Homilist Hosea 12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. God is the great Teacher of mankind. He teaches the best lessons in the best way and for the best purpose. God has always employed prophets in His great school for humanity. The text indicates His method of teaching them. I. BY VISIONS. He gives to these men inner revelations, unfolds to them spiritual realities, opens their spiritual eyes, and bids them look. What wonderful visions Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Paul, and John had. These visions serve to show three things. 1. The distinguishing glory of the human mind. 2. The accessibility of the human mind to God. 3. The reality of spiritual things. II. BY SIMILITUDE. He showed them the invisible by the visible, the spiritual by the sensuous. He gave them parables. There are good reasons for this mode of teaching spiritual truth. 1. It makes the spiritual more attractive. 2. It makes the material appear more Divine. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. |
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