Psalm 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. This assured — I. BY THE PROMISES OF THE BIBLE, which are many, explicit, positive, and world-embracing. II. BY THE DIVINE ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF CHRISTIANITY. Christianity is on trial; if it fails to fulfil its promises, then it will be demonstrated that it is not of God. III. BY THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS WHICH IT HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED. There is nothing comparable with it. It saves "the chief of sinners." It transforms savages, demons, into saints. Christianity thus stands committed to the achievement of universal dominion. (J. M. Sherwood, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. |
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