John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. There is a kind of Divine oracle within the self-resigning soul, which speaks clearly and plainly, not darkly and ambiguously, as that oracle in Greece. There is a spiritual priesthood, which hath the Urim and Thummim, not upon the breast, as Aaron bad (Exodus 27:30), but within the breast: light and integrity go together. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant" (Psalm 25:14); or, as it is better in the margin, "and His covenant to make them know it:" that is, it is part of God's gracious covenant not to conceal from them, but to make them know His will. That which concerns them to know and practice, God will not hide from the sincerely obedient. God makes such "to know wisdom in the hidden part" (Psalm 51:6); or, "in the hidden man of the heart" (1 Peter 3:4). (Worthington.) Parallel Verses KJV: If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. |
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