Homilist Psalm 139:1-24 O lord, you have searched me, and known me.… : — I. THE ALL-SEEING ONE. 1. He sees the whole of an object. At best we can only see the outside of a thing, the curve, the angle, the colour. 2. He sees the whole of every object. How few are the objects we see even thus externally and partially! Some are too small and some too distant. But He sees all, His eye takes in the immeasurable universe. 3. He sees the whole of everything at the same time. II. THE ALL-PRESENT ONE. 1. He is present everywhere, in the entirety of Himself. 2. He is present in all things, yet distinct from all things.Practically, this subject serves three important purposes. 1. To refute some popular errors of human life. (1) There is the error that supposes that formal worship can be of any real worth. "God is a Spirit," etc. (2) There is the error that imagines that death will make some fundamental alteration in their relation to God. 2. To reprove some prevalent impieties in human conduct. (1) Atheism. (2) Indifferentism. 3. To reveal the supreme interest of human life. Cultivate a loving affection for Him. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. |
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