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cation of thy servant, and of thy people Is rael, when they shall pray toward' (this place; and hear thou in heaven thy dwell ing place: And when thou hearest, forgive.”, Solomon took it for granted that Israel would be continually falling into sin (cf. vs. 34, 36, 39, 43, 49). This proved historically to be the fact, but no matter how'often they sinned, forgiveness was always ready. Sol omon believed that heaven was God’s dwell ing place. Our Lord Jesus believed, and taught the same thing (Matt. 6:9). God is everywhere, but there is a place in which He manifests Himself as nowhere else, and that place is “heaven.” OUTLINE. And to hearken unto their prayer and for give them, v 30. Questions: What further did. David desire? 2 Sam. 7:27-29. Had God promised that there should never fail a man for Israel’s throne? Jer. 33:17. Is God’s Word verified in the lives of His saints? Psa. 119:65. Where is His throne? Psa. 103 :19. Where does He dwell? Isa. 57:15. Where did God record JHis name? 2 Chron. 6 :6. What way is open for us to approach God? Heb. 10:19, 20. In whose name do we pray?John 14:13,14. Where do menpray now? 1 Samuel 2:8. | Are the eyes of the Lord upon every house where His name is honored ? . Psa. 121:4; Psa. 33:13, 14. What confidence have we in praying ? 1. John 5 :14, 15. PRACTICAL POINTS. (1) What David prepared for Solomon per fected. (2) IJe plead the promises of God. So should we. (3) Confession of sin is a condition of forgiveness. (4) Isriel was the inheritance of God. (5) The best of all is, God is with us. (6) What God speaks with His mouth will be fulfilled with His hand.
to was that His eyes should be open toward the house which Solomon had bui.lded, night and day (cf. 2 Chron. 6:20, 40), God granted that request (2 Chron. 7:12, 15). Today it is the prayer that is made in Him of Whom the temple was a type, i. e., our Lord Jesus, that God hearkens to (Jno. 14: 13, 14). His eyes are ever toward Him, and He is ever ready to answer the prayer that goes up in His name. Jehovah had made a wonderful promise concerning the temple at Jerusalem, viz., “My name shall be there.’’ v. 30. “And hearken thou to the suppli- LESSON (1) Ascription, vs. 22-24. Solomon stood before the altar in the at titude of .prayer, v. 22. He ascribed to God the place of the one God, v. 23. He glorified Him as the covenant-keeping God, v. 23. He gave praise for God’s completion of the house, v. 24. Questions: What *as the occasion of this prayer? 2 Chron. 6:1, 2. Who had desired to build the temple? 1 Chron. 17:1, 2. Why did God not permit David to do so? 1 Chron. 22:18. In what is the Lord God different from other gods? Isa. 40:18; 1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 7:22; Psa. 89:6-8; Jer. 10:6-16. What had God promised David? 1 Chron. 17:12. Was it now fulfilled? 2 Chron. 6:15. (2) Supplication, vs. 25-30. Solomon pleads for the further fulfillment of God’s promise, v. 25. He also pleads for the verification of God’s Word, v. 26. He wonders at God’s willingness to dwell in the Temple, v. 27. He pleads for God to listen to his prayer, v. 28.’ He wants God’s eye to rest upon the house, v. 29.
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