Homilist 1 Samuel 2:30 Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me for ever… "Them that honour Me I will honour" (1 Samuel 2:30). I. MAN HONOURING GOD AS A DUTY. How can man honour God? Not by making Him greater than He is. He is infinitely glorious. Not by ascribing to Him, in song or prayer and in sublimest forms of speech, the highest attribute of being. How then? 1. By a practical reverence for His greatness. His greatness should be realised in every step of life. The world is the house of God and the gate of heaven. Life should be reverent, not frivolous. 2. By a practical gratitude for His goodness. 3. By a practical adoration for His excellence. The heavens declare His glory, yea, the whole earth is full of His glory. II. GOD HONOURING MAN AS A REWARD. "Them that honour Me I will honour." How does God honour such a man? 1. With a commission in His service. He gives him work to do and qualification for its discharge. 2. With an adoption into His family. 3. With a participation in His glory. "Enter into the joy of thy Lord." (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. |
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