Psalm 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations. What can be a more consoling fact, in times of national convulsion, than the one declared here? The Lord's kingdom is distinct from all others. I. THE GREATEST KINGDOM EVER. KNOWN. My text says the Lord is the governor. I much question if He has a kingdom for His own upon the face of the whole earth now. There was a time when He appeared signally to recognise our own dear old England distinctly above all other nations; but now it has gone down, in some instances, to downright infidelity, or, in others, perverted to gross idolatry. Whatever He may please to do with the land of my nativity, I shall rejoice to know we have in it yet more of His own kingdom than any other nation upon earth. Of the Lord's kingdom we note — (1) It is a chosen one: men enter it through a broken and contrite spirit; others who have not known this are not in the kingdom. (2) Hence it is His by conquest over human hearts. He has subdued them unto Himself. (3) It is under His own special care. And(4) He peopled it with the precious souls that He had ordained from everlasting. (5) And He dwells and abides there. (6) Its constitution is "righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit." It is a sacred kingdom and no unclean thing shall enter it. (7) How vast are its treasures — grace and glory. II. IT HAS THE WISEST, HOLIEST, AND BEST OF GOVERNORS. (1) His sovereignty is absolute over all nations for His own people as well as in them. (2) It is exercised in the hearts of His subjects. Who ever heard of any other governor who reigned in the heart of every one of his subjects? (3) He never revokes any of His decrees. "My covenant will I not alter." His statutes stand forever, those in His secret statute book and those in the Scripture, the inspired abstract of His will. (Joseph Irons.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.WEB: For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations. |
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