Proverbs 23:18 For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off. Let religion be the very atmosphere in which you live and move and have your being; and the reason for this is, "surely there is an end." I. THE SOLEMN CERTAINTY WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY. 1. All our actions, thoughts, feelings, capabilities, everything about us, relations and all the rest of it, will come to a close, and leave behind them consequences that never come to a close. Behind everything something else lies, and that afterwards is made by the present, and is an outcome of it. The fleeting events and fugitive thoughts and feelings and actions of our daily life, that pass away and are forgotten, all leave behind them consequences which grow and grow for ever and ever. 2. Everything we do here will mould our character and help to make ourselves, and will spring up after many days. That is true of life and of the great hereafter beyond life. II. THE BRIGHT POSSIBILITIES WHICH GO ALONG WITH THIS TEXT. The hereafter to which the end of life is the narrow portal shall more than fulfil all thy expectations. Take Christ for your Saviour, and Master, and then swift-footed time may work His will; when this wide earth and all its fleeting scenes will change, you will be brought to the fulfilment of all your hopes, receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (A. Maclaren, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.WEB: Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. |
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