Homilist 1 Chronicles 28:9-21 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind… I. IT IS A PERSONAL SEARCH FOR GOD. 1. It is a search for Him, not His. 2. It is a search for Him, not His presence. All men are in His presence. To have Him is to have His heart, His sympathies, His love. II. IT IS A VOLUNTARY SEARCH FOR GOD. All genuine religion is uncoerced and free: "Will ye also go away," etc. III. IT IS A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR GOD: "He will be found of thee." This discovery is — 1. Conditional. 2. Transcendent. Find Him. 3. Individual: "Thee." The man who has sought Him — no one else. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. |
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