11-14). Nebuchadnezzar is a striking exemplification of this. II. SOME MEN WHOSE HEARTS ARE NOT LIFTED UP ARE IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD. They are real Christians, but doubting, desponding Christians. III. SOME MEN HAVE THEIR HEARTS LIFTED UP, LIKE JEHOSHAPHAT, IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD. They "rejoice in the Lord alway." (R. Harley.) Parallel Verses KJV: And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. |
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