Homilist Psalm 73:24 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. I. MAN REQUIRES A GUIDE IN THE PATH OF LIFE. 1. Man's ignorance of the future. 2. Man's proneness to consult false guides. 3. Man's frequent mistakes. 4. The awful consequences of mistakes. II. GOD IS THE ONLY TRUE GUIDE FOR MAN IN THE PATH OF LIFE. 1. He alone knows all the future. 2. He alone understands the full relation of the present to the future. 3. He alone has capacity be provide for our future. 4. He alone has manifested that interest that would warrant our perfect confidence for the future. III. GOD HIMSELF WILL GUIDE MAN INDIVIDUALLY IN THE PATH OF LIFE. "Thou shalt guide me," etc. The psalmist did not believe in the Pantheist's god, he speaks of a person — "Thou." Nor in the Deist's god who cares only for the vast; it was for the individual "Me." Every man requires special guidance. Each man is a world in himself and has an orbit of his own. No two are alike. IV. UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF GOD THE PATH OF LIFE BECOMES GLORIOUS. What does the world call glory? Conquest? You have conquest over evil when guided by God. Exalted fellowship? The greatest spirits of all worlds and times are the society of those whom God guides. Dignified position? They are kings and priests. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.WEB: You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
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