Homilist Job 42:5-6 I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you.… I. HERE IS IMPLIED A SECOND-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. 1. This second-hand knowledge is very common. 2. It is spiritually worthless. There is no moral value in it. Its influence on the soul is that of the lunar ray, cold and dead, rather than that of the solar beam, warm and life-giving. II. HERE IS IMPLIED A PRIMARY KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. "Now mine eye seeth Thee." The Great One came within Job's horizon. 1. This primary knowledge silenced all controversy. Job, under the influence of a secondhand knowledge, had argued long and earnestly; but as soon as he is brought face to face with his Maker, he felt Him as the greatest fact in his consciousness, and all controversy was hushed. Experimental knowledge of God disdains polemics. It is second-hand knowledge that breeds controversies. 2. This primary knowledge subdued all pride. Hast thou this primary knowledge? Is God Himself thy teacher, or art thou living on second-hand information? (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.WEB: I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. |
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