Genesis 47:8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old are you? The wise reckoning of time will be of essential use to us — it may save us from overwhelming and eternal disaster. I. How OLD ART THOU, O CHRISTIAN, computed by God's standard? 1. OLD enough to be brought under infinite obligations to God's redeeming, converting, and preserving grace. 2. Old enough to have made great attainments in the Divine life. 3. Old enough to have learned the ways of a deceitful heart, and the power of the adversary of God and man. 4. Old enough to have caught the heavenly spirit of the Master, and from the land of Beulah to get now and then a ravishing view of the unutterable glory beyond. II. How OLD ART THOU, O IMPENITENT SINNER? 1. Old enough to have run up a fearful account against thy soul in "the book of God's remembrance." 2. Old enough to make the work of future repentance extremely bitter and difficult. 3. Old enough to make it well-nigh certain, if you still persist in impenitent sin, that you will never retrace your guilty steps and take hold on life. (J. M. Sherwood, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?WEB: Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?" |
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