Homiletic Monthly Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. I. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. 1. Its inherent weakness. 2. The brevity of its experience, making it impossible to form right conclusions upon those concerns which extend into eternity backward and forward. 3. Its limit in space. The universe extends beyond reach of finite imagination. 4. It has no certain communion with the spirit world; hence eternal things are not to be trusted to our understanding. II. THE SUFFICIENCY OF GOD. 1. He knows all things thoroughly as Creator and Preserver. 2. He has power over all things. 3. His love for us is unlimited.Conclusion: 1. Oppose scepticism as one of the follies of a weak understanding. 2. Surrender wholly to God's guidance. (Homiletic Monthly.) Parallel Verses KJV: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.WEB: Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. |
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