Psalm 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. : — I. God has many ways of DEALING WITH HIS UNIVERSE. God's ways are His methods of action. 1. He has settled methods of action in relation to His inanimate universe He has a way of managing the seas, and the stars, and all the blind forces of Nature. 2. He has settled methods of action in relation to His sentient universe. The smallest insect and the hugest mammoth He manages by their instincts. 3. He has settled methods of action in relation to His moral universe. (1) With the unfallen. The myriads who retain their pristine virtues. (2) With the fallen. These include the impenitent and the repentant. He has methods of dealing with them, they are settled and unalterable. II. In all God's ways He is ABSOLUTELY RIGHTEOUS. 1. This is a matter of necessity. He could not but be righteous: whatever He does must be right because He does it, for there is nothing higher than Himself, nothing outside of Himself. He is absolutely irresponsible. What the infinitely wise, holy, and loving does, must be "righteous." 2. This is a matter for rejoicing. How blessed the thought that He, with whom we have to do, on whom we are absolutely dependent, to whom we are amenable for all our conduct, and who will settle our destiny at last, will never do us wrong, will always act righteously. Moral — Trust in Him. (David Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.WEB: Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. |
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