Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day. The point of resemblance between the path of the just and the shining light. I. AS TO ORIGIN. The shining light emerges from the darkness at the dawn of the day, and so does the path of the just, or the believer on the morning of conversion. There is a great spiritual crisis, call it by whatever name you will. Our Lord speaks of it as a new birth. II. AS TO PROGRESS. There should be progress — 1. In knowledge of Divine things. 2. In holiness of heart and life. 3. In Christian usefulness and activity. 4. In growing meetness for heaven. III. AS TO PERFECTION. Progress ending in perfection, but not here. The perfect day is not for earth, but for heaven. As to knowledge of Divine things, here we know in part, there we shall know even as we are known. Here the feeble intellect is soon exhausted in its search after knowledge, there it shall soar with untiring wing. As to purity, what a change! There are spots on the disc of the brightest sun that ever shone, but there are none on the spotless robes that have been made white in the blood of the Lamb. As to useful activity, it will assume a more exalted character, it will embrace a wider range. (A. Wallace, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
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