Acts 7:47-50 But Solomon built him an house.… I. An OMNIPRESENT existence. One whose throne is heaven, whose footstool is earth, and to whom all places are alike. One who fills heaven and earth not merely with His influence, nor indeed, as the Pantheists teach, with His substance; but One who is everywhere as a Personality, free, conscious, active. All created existences are limited by the laws of space, and those that occupy the largest space are mere specks in immensity. Concerning the stupendous fact of God's Omnipresence observe that it is — 1. Agreeable to reason, although incomprehensible. The denial of it would be a contradiction. A limited God would be no God. 2. Essential to worship. (1) To its spirit. Worship implies mystery. Take away God's incomprehensibility and you take away the power to evoke in the soul all the awe and wonder which enter into the very essence of worship. (2) To its constancy. True worship is not an occasional service confined to times and places, but an abiding attitude of the soul. "God is a Spirit," etc. 3. Promotive of holiness. Let men realise the constant presence of God, and how strongly will they feel restraint from sin and stimulus to virtue. 4. Assurative of retribution. Who can hide himself from the Lord? No sin escapes His notice. There is no escaping therefore from punishment. "Whither shall I flee from Thy presence?" 5. Illustrative of heaven. There is nothing local or formal in heaven's worship. "I saw no temple therein." Then He is felt to be everywhere, and is worshipped everywhere. II. A CREATIVE existence. "Hath not My hand made," etc. Because He made all, He owns all. Creatorship implies sovereignty, almightiness, and proprietorship. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But Solomon built him an house. |
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