2 Chronicles 32:7-8 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him… I. THE KIND OF MAN WHOSE WORDS ARE LIKELY TO BE RESTED ON. He must be — 1. A great man. 2. A good man. 3. A courageous man. 4. A hearty man. 5. In such a case God will add His sanction by granting success and he will be a prosperous man. 6. A man who has respect for God's word. II. In the second place let us TURN THE OTHER WAY AND LOOK AT THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO REST ON SUCH A MAN'S WORD. 1. Children do so with their parents. 2. Illiterate people who cannot read. 3. Unconverted persons who have no spiritual discernment. 4. Persons who naturally run in a groove. Having attended at such a place of worship, and having been brought up in the midst of a certain set of godly people, they scarcely deviate one jot from the teaching that they have received. Almost by the necessity of their nature they rest on what they hear. 5. Persons who profess always to do their own thinking. If you will trace them home, they are in nine cases out of ten the veriest slaves that ever lived. They are the bondservants of some heretic or other who has put it into their heads that in following him they become free men. III. THE KIND OF WORDS YOU MAY REST ON. You may safely rest on — 1. Words which urge you to faith in God. 2. Words which are the words of God Himself. 3. Words which are sealed by the Lord Jesus. 4. Words which have been blessed to other men. 5. Words which breathe a sense of rest into the soul. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: |
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