Homilist Psalm 28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. I. THE CHARACTER Of ungodly society. 1. Apostates — gone away from truth, virtue, God. 2. Rebels — wrong in relation to their own nature, society, God. 3. Hypocrites. II. THE ATTRACTIVENESS of ungodly society. 1. In its numerical force. As the little spring from the mountain is drawn to the river, individuals are drawn to the multitude. 2. In its social resources. It has the prizes of fortune and the delights of pleasure at its disposal. All this is attractive. Why should these things be attractive to a good man? Simply, because his goodness is not perfect; remnants of depravity are still in his heart, and these incline him thitherward. To a thoroughly pure soul the power of ungodly society is repulsion, not attraction. III. THE BANEFULNESS of ungodly society. 1. Detrimental to the higher interests of human nature. It cannot appease a guilty conscience, or cleanse a polluted heart. 2. Doomed to ruin. (1) By the moral constitution of the universe. (2) By the express Word of God, (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.WEB: Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. |
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