Genuine Piety a Search for God
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.

WEB: You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.




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