2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you… rity: — I. GOD MAY BE SAID TO BE WITH MEN — 1. In respect of the omnipresence of His essence (1 Kings 8:27; Psalm 139:7-12). 2. In respect of personal union. "God was with him" (Acts 10:38). 3. In respect of the covenant of grace. 4. In respect of providential dispensations. This is twofold. (1) General; ordering, disposing, guiding, ruling all things, according to His own wisdom, by His own power, unto His own glory. (2) Special; attended with peculiar love, favour, goodwill, special care towards them with whom He is so present (Genesis 21:22; Joshua 1:5; Jeremiah 15:20; Isaiah 43:1, 2). This is the presence here intimated. II. A PEOPLE'S ABIDING WITH GOD IS TWOFOLD. 1. In personal obedience. 2. In national administrations. III. OBSERVATIONS. 1. All outward flourishing or prosperity of a people doth not always argue the special presence of God with them. The things required to make success and prosperity an evidence of the presence of God are — (1) That the people themselves prospered be His peculiar people. (2) That the whole work be good, and have a tendency to God's glory, wherein they are engaged. (3) Made useful and subservient to His glory. 2. Even great afflictions, eminent distresses, long perplexities, may have a consistency with God's special presence. ( J. Owen, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. |
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