Homilist Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. I. GOD IS A LIVING GOD. 1. Not a mere historical God; a God that has been and is no more. 2. Not a theoretical God — a Being made up of abstract propositions which we call theologies. 3. Not a dormant God — impassive, sluggish, inactive. 4. "Living" — always, everywhere, intensely. II. DEPARTING FROM THE LIVING GOD IS AN IMMENSE EVIL. 1. The greatest insult to Him. 2. The greatest calamity to self.Cut the stream from the fountain, and it dries up; hew down the branch from the tree, and it withers to death; detach the planet from the sun, and it rushes into darkness and ruin; separate the soul from God, its fountain, root, sun — and ruin is its destiny. III. UNBELIEF IS EVERMORE THE CAUSE OF THIS DEPARTING. Had men an undoubting, strong, abiding, and practical faith in the living God, and their obligations to Him, they would cling to Him with all the tenacity of their existence. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. |
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