Psalms 36:5
The chief part of our text sets before us God in the variety and
boundlessness of His loving nature, and the close of it shows us man
sheltering beneath God's wings.
I. We have, first, God in the boundlessness of His loving nature. The
one pure light of the Divine nature is broken up in... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 36:6
(1) Mystery is a necessity. So long as the finite has to do with the
infinite, there must be mystery. Every atom in the universe is an
ocean into which if you take three steps you are out of your depth.
(2) Mystery is more than a necessity. It is a boon. Imagination must
have its play,... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 36:6
I. The creatures cannot give God intelligent thanks; in their own way
they do it, yet not intelligently. But man can give a voice to it. God
preserves the beasts as well as the men, and man comes as the
high-priest of creation a sinner, yet encouraged by the grace of life
and gives than... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 36:7
I. In the enjoying of God there is implied a sense of His love and
favour. These feelings are not congenial to the mind of fallen man;
for he neither loves God, nor places confidence in Him as really
interested in the happiness of His creatures. On the contrary, the
natural tendency of... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 36:8
In these verses we have a wonderful picture of the blessedness of the
godly, the elements of which consist in four things: satisfaction,
represented under the emblem of a feast; joy, represented under the
imagery of full draughts from a flowing river of delight; life,
pouring from God a... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 36:9
I. It is quite certain that we see nothing by that which is in the
object itself. We see it by that which falls on it from above. And
this process of seeing everything by a communicated light must go on
and on till we arrive at a primary light, and that light alone shows
itself. It cann... [ Continue Reading ]