Homilist Psalm 91:14-16 Because he has set his love on me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.… I. A GOOD MAN IN RELATION TO THE GREAT GOD. 1. He loves God. "He hath set his love upon Me." All his affections are set on God; in Him his soul reposes. 2. He knows God. "He hath known My name." He knows Him, not merely with the intellect, but with the heart, experimentally. God's "name" is Himself. You can only really know a man as you sympathize with him. 3. He worships God. "Call upon me." II. THE GREAT GOD IN RELATION TO THE GOOD MAN. "Because" the good man is thus in relation to God, God does two things for him. 1. Delivers him. " Therefore will I deliver him." Delivers him from all evils, natural and moral. 2. Dignifies him. "I will set him on high," where he shall have the sublimest views, enjoy the greatest security, command the greatest attention and respect. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. |
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