1 Chronicles 28:9-21 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind… I. WITHOUT SINCERITY AND SERIOUSNESS, OUR RELIGION CAN BE OF NO VALUE IN THE SIGHT OF THE OMNISCIENT GOD. II. IT IS IMPORTANT IN EVERY POINT OF VIEW THAT YOUNG PERSONS, EVEN FROM THEIR EARLIEST CHILDHOOD, SHOULD BE TAUGHT THIS HIGH AND HOLY LESSON — TO BE SINCERE AND SERIOUS IN THEIR RELIGION; that is, in their whole conduct. III. TO "SERVE GOD WITH A PERFECT HEART'' IS THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF ALL PRACTICAL RELIGION. (Plain Sermons by Contributors to the "Tracts for the Times. ") Parallel Verses KJV: And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. |
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