1 Peter 1:8-9 | Whom Having Not Seen, Ye Love

 

1 Peter 1:8-9

Whom Having Not Seen, Ye Love

Morning Prayer

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 1:8-9

Inspiration 

Faith means believing without seeing. There are many things we believe without seeing – for example, the air. We do not see it, but we know it is there. For those of us who have faith in the Lord, we know he is real and our salvation is true because we believe without seeing. And, unlike an intangible object, we show affection towards him because we believe what he has done for us. How can we not be filled with love and joy knowing we have received this gift of salvation and will spend eternity with a Savior we know, but have not seen? It's amazing.

Prayer

Dear God, we do not have to see you to believe what you have done. We have heard the stories of your goodness, and we have felt the presence of your Holy Spirit in our lives. You saved me when I was a sinner and transformed my heart and mind. You have filled me with joy unspeakable and I cannot help but rejoice! I love you, Lord! Thank you for the gift of my salvation! Give me opportunities to share my faith with those who need you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

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Job and Solomon: Or, The Wisdom of the Old Testament by T. K. Cheyne

JOB AND SOLOMON

OR

THE WISDOM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

BY THE

REV. T. K. CHEYNE, M.A., D.D.

ORIEL PROFESSOR OF INTERPRETATION AT OXFORD

CANON OF ROCHESTER

NEW YORK

THOMAS WHITTAKER

2 & 3 BIBLE HOUSE

1887

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION 1

THE BOOK OF JOB.

I. Job’s Calamity; the Opening of the Dialogues (Chaps. i.-xiv.) 11

II. The Second Cycle of Speeches (Chaps. xv.-xxi.) 30

III. The Third Cycle of Speeches (Chaps. xxii.-xxxi.) 37

IV. The Speeches of Elihu (Chaps. xxxii.-xxxvii.) 42

V. The Speeches of Jehovah (Chaps. xxxviii.-xlii. 6) 48

VI. The Epilogue and its Meaning 58

VII. The Traditional Basis and the Purpose of Job 60

VIII. Date and Place of Composition 71

IX. Argument from the Use of Mythology 76

X. Argument from the Doctrine of Angels 79

XI. Argument from Parallel Passages 83

XII. On the Disputed Passages in the Dialogue Portion, especially the Speeches of Elihu 90

XIII. Is Job a Hebræo-Arabic Poem? 96

XIV. The Book from a Religious Point of View 102

XV. The Book from a General and Western Point of View 106

Note on Job and the Modern Poets 112

Note on the Text of Job 112

Aids to the Student 115

xii THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.

I. Hebrew Wisdom, its Nature, Scope, and Importance 117

II. The Form and Origin of the Proverbs 125

III. The First Collection and its Appendices 130

IV. The Second Collection and its Appendices 142

V. The Praise of Wisdom 156

VI. Supplementary on Questions of Date and Origin 165

VII. The Text of Proverbs 173

Note on Prov. xxx. 31 175

VIII. The Religious Value of the Book of Proverbs 176

Aids to the Student 178

THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH.

I. The Wise Man Turned Scribe. Sirach’s Moral Teaching 179

II. Sirach’s Teaching (continued). His Place in the Movement of Thought 188

Aids to the Student (see also Appendix) 198

THE BOOK OF KOHELETH; OR, ECCLESIASTES.

I. The Wise Man Turned Author and Philosopher 199

II. ‘Truth and Fiction’ in an Autobiography 207

III. More Moralising, interrupted by Proverbial Maxims 213

IV. Facts of Contemporary Life 218

V. The Wise Man’s Parting Counsels 222

xiii VI. Koheleth’s ‘Portrait of Old Age;’ the Epilogue, its Nature and Origin 229

VII. Ecclesiastes and its Critics (from a Philological Point of View) 236

VIII. Ecclesiastes and its Critics (from a Literary and Psychological Point of View) 242

IX. Ecclesiastes from a Moral and Religious Point of View 248

X. Date and Place of Composition 255

XI. Does Koheleth contain Greek Words or Ideas? 260

XII. Textual Problems of Koheleth 273

XIII. The Canonicity of Ecclesiastes and Ecclesiasticus 279

Aids to the Student 285

APPENDIX (see Special Table of Contents) 287

INDEX 303

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1 Peter 5:5 | Peter Writes That They Should be Subject to the Elders.

 

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

1 Peter 5:5

 

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