2 Kings 17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king… We were struck by a thought of Elihu Burritt's, that thousands of our fellow-creatures will yearly enter eternity with characters differing from those they might have carried thither had we never lived. "The sunlight of the world," says he, "will reveal my finger-marks in their primary formations, and in their successive strata of life and thought." A party of seamen believed they had gained sixty miles in one clay in their course, but it was proved by observation they had lost more than thirty; the ship had been urged forward by the wind, but driven back by an undercurrent. How many undercurrents of trivial actions, or even looks and manners, influences scarcely heeded, may be hindering the Christian progress of others! But, on the other hand, how many an example that deems itself unnoticed has been honoured by the Master as the means of doing immortal work for Him! Our concern must be constant fidelity to God, leaving all consequences with Him. Parallel Verses KJV: For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. |
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