Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning… I. LOOK AT ITS EXTENT. Superstitions the most powerful and beloved, — systems of philosophy the most specious and plausible, — opinions which are congenial to the human heart, and have been entertained for ages, — and habits, strengthened not merely by personal indulgence, but by the influence of the most remote antiquity, — all give way before the Cross. Conversion of the most degraded and ignorant tribes takes place, — the change effected, and the contrast furnished by it, being more visible, and, therefore, more impressive than former dispensations have witnessed. And the most glorious displays are yet future. The close of this day of power is to be most excessive in its brightness, — at eventide there is to be the purest and the fullest light. II. THE PRODUCTION AND INCREASE OF PIETY IN MEN'S SOULS IS MORE NATURAL TO THIS DISPENSATION THAN THE PRECEDING ONES. What was made known under them is not to be compared with what has been made known since, for explicitness and fulness. III. IT IS THE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT. He is the official agent in the conversion and sanctification of men. (A. J. Morris.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. |
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