Homilist 1 Kings 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man; This is the parting advice of a king to his son, whose right it was to grasp the sceptre as it fell from the pallid hand of his dying father. I. BE THOU STRONG. 1. Not boastful severest conflict, when many are fainting. 2. How is this strength obtained? From God alone, through our Lord Jesus Christ. How from Him? Repent of all sins. Resolve to break from all sins, and live a devoted Christian life. Cultivate personal trust in Christ as your Saviour, and believe that God for His sake pardons and saves you. II. SHOW THYSELF A MAN. Lot it not be a mere inference, but a palpable fact; a demonstration. "Show thyself." Men put a value upon us according to how we show ourselves. Don't leave it to others to show that you are a man; do it yourself. Not an angel, but a man. There is no instrument God can use in so many ways and places, and with such wonderful success, as a devoted Christian who can show himself a man — a man who has the tear of sympathy for the sorrowing, a word of comfort for the bereaved, and a word of hope for the downcast and desponding. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;WEB: "I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man; |
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