2 Chronicles 7:12-16 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer… 1. The sins of God's own people may provoke and procure judgments. 2. Their sins have some aggravations in them that other men's have not. They are sins against — (1) Special light (1 Kings 11:9). (2) Special love and experiences of Divine favour (2 Samuel 12:7-9). (3) Special relations (Isaiah 1:2). (4) Special grace and assistance of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:80). (5) Special covenants and engagements, after avouching God for theirs (Psalm 78:84). (6) Special deliverances from greatest dangers (Ezra 9:13, 14). (7) Special hopes and more special promises which should have persuaded them to holiness (2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 John 3:3). (8) Special peace and glorious comforts, as David sinned against the joy of God's salvation (Psalm 51:12). Peter denied Christ after he had seen His transfiguration. (Edward Reynolds, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. |
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