Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? Sermons
I. HE HAS NO HOPE IN GOD IN DEATH. When the righteous man filleth his bosom with sheaves, the hope of the wicked is found to be cut off. Beyond the grave all is darkness. II. HE CANNOT TURN TO GOD IN TIME OF TROUBLE. When affliction falls upon the humble and righteous one, he whom he has sought to know and obey proves to be a reality to him. But the hypocrite has made God to be a sham. He has not known or obeyed him, or acted towards him as though he were a reality. To him, indeed, there is no God. How can he call on him in trouble whom he has denied in health? III. HE CANNOT FIND IN GOD A SPRING OF JOY. He cannot delight himself in him whom he has represented to himself as an unreality. God has not been really G-d in the estimate of the hypocrite. The man who is himself conscious of being false makes all false around him. He does not live in a real but a deceitful world. He has deceived himself in respect of it. IV. HE CANNOT CALL UPON GOD IN PRAYER. Thus the hope of the hypocrite perishes. It is vain. In the exigencies of life, when he most needs help, the false foundation which he has laid for himself fails him. The man who acts falsely towards God really acts falsely towards himself, and turns the most substantial grounds of hope into airy nothingness. - R.G.
Moreover Job continued his parable. Homilist. I. A SOLEMN ASSEVERATION. "As God liveth." The words imply a belief —1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this fact, the bulk of the race practically ignore it. 2. In the awfulness of the Divine existence. There is a sublime awfulness in the words, "As God liveth." 3. In the severity of the Divine existence. "Who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty who hath vexed my soul." As nature has winter as well as summer, so God has a severe as well as a benign aspect. 4. In the nearness of the Divine existence. "The spirit of God is in my nostrils. His breath is my life." II. A NOBLE DETERMINATION. "My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me; my righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live." What does he determine? 1. Never to swerve from rectitude. "Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me; my righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go." Whatever happens to me, I will not play the false, I will not be insincere. No one can rob me of my integrity. 2. Never to vindicate wickedness. Job has so many times alluded to the prosperity of the wicked that he is apprehensive he may be suspected of envying their lot, and wishing to be in their place. Great is the tendency of some men to vindicate wickedness in connection with wealth and worldly power. III. A WEIGHTY REFLECTION. "What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him"? The writer reflects here upon the wicked men of wealth, and he concludes — 1. That in death they will have no hope. 2. That in trouble they will have no answer to their prayers or delight in God. Conclusion —(1) The greatest reality outside of us. What is that? God. All else is shadow.(2) The greatest worth inside of us. What is that? Virtue, or what is here called "integrity," "righteousness." (Homilist.) People JobPlaces UzTopics Almighty, Always, Delight, Mighty, Prayer, RulerOutline 1. Job protests his sincerity8. The hypocrite is without hope 11. The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses Dictionary of Bible Themes Job 27:10Library The Touchstone of Godly SincerityWho, then, is this "wicked man," thus portrayed before us? And what are the first symptoms of his depravity? We ask not the question idly, but in order that we take heed against the uprise of such an evil in ourselves. "Beneath the saintly veil the votary of sin May lurk unseen; and to that eye alone Which penetrates the heart, may stand revealed." The hypocrite is very often an exceedingly neat imitation of the Christian. To the common observer he is so good a counterfeit that he entirely escapes … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871 Whether Hypocrisy is Contrary to the virtue of Truth? On the Interior Man Wesley in St. Albans Abbey The Work of Jesus Christ as an Advocate, The Sinner Arraigned and Convicted. God's Sovereignty and Prayer Job Links Job 27:10 NIVJob 27:10 NLT Job 27:10 ESV Job 27:10 NASB Job 27:10 KJV Job 27:10 Bible Apps Job 27:10 Parallel Job 27:10 Biblia Paralela Job 27:10 Chinese Bible Job 27:10 French Bible Job 27:10 German Bible Job 27:10 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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