Evangelical Preacher 1 Samuel 3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for your servant hears. I. WITH RESPECT TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS DIVINE CALL, THERE ARE, IT IS TRUE, SOME DIFFERENCES, WHILST THERE ARE CERTAINLY ALSO SOME RESEMBLANCES, BETWEEN HIS CASE AND YOURS. We may refer to, 1. Some of these differences. (1) It is quite true that none of you are called in a miraculous way like Samuel. (2) It is also true that God now calls none of you by name as he did Samuel. (3) Nor are you called, like Samuel, to be inspired prophets. The code of Revelation is finished. 2. Resemblances between the circumstances of the call of Samuel and yours. (1) Are not some here, like Samuel, children of many prayers. (2) Like Samuel, "lent unto the Lord."(3) You are all young like Samuel. (4) Called like Samuel at an important crisis in the history of the Church of God. 4. Have not all of you, like Samuel, been called repeatedly? II. WITH RESPECT TO THE REALITY OF THE DIVINE CALL THERE IS A PERFECT PARITY IN BOTH CASES. — 1. The Bible you allow to be the Word of God. (2) It contains appeals addressed to you. "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them" (Ecclesiastes 12:1). (Evangelical Preacher.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. |
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