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15 y The Spirit of God came 1 upon Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: z The L ord is with you while you are with him. Man is a special object of Providence (Genesis 1:26). That God’s guardianship of the world is morally designed. If there be a providence, how come those unequal distributions to happen in the world? It is God whose energies are extended throughout the earth and sea and air, causing those innumerable and beneficial results which we ascribe to nature; it is God by whom all those contingencies which seem to us fortuitous and casual are ordered, so that events brought round by what men count accident proceed from a Divine and therefore irreversible appointment. The revengeful threatening of Esau was the occasion of Jacob’s flight, which saved him from possible idolatry (Genesis 27:43; Genesis 27:46). No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 2 Chronicles 16:9.. Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 2 Chronicles 16:9:. 3. Is it not a high presumption for ignorance to judge God’s proceedings? 1. With Scripture for our guide, we must see that God’s design, in all His dealings with this earth, has been the glorifying Himself in the redemption and final exaltation of a vast number of our apostate race. But I remember the saying of a great man, now no more, that “things pertaining to God may be mysterious, in proportion as they are revealed”; and I cannot but feel the application of that paradoxical yet just position to the point which is before us. 1. “My Father will love him, and We will take up our abode with him.” We are not so dependent on the condition of our life as we think. We will show him how Nature herself--the imaginary deity whom infidels pretend to worship--has in many instances forgotten her own laws, and been arrested, or even turned backwards, in her course; and we will challenge him to show us how these stupendous anomalies are to be accounted for, unless upon the supposition that in these instances there was the interposition of a Power superior to anything that has ever been understood by the term Nature--an interposition which must necessarily lead us to admit the providence for which we are contending. That the universal Creator should leave, without a providence, a world like this, in which evil of all kinds has won so large and terrible a sway, and in which there are so many fearful tendencies to universal mischief and confusion, would neither be consistent with wisdom, nor goodness, nor justice, on any other supposition than that of man’s having been judiciously abandoned, without hope of redemption, to reap the natural fruit of his own evil and rebellious doings. The wisdom of God would not be so perspicuous were there not a providence in the world. H. --- Asa fell on this occasion through human frailty, but rose again by repentance. (b) Inward improvements, opportunities to manifest more love to God, more dependence on Him, the perfection of the soul (1 Timothy 5:5; Job 22:10). Its efficacy. We see a Divine purpose in the discovery of America, in the art of printing, in the exposure of the Gunpowder Plot, in the contrivance of the needle gun, in the ruin of an Austrian or Napoleonic despotism; but now hard it is to see God in the minute personal affairs of our lives. The globe was partitioned out with a view to the Church, this land assigned to one nation and that to another, with the set purpose of consulting by the distribution the well-being of Israel. Behold. God cleanses the heart from inbred sin, after which growth is always more rapid and symmetrical; advancement in knowledge, and love of God, and all spiritual excellence, becomes possible then as it never was before. It designs His all-seeing providence; and that, as concerned in a special manner with His own people (Zechariah 3:9; Zechariah 4:10). 9. (b) Other men’s sins. Indeed, it is altogether of that grace that there exists at all a Providence of such a character; in other words, had there been no redeeming grace, then no such Providence could have existed. Spoken by a prophet to Asa, king of Judah, they have been “recorded for our instruction.” The representation sets forth Divine things under human similitudes. The end of their running thus. (a) In the deliverance of a people or person. Thus here God does not manifest His strength to men always. The difference between a person who has not attained this perfection, and one who has, may be seen in Elisha and his servant: the one, though well instructed, and habituated to serve God, is troubled when he comes into circumstances of great and unexpected trial; whilst the other is composed, seeing the horses of fire and the chariots of fire forming an impregnable bulwark all around him, and God himself engaged for his support [Note: 2 Kings 6:15-17.] He used the cacklings of geese to save the Roman Capitol from a surprise by the Gauls. We do not feel able to say quite as confidently as we might that all His promises are yea and amen, or else we limit their reference, and say that they have only to do with certain orders of things. 7. Impatience under cross providence is a denial and contempt of God’s government (Isaiah 8:21-22). Job 34:21. 2. As an improvement of this subject, we will suggest a few words, [Let those who neglect God consider that his eyes are over them no less than over the righteous; but it is in order to bring upon them all the evil that he has denounced against them [Note: Amos 9:4. 4. 1. They are the united supplications and pleadings both in heaven and earth. This is the fitness which is always needed ere He shows Himself strong. All the providence of God is for the glorifying His grace in Christ (Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 1:22-23). 2 Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the L ord and the king’s house, and sent them to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who resided in … Object. 2 Chronicles 16:9 King James Version (KJV). “How wilt Thou manifest Thyself to us?” etc. I was in a sailing ship. He removed the *altars for foreign gods. Or where would have been the actual benefit to man of a Providence to correct and modify the course of outward things, if he had still been doomed, for want of a Redeemer, to bear for ever the burden of a guilt for which there was no expiation? It is thus in those extensive operations which involve the character and fats of nations and empires. For evil (Isaiah 3:8). It is so hard for us to feel that our interests are secure unless we are manipulating them ourselves. II. 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of [them] whose heart [is] perfect toward him. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him, therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. God makes contrary things contribute to His glory, as contrary colours in a picture do to the beauty of the piece. Prot. But the difficulty arising on that ground is easily resolved by such considerations as the following: 3. How is it we make mistakes, complain of want of life and light and progress? Not the spirit of empty frivolity and childish trifling, treating all things as if made for foolish jests and giddy laughter, but the spirit of solemnity clothing all objects with a Divine significance. Prayer is nothing else but a pleading of God’s promises. III. In the behalf of.—With, i.e., on the side of. The answer is that they of all creatures best illustrate His character and glorify Him most. Denomination: Assembly Of God. I know that it is not the monarch alone at the head of his provinces and tribes who is observed by the Almighty; I know that it is not only at some great crisis in life that an individual becomes the object of the attention of his Maker; rather do I know that the poorest, the meanest, the most despised, the very outcast of society, shares with the monarch the notice of the Universal Protector. The Church shall, in the end, prove victorious against all its adversaries, or Providence must miss its aim. The prayers of the Church have a mighty force with God to this end; because--. Commentary for 2 Chronicles 16 . Whoever “the chronicler” was, he utilized official and unofficial documents to write this historical account. A musician discovers more skill in the touching an instrument, and ordering the strings, to sound what note he pleaseth, than he doth in the first framing and making of it (Isaiah 28:29). It is not for this end that our prayers and tears are required; but for the impressing of our own minds, that all our help must come from him. (S. Charnock, B. D.), The unworthiness and absurdity of denying providence. Caryl.). Nevertheless there is a perfection to which we should aspire, and which we may all attain, which consists in integrity, where “the heart is right with God.” This may be said to be the case, [The heart of an unconverted man has no disposition to trust in God; nor indeed has he any just ground for trust in him, since God is his enemy. God will, in the greatest exigencies, find out means for the protection of His Church. The phrase “to shew oneself strong with,” i.e., strongly to support, occurred in 1Chronicles 11:10. All the providences of God in the world are conformable to His declarations in His Word. God is the First Cause, and on the first all secondary causes depend. 1. But that which rendered his conduct so displeasing to God, was, the distrust from which it sprang. 16 v In the w thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, x that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. Done foolishly — It is a foolish thing to lean on a broken reed, when we have the rock of ages to rely upon. How do fish serve several coasts at several seasons? “To shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him.” God guards the universe for the interests of the good. Are they in difficulties or trials of any kind? IV. 2 Kings 10:32 … The meanest. As those who are watchful look here and there, and are very diligent in their observations, so the Lord watches over His people. Order the sails furled? 2. God is sovereign of the world. Whose heart is perfect, i.e. ]: for, though they should be saved at last, they little know what dereliction or punishment [Note: Both of these are seen in ver. 2. In making the fancies of men subservient to their own ruin (2 Kings 3:22-23; 2 Kings 7:6; 7:19-22). (9) For the eyes of the Lord.—Literally, For Jehovah, his eyes run, &c. Run to and fro (comp. We see the present dispensations, but are we able to understand the internal motives? The true interests of life. The term “Providence,” as now commonly applied to God, does not occur in Holy Scripture. The heart of Asa is said to be perfect all his days, 2 Chronicles 15:17. Asa is in trouble. His eyes discover and His hand brings help. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Is… Denomination: Assembly Of God. It is impossible to view the astonishing arrangements which everywhere display themselves, for the supply of “food convenient for us,” and for the general preservation of our race, without being prompted to exclaim, “Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; Thy paths drop fatness.” And the moral ends contemplated by a Providence which is thus mindful of our bodily necessities, and of our humblest natural infirmities, must be, in even more than an equal degree, characterised by a pure and infinite beneficence. 2. Therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. II. But if not, when the tide of battle rolls off in another direction, the valiant soldier will be left unsupported in the midst of the returning enemies. In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, King Baasha of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, to prevent anyone from going out or coming into the territory of King Asa of Judah. Such may he sure of his protection and aid, and have all the reason in the world to depend thereon. Who would have thought that the forces Cyrus raised against Babylon, to satisfy his own ambition, should be a means to deliver the Israelites and restore the worship of God in the temple? Perfect holiness is the entire absence of sin. To natural actions. Or thus, He was perfect or sincere in the general course of his life, though in some particulars, whereof this is one, his heart did not perfectly cleave to God, as it should have done. The truth is, that in all wrong conduct the heart is more to blame than we are ready to imagine: it is the film in the eye that disguises and distorts the objects: “if the eye were single, the whole body would be full of light.” And here again the difference between Christians of different stature is very apparent: those of lower attainments being open to impression from a vast diversity of objects, whilst those of higher attainments keep their eyes steadily fixed on one object. It were vain for us to indulge in speculation as to the objects which Jehovah might contemplate, on the supposition of man’s having continued in his original uprightness. Now it can hardly be necessary that we expose the falseness of the opinion that having created this world God left it to itself, and bestows no thought on its concerns. 2 Chronicles 16:9(NASB) Verse Thoughts. Of those objects with which we are most acquainted, we know but a little of their outside; the essence of everything is hid beneath an impenetrable veil from us. Space limits us. No, he did the best he could. If God sent His own Son to deliver man from the consequences of transgression, and to extirpate evil from the universe, we cannot doubt the objects which engaged so stupendous an interposition must still be those to whose furtherance the Divine dealings tend. — — — Only believe, and you shall assuredly “see the glory of God [Note: John 11:40.].”]. The gifts and common graces of men in the world. 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. (S. Charnock, B. D.). This is the meaning of our Scripture. All God’s providences are but His touch of the strings of this great instrument of the world. He does not look after the universe as parents after their children, merchants after their business, monarchs after their dominions--by proxy. This was plain dealing, well becoming a prophet: who should not flatter princes, saith Hilary: (a) since they can do us no greater harm than can a fever, a fire, a fall of a house, &c. I. III. Life is more than a destination, life … VIII. “For Jahve, His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong with those whose heart is devoted to Him;” i.e., for Jahve, who looks forth over all the earth, uses every opportunity wonderfully to succour those who are piously devoted to Him. For were those operations free from mystery, then would our faith want those trials which constitute its most important and profitable exercise; and in wanting those trials, it would want, at the same time, the arena on which it wins its brightest victories, and becomes entitled to its richest and most glorious reward. The Lord is ceaselessly watchful for occasions of helping the faithful. God doth command creatures to do those things which are no way suitable to their inclinations (1 Kings 17:4; Jonah 2:10; Daniel 3:1-30). He is not merely here by representation. III. It is true that we are utterly confounded in every attempt we make to estimate the wisdom and power and condescension which are required to be in constant exercise, in order to the maintenance of an inspection so vast in its extent, and yet so minute in its details. III. Therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.—Instead of peace (2 Chronicles 14:6; 2 Chronicles 15:15). How many men have been utterly undone by the accomplishment of their own plans, through their own vast industry and heroic enterprise, simply because they had not made their plans subordinate to the purposes of God, the supreme commandant of every life. When we use indirect courses and dishonest ways to gain wealth or honour. Apply the general truth of God as for all, without considering that God, though the absolute monarch of all, does not act arbitrarily towards any. Nothing is acted in the world without the will of God (Ephesians 1:11; Psalms 135:6). Keep your eye upon the pillar of fire and cloud which moves over the desert! I have said that the general principles of the Divine administration of the world are clearly made known. 2. 3. He ought not to have made a league at all, we apprehend, with a heathen prince; but certainly not to have induced him to violate the league which he had already made with Israel. Think, for example, of the difference which it might have made to Abraham if in his path to the attainment and confirmation of the promise in regard to his son Isaac, there had been no adverse hope against which he might continue to “believe in hope,” and no apparent impossibilities in the midst of which he might still be “strong in faith, giving glory to God.”. Far from it. God has shown himself strong on behalf of men. Ascribe the glory of every providence to God. אליו שׁלם עם־לבבם is a relative sentence without the relative אשׁר with עם ; cf. Some men, upon a sense of guilt, wish, for their own security, there were no providential eye to inspect them. This general purpose of beneficence is to a great degree apparent in the general provision which is made for human sustenance and comfort. Introductions to the Bible. The Hebrew word for "run to and fro" signifieth, not to take a light view, but to search narrowly into the nature and course of things. Notice, first, God's continued inspection of all that passes on this earth. 3. In infatuating the counsels of men (Isaiah 33:11; 2 Samuel 17:14). Asa seeks the aid of the Syrians, His death. a If you seek him, he will be found by you, b but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. To be perfect is to refuse to harbour evil or mistrust; and to keep the whole nature open to God. II. Why, then, do we not always receive? If God is the all-seeing Guardian of the world, whose eyes pierce into every avenue of existence, what should be the spirit of life? When the heart may be said to be “perfect towards God”—, As for absolute perfection in this world, it exists only in the deluded imaginations of some visionary enthusiasts. --- Thee, as they were till the death of Baasa, 3 K. xv. And if anything can encourage the righteous man, and give him confidence amid the onsets of trial, it must be the consideration that the providence of the Almighty is thus perpetually vigilant in his behalf. 3. He seeth all things together. I. He looks upon every parcel and opens the whole pack of human affairs. II. When men saw themselves frustrated of the rewards they expected, and saw others that were instruments of tyranny and lust graced with the favours they thought due to their own virtue, they ran into a conceit that God did not mind the actions of men below. 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