2 Chronicles 34:27 Because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place… I. THE ACCEPTABLE ACT. 1. It was a real and personal act. 2. It was voluntary. "Thou didst humble thyself." 3. It was a sincerely devout act. 4. It was a very deep and thorough one. II. REASONS FOR IMITATING IT. 1. A deep sense of sin, its heinousness and the punishment it deserves. 2. Our origin and our end. 3. The sovereign grace which has made us to differ. 4. The greatness of God. 5. The life and death of Christ. III. THE ENCOURAGING RESULTS WHICH FOLLOWED. 1. Humiliation will often avert judgment. 2. It always brings a positive blessing with it. 3. It will improve our spiritual health. 4. It promotes our usefulness. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. |
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