2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you… I. A GRAND PROMISE. "The Lord is with you while ye be with Him." 1. God is said to be with any people — (1) When He upholds among them His true religion and worship. (2) When He causes His Word to be preached and His will to be declared to them. (3) When He watches over them and defends them against their enemies, maintaining in a nation peace and prosperity; in short, when He grants to them all spiritual and temporal blessings. 2. A nation is with God — (1) When true religion is seen upon the throne, when God is there served and honoured, with a spiritual and reasonable service. (2) When those who are in authority employ it to enforce the observance of God's laws. (3) When they themselves observe them. (4) When subjects obey the laws. (5) When each person in his station concurs in promoting order, good morals, and piety. (6) When those who "minister at the altar" preach by their example; joining pure manners with sound doctrine. (7) When union reigns among those who are in authority, peace in the Church, and harmony in families, and when parents bestow their chief care upon making their children modest, humble lovers of truth and goodness. In short, when each person "sets God before his eyes," and renders to Him, in public and in private, love and obedience. II. AN AWFUL THREATENING. 1. There are several ways in which we may forsake God. But that against which it is most necessary to warn Christians is the forsaking of God by a wicked life, by dissolute manners, by living as if there were no God, or as if we were not to stand before Him in judgment. 2. God forsakes a people, thus unworthy of His presence, by the calamities and miseries with which He visits them. (S. Partridge, M.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. |
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