Job 36:26-27 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.… I. THE GREATNESS OF GOD INFINITELY SURPASSES OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. "Behold, God is great, and we know Him not." Consider how imperfect our knowledge is — l. Of the Divine nature. We are greatly to seek in the first notion of God, that He is a Spirit; then, that He is a Trinity in Unity. 2. Of the Divine decrees and counsels. We must conjecture uncertainly about His decrees, because we are so distant and so incompetent in all our speculations about the Divine nature. 3. Of the Divine work in creation and providence. II. USEFUL INFERENCES. 1. What an inestimable treasure the Holy Scriptures ought to be esteemed by us. 2. How reasonable a thing it is for us to love one another in some differences of opinion and thought while we are on this side heaven. 3. How justly the wise and the good mind may be longing after that state where their knowledge of God may be advanced to such unspeakable degrees, suitably both to the nature of God and the capacious nature of our souls. (Nathanael Resbury, A. M.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.WEB: Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. |
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