7<\/strong>. and courageous<\/em> ] R.V. and of a good courage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n there be moe<\/em> ] R.V. there is a greater<\/strong>.<\/p>\n On the language, compare the marginal references, for details, see Isa 22:5-13<\/span>; Isa 29:3<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n 2Ch 32:7-8<\/span><\/p>\n With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Hezekiah and the Assyrians<\/strong><\/p>\n The story of Hezekiah and his preservation is one of the most vivid and thrilling. Rightly interpreted, it echoes the words of our text to all time. The king of Assyria is a representative character. The powers of this world are joined against the children of God, and they are variously commanded. Some Sennacherib rises from hour to hour and threatens, often with formidable front and fell purpose. But Gods people may always say, There be more with us than with him, etc<\/em>.<\/em> (Monday Club Sermons<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n We look too much to men<\/strong><\/p>\n Oliver Cromwell was but a gentleman farmer, but the exigency of his time was such that he took up arms on behalf of his country. He was a man of prayer, and went to the battlefield from the prayer meeting. After one great victory, he writes to Parliament, God brought them into our hands God is not enough owned. We look too much to men and to visible helps. This hinders our success.<\/p>\n The arm of flesh<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Possession.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Presence.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Support.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Victory.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>The Father is with us.<\/p>\n 6. <\/strong>The Son is with us.<\/p>\n 7. <\/strong>And the Holy Ghost is with us.<\/p>\n Conditions of victory<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Numbers are no surety. Gideons army had to be reduced before it could conquer the Amalekites.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Worldly wisdom, policy, shrewdness, enterprise, will not ensure success.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Unlimited creature resources of every kind are insufficient.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>The most seemingly favourable outward circumstances, as to time, place, auspices, expectations, combinations, oftentimes but deceive into carnal security and insure the worst kind of defeat.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>We must have God on our side. There must be no doubt on this point.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>We must be careful to be on Gods side.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>This brings out the point which the Apostle John emphasises so strongly (1Jn 5:4-5<\/span>). (J<\/em>. M<\/em>. Sherwood<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.<\/strong>—<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Words to rest on<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>A great man.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>A good man.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>A courageous man.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>A hearty man.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>In such a case God will add His sanction by granting success and he will be a prosperous man.<\/p>\n 6. <\/strong>A man who has respect for Gods word.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Children do so with their parents.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Illiterate people who cannot read.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Unconverted persons who have no spiritual discernment.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Persons who naturally run in a groove. Having attended at such a place of worship, and having been brought up in the midst of a certain set of godly people, they scarcely deviate one jot from the teaching that they have received. Almost by the necessity of their nature they rest on what they hear.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>Persons who profess always to do their own thinking. If you will trace them home, they are in nine cases out of ten the veriest slaves that ever lived. They are the bondservants of some heretic or other who has put it into their heads that in following him they become free men.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Words which urge you to faith in God.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Words which are the words of God Himself.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Words which are sealed by the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Words which have been blessed to other men.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>Words which breathe a sense of rest into the soul. <\/em>(C<\/em>. H<\/em>. Spurgeon<\/em>.)<\/p>\n Verse 7<\/span>. There be <\/B>more with us than with him<\/B><\/I>] We have more power than they have. (These words he quotes from the prophet Elisha, 2Kg 6:16<\/span>.) This was soon proved to be true by the slaughter made by the angel of the Lord in the Assyrian camp.<\/P> <\/p>\n 2-8. when Hezekiah saw thatSennacherib . . . was purposed to fight against Jerusalem<\/B>Anaccount of the means taken to fortify Jerusalem against thethreatened siege is given only in this passage. The polluting orfilling up of wells, and the altering of the course of rivers, is anold practice that still obtains in the wars of the East. Hezekiah’splan was to cover the fountain heads, so that they might not bediscovered by the enemy, and to carry the water by subterraneanchannels or pipes into the citya plan which, while it would securea constant supply to the inhabitants, would distress the besiegers,as the country all around Jerusalem was very destitute of water.<\/P><\/p>\n Be strong and courageous<\/strong>,…. Be of good heart and spirit, and quit yourselves like men:<\/p>\n be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him<\/strong>; which was very large; for no less than 185,000 were slain of them by an angel in one night, 2Ki 19:35<\/span><\/p>\n for there be more with us than with him<\/strong>; though not in number, yet in power and might; and if angels are meant, they are more in number; but it seems, by what follows, that Hezekiah had only the Lord his God in his thoughts and view.<\/p>\n (7) Be not afraid . . . the multitude.<\/strong>Comp. 2Ch. 20:15<\/span>, Be not afraid nor dismayed for this great multitude. Be strong and courageous, be not afraid occurs in Deu. 31:6<\/span> (Heb.).<\/p>\n For there be more with us than with him.<\/strong>A reminiscence of 2Ki. 6:16<\/span>, Be not thou afraid; for more are they that are with us than they that are with them. It is not necessary to suppose that the chronicler professes to give the exact words of Hezekiahs exhortation, but only the substance and spirit of it.<\/p>\n 2Ch 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:<\/p>\n Ver. 7. Be strong and courageous.<\/strong> ] His speech is short but pithy: very cordial and comfortable. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now for all the multitude that is with him.<\/strong> ] Only go to Christ and say, as Isa 8:8<\/span> , “The stretching out of his wings hath filled the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.”<\/p>\n Be strong, &c. Hebrew “be ye strong”, &c. See note on Deu 31:6. <\/p>\n multitude. Compared to raging waters (Psa 46:2, Psa 46:3). <\/p>\n strong: Deu 31:6, Deu 31:7, Deu 31:23, Jos 1:6-9, 1Ch 28:10, 1Ch 28:20, Isa 35:4, Dan 10:19, Zec 8:9, Zec 8:23, Eph 6:10, 2Ti 2:1 <\/p>\n be not afraid: 2Ch 20:15, 2Ki 18:30, 2Ki 19:6, 2Ki 19:7 <\/p>\n for there: 2Ki 6:16, Rom 8:31, 1Jo 4:4 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 20:1 – the Lord Deu 20:4 – to fight 2Sa 10:12 – Be of good 1Ki 8:57 – General 1Ki 20:27 – like two 2Ki 18:5 – trusted 2Ki 18:19 – What confidence 2Ch 16:7 – relied on Neh 4:14 – General Psa 55:18 – there Isa 36:4 – What Isa 36:7 – We trust Isa 37:10 – Let not Jer 42:11 – for I Zec 4:6 – might<\/p>\n Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him: 7. and courageous ] R.V. and of a good courage. there be moe ] R.V. there is a greater. 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I.<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>The character of our enemies described by an arm of flesh.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The source, of our support, and cause of victory. But with us is the Lord our God, to help us, and to fight our battles. This denotes–<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>The result of Gods manifested presence. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah. (T<\/em>. B<\/em>. Baker.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I.<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>At the negative side.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>At the positive side–the assured, unfailing conditions of victory in the sense of Righteousness and Godliness.<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>The kind of man whose words are likely to be rested on. He must be–<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>In the second place let us turn the other way and look at the kind of people who rest on such a mans word.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>The kind of words you may rest on. You may safely rest on–<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"