Psalm 78:17-55 ASV

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:17

Psalms 78:17And they sinned yet more against Him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness.Sin multiplying with merciesThe more copiously the showers of mercies fell upon the Jew in the wilderness, the more abounding his sins.I. This is a lamentably common character. Seeds of sin innumerable are imbedded in every depraved heart; and the sunbeams and showers of mercy often develop them into harvests, whose ripened grains fall down into the soul to be multiplied again, etc.II. This is a... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:18-22

Psalms 78:18-22And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.The conduct of God towards the world, and the world’s conduct to HimI. God’s dispensations towards depraved man.1. Wonderful mercies (Psalms 78:12-15; Psalms 78:24-25; Psalms 78:27; Psalms 78:44, etc.). There are Divine deliverances, guidances, protections, and rich and varied supplies of goodness in the life of every individual man, as well as in every family, community, country, age. His mercy is in every breath... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:19

Psalms 78:19Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? A table in the wildernessHere is--I. A base ingratitude. He had done so, and they had participated in the banquet.II. A miserable scepticism. Can He do it? He who peopled immensity with innumerable worlds and systems, etc. What an insane and imbecile scepticism is this! not worth argument.III. A. living rebellion. The question shows that rebellion was a rampant spirit within them. (Homilist.)The resources of GodI. The nature and import of... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:20

Psalms 78:20Can He give bread also?can He provide flesh for His people? The cry of unbelief and presumptionI. The cry of unbelief. The question presupposes a negative; they practically said, “We do not believe that He can do any more than He has done.” The whole nation missed the meaning of history, and thus lacked all stimulus to hope and confidence. How often that is the case! It is most important that our children should learn history, and learn it as those grand inspired historians of the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:21-22

Psalms 78:21-22Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth . . . Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation.Mistrust that destroysThere are morbid growths in the human frame which our doctors divide into two groups--benign and malignant; and the distinction often comes to mean the distinction between life and death. In dealing with the unbelief which crosses our pathway and even creeps into our homes, it is most important that we should observe the same principle of... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:24

Psalms 78:24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of Heaven.The manna in the wildernessThat this miraculous provision was designed to be an emblem of the Lord Jesus Christ, and of those precious blessings of which He is the Author, is evident from His own declaration “I am the living Bread,” etc.1. The manna in the wilderness was the bread which the Lord gave the Israelites to save them from perishing. Even so Christ crucified is the heavenly bread which God... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:25

Psalms 78:25Man did eat angels’ food.Angels’ foodI. There are in the universe higher order of intelligent creatures than man, “Angels.” The proofs, the nature, the functions, the varieties of their existence abound in the Scriptures.II. This higher order of intelligences require food. No creatures, however exalted, can be self-subsisting, i.e. can live of themselves or from themselves; they must appropriate something from without.III. Of this food man to some extent is a partaker. Revelations... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:30-31

Psalms 78:30-31They were not estranged from their lust.Dissatisfaction with plentyGod gave them plenty, and they ate “and were filled.” He gave them what they sought, flesh; feathered birds came in abundance. Notwithstanding, they were not satisfied, “were not estranged from their lust”; they had still a craving for something more. Here is dissatisfaction with plenty.I. This is a very prevalent experience. Men in plenty are everywhere in dissatisfaction. Where there is(1) Plenty of food,(2)... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:32

Psalms 78:32For all this they sinned still Sinning still1. God’s revelation of His power, goodness, love and grace to the sinners of our day, in the completed canon of the Holy Scriptures, infinitely transcends anything made to ancient Israel. And yet, in the noonday light of that full and august revelation, they sin still and remain stout in their rebellion.2. God incarnate in humanity, dying on the cross, and rising from the dead, with all their attending marvels, is the most stupendous event... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:34-37

Psalms 78:34-37When He slew them, then they sought Him: and they returned and inquired early after God.Israel’s hypocritical repentanceI. The acts of repentance which they performed.1. Seeking God.2. Returning.3. Inquiring.4. Remembering (Psalms 78:35).5. Renewing their covenant with God (Psalms 78:37).II. The defects of their repentance.1. It was untimely; a fore-slowed, and delayed repentance: that is implied in this word, “when”; not till such a time; then, not till then.2. It was enforced... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:18-22

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:19

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:20

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:21-22

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:24

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:25

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:30-31

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:32

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:34-37

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