1 Chronicles 17:24 Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel… I. The relation which God bears to his people. 1. He has chosen them out of the world, which lieth in wickedness. 2. He has given himself to them in a peculiar way. 3. He avows that relation to them before the whole universe. II. Inquire what, under that relation, we may expect at his hands. 1. The care of his providence. 2. The communication of his grace. 3. The manifestations of his love. 4. The possession of his glory. III. What, under that relation, he is entitled to expect from us. 1. That we "be a people to him." 2. That we give ourselves to him, as he has given himself to us. Conclude with two proposals: 1. That we, at this very hour, accept Jehovah as our God. 2. That we now consecrate ourselves to him as his people (Revelation C. Simeon, M.A.). - R.T. Parallel Verses KJV: Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. |
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