Micah 6:9 The LORD's voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see your name: hear you the rod, and who has appointed it. The world is a place of punishment for sin, but it is not the place. Because God does not usually visit each particular offence in this life upon the transgressor, men are apt to deny altogether the doctrine of judgments. The Indian Mutiny was a rod of God for our nation, but it was an appointed rod. Hear this rod. 1. It would have been as well if we had heard this rod before it fell upon us. The wise man may hear God's rod before it smiteth. He that understandeth God's moral government knows that sin carries punishment in its bowels. 2. But the rod has fallen. What are the most glaring sins for which God is now visiting us? (1) There are sins in the community that never ought to have been allowed. Such as public immorality. (2) There are class sins. (3) There are sins of trade. (4) Sins in the relations between masters and workmen. (5) Sins of illiberality, deceit, bigotry, lasciviousness, carnality, pride, covetousness, and laziness. 3. Hear ye the rod when it shall again be still. (Anon.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. |
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