The Evangelist Job 17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? I. OCCASIONS IN LIFE WHICH FORCE UPON US THIS INQUIRY. 1. In those seasons when the troubles of life press heavily. 2. When our human dependencies have failed. 3. When the terrors of a guilty conscience seize us. 4. The question irresistibly presses upon all as death seems to approach. II. THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PROVIDED AGAINST THESE SEASONS OF TRIAL. 1. All earthly hopes are, in their very nature, inadequate to our exigencies. 2. All the hopes which are derived from the world and the creatures are temporal in their duration. 3. If they could endure and go with us into eternity, or the separate state of souls, — yet they would not stand the test of the final day of account. III. SEE THE NECESSITY OF CLOSE SELF-EXALTATION. 1. This examination should refer to the object of our hope. 2. We should examine whether we have a well-grounded and scriptural prospect of attaining to the object of our hope. It is possible that we may practise self-delusion. 3. Your hope may be good as to its object, its foundation may be the work of Jesus Christ, an anchor sure and steadfast, but have you a valid title to appropriate that hope to yourself? 4. Inquire whether your hope has borne any trials. Application — (1) The discovery that our hope is good, and entereth into that within the veil, may well afford exultation. 2. But, if our hope is found vain and weak, or absolutely false, it is high time to abandon it and seek a better. (The Evangelist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?WEB: where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? |
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