Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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2 Chronicles
Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: 7
Overview:
God's answer to
Solomon's
Prayer.
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God gave a gracious answer to
Solomon's
Prayer. The mercies of
God to sinners are made known in a manner
Well suited to impress
all who receive them, with his majesty and
Holiness. The people
worshipped and praised
God. When he manifests himself as a
consuming
Fire to sinners, his people can rejoice in him as
their
Light. Nay, they had reason to say, that
God was good in
this. It is of the
Lord's mercies we are not consumed, but the
Sacrifice in our stead, for which we should be very thankful.
And whoever beholds with true
Faith, the
Saviour agonizing and
dying for
Man's
Sin, will,
By that view, find his godly sorrow
enlarged, his
Hatred of
Sin increased, his soul made more
watchful, and his
Life more holy.
Solomon prosperously effected
all he designed, for adorning both
God's
House and his own.
Those who begin with the service of
God, are likely to go
On
successfully in their own affairs. It was
Solomon's praise, that
what he undertook, he went through with; it was
By the
Grace of
God that he prospered in it. Let us then stand in awe, and
Sin
not. Let us fear the
Lord's displeasure,
Hope in his
Mercy, and
walk in his
Commandments.