AFFECTIONS #128
1 Should be supremely set upon God
2 Should be set upon the commandments of God
3 Should be set upon the house and worship of God
1Ch 29:3; Ps 26:8; 27:4; 84:1,2
4 Should be set upon the people of God
Ps 16:3; Ro 12:10; 2Co 7:13-16; 1Th 2:8
5 Should be set upon heavenly things
6 Should be zealously engaged for God
7 Christ claims the first place in
8 Enkindled by communion with Christ
9 Blessedness of making God the object of
10 Should not grow cold
Ps 106:12,13; Mt 24:12; Ga 4:15; Re 2:4
11 Of saints, supremely set on God
12 Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
Isa 58:1,2; Eze 33:31,32; Lu 8:13
13 Carnal, should be mortified
Ro 8:13; 13:14; 1Co 9:27; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:5
14 Carnal affections crucified in saints
15 False teachers seek to captivate
Ga 1:10; 4:17; 2Ti 3:6; 2Pe 2:3,18; Re 2:14,20
16 Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted
AFFLICTED #129
1 DUTY TO THE
Job 6:14; 22:29; Isa 58:6,7,10; Mt 25:34-45; Lu 10:30-37; Php 2:1,2; 1Ti 5:10; Jas 5:13-15
AFFLICTIONS #130
1 MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
1.1 God regulates the measure of afflictions
1.2 Determines the continuance of
Ge 15:13,14; Nu 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10
1.3 Does not willingly send
1.4 Man is born to
1.5 Saints appointed to
1.6 Consequent upon the fall
1.7 Sin produces
1.8 Sinners corrected by
2Sa 12:14; Ps 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Ac 13:10,11
1.9 Often severe
Job 16:7-16; Ps 42:7; 66:12; Jon 2:3; Re 7:14
1.10 Always less than deserved
1.11 Results of, good
Ge 50:20; Ex 1:11,12; De 8:15,16; Jer 24:5,6; Eze 20:37
1.12 Tempered with mercy
Ps 78:38,39; 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; La 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Na 1:12
2 OF SAINTS
2.1 To be expected
2.2 Comparatively light
Ac 20:23; 24; Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17
2.3 Temporary
Ps 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7,8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10
2.4 Joy under
2.5 End in joy and blessedness
Ps 126:5,6; Isa 61:2,3; Mt 5:4; 1Pe 4:13,14
2.6 Often arise from the profession of the gospel
Mt 24:9; Joh 15:21; 2Ti 3:11,12
2.7 Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
De 8:5; Ps 119:75; Pr 3:12; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6,7; Re 3:19
3 OF THE WICKED
3.1 God is glorified in
3.2 God holds in derision
3.3 Are multiplied
De 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Ps 32:10
3.4 Continual
3.5 Often sudden
Ps 73:19; Pr 6:15; Isa 30:13; Re 18:10
3.6 Are often judicially sent
Job 21:17; Ps 107:17; Jer 30:15
3.7 Are for examples to others
Ps 64:7-9; Zep 3:6,7; 1Co 10:5,11; 2Pe 2:6
3.8 Are ineffectual for their conversion
Ex 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17
3.9 Their persecution of saints, a cause of
De 30:7; Ps 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6
3.10 Impenitence is a cause of
Pr 1:30,31; Eze 24:13; Am 4:6-12; Zec 7:11,12; Re 2:21; 22
3.11 Sometimes humble them
3.12 Frequently harden
3.13 Produce slavish fear
Job 15:24; Ps 73:19; Jer 49:3,5
3.14 Saints should not be alarmed at
4 Exemplified
4.1 In Pharaoh and the Egyptians
4.2 Ahaziah
4.3 Gehazi
4.4 Jehoram
4.5 Uzziah
4.6 Ahaz, etc
5 FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OF
5.1 David
5.2 Jesus
5.3 Paul
6 NATIONAL LESSONS FROM
Joe 1; 2
7 UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Ge 3:16,17; De 8:5; 2Sa 7:14; Job 3:1-26; 5:6,7,17,18; 6:1-30; 7:2-6; 9:18; 12:5; 14:1,22; 16:6-14; 17:7-16; 19:7-20; 23:10; 30:15-19; 33:19-22; 36:8-12,15; Ps 6:6,7; 18:4-6; 31:9-13; 32:3,4; 39:1-4; 42:6,7; 55:4-8; 66:10-12; 69:1-3,20; 73:10; 77:2-4; 80:5,6; 88:3-18; 89:32; 90:10; 102:3-11; 107:4,5,10,17-19; 109:22-24; 116:3; 141:7; 143:3,4; Pr 3:11,12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10,13; 15:13,15; 17:3,22; 18:14; Ec 2:22,23; 7:2-4; Isa 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16,17; 48:10; La 1:7,12; 3:1-36; Zec 13:9; Mr 9:49; Joh 15:2; 16:33; 2Co 1:8,9; 4:7-12,16,17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Heb 12:6,7,9; 1Pe 5:9; Re 3:19
7.2 See PERSECUTION
7.5 See TEMPTATION
8 BENEFITS OF
1Ki 8:33,35,47-53; De 4:30,31; 30:1,2; 2Ch 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11,17; 23:10; Ps 94:12,13; Pr 3:11,12; Heb 12:5; Ec 7:2,3; Isa 19:20,22; 26:9; 27:9; Jer 2:27; 22:22,23; 31:19; La 3:27,28; Eze 20:37,43; 6:9; Ho 2:6,7; 5:15; Ro 5:3,4; 8:17,28; 2Co 4:17; Php 1:12-14,19; Heb 12:5; Jas 1:2-4,12; 1Pe 1:7; 4:14
9 BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED
Ge 22:12,16-18; 32:11; 42:21; Ex 9:27,28; 10:7,16,17; 12:31-33; Nu 21:7; Jud 10:6-8,10; 1Sa 12:9,10; 1Ki 13:1-10; 2Ch 15:4; 33:12,13; Ezr 9:5-15; Ne 9:32; Job 34:31,32; 40:1-5; Ps 18:4-6; 66:10-12; 78:34,35; 119:67,71; Isa 26:16; Jer 31:18,19; La 3:19,20; Ho 6:1; Jon 2:1-10; Lu 15:11-24; Ac 8:24
10 Exemplified
10.1 Joseph's brethren
10.2 Joseph
10.3 Israel
10.4 Josiah
10.5 Hezekiah
10.6 Manasseh
10.7 Jonah
10.8 Prodigal son
11 CONSOLATION IN
Ge 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17,33; 31:42; Ex 3:7,8,16,17; 14:13,14; De 33:27; 2Sa 22:28; Job 5:6-27; 11:16-19; 16:5; 29:25; 31:19-22; 35:10; Ps 9:9,10; 23:4; 27:5,6; 30:5; 31:7; 34:4,19,20; 37:23,24,32,33; 41:3; 42:5; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 56:8-10; 62:1,2,5-8,11,12; 68:6; 69:20,33; 71:20; 73:26; 94:17-19; 103:13,14; 112:4; 119:50,52,54,92,143; 138:3,7,8; 140:12; 145:14; 147:3; Pr 12:13; Ec 4:1; Isa 4:6; 14:31,32; 25:4; 30:19,20; 40:1,2,29; 41:10,13,14,17; 42:3; 43:2; 49:13; 50:4,7-10; 51:3-13; 54:4,11; 58:10; 61:1-3; 63:9; 66:5,13,14; Jer 31:13,25; 39:17,18; La 3:31-33,57; Eze 11:16; Ho 2:14,15; 6:1-3; Na 1:7; Zep 3:18; Mt 5:4,10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 25:34-36,40; 28:5,9,10; Mr 6:50; Lu 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6,7; 21:18; Joh 14:1,16,18,27; 15:18,20; 16:20,22,33; Ac 12:5; 23:11; Ro 8:28,35-39; 12:12,15; 15:4; 2Co 1:3-5,7; 4:8-10,16,17; 7:6; 12:9; Ga 6:2; Php 1:19; 1Th 4:13,16-18; 2Th 1:7; 2:16,17; 2Ti 2:12; 4:17; Heb 2:14,15,18; 4:15,16; 6:18; 12:1-4; 13:3,5,6; Jas 1:12,27; 5:8,10; 1Pe 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Re 2:9,10; 3:2,10; 7:14-17
12 DELIVERANCE FROM
12.1 See PRAYER ANSWERED
13 DESIGN OF
De 8:2,16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Jud 2:21,22; 1Ki 8:33-48; 2Ch 6:24-31; 7:13,14; Job 33:11,16-30; 36:8-10; Ps 66:10; 106:43,44; 107:10-14,17-21,23-31; 119:71; Ec 7:14; Isa 1:25-27; 4:3,4; 9:13,14; 52:5,6; Jer 24:5; La 1:5; Eze 6:10; 14:10,11; Da 4:25-27,34; Ho 5:15; Am 4:6; Mic 6:9; Mal 3:3; Joh 9:2,3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; 1Co 11:32; 2Co 1:4-6; 4:11,17; 12:7; Php 1:29,30; 2Th 1:4,5; Heb 2:10-18; 5:8,9; 12:5-11; 1Pe 1:6,7; 5:10; Re 2:10
13.1 See BENEFITS OF , above
14 DESPONDENCY IN
Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Ps 22:1,2; Pr 24:10; La 3:39; Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34; Lu 18:1
15 DISPENSATION OF GOD
Ex 4:11; De 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Ru 1:20,21; 1Sa 2:6,7; 2Sa 16:10; 2Ki 6:33; 15:5; 2Ch 7:12-22; Job 1:21; 5:6,17,18; 6:4; 9:12,22; 10:8; 11:10; 12:14-25; 19:6,21; 21:17; 23:16; 27:2; 30:11; 34:29; Ps 38:3; 66:11; 71:20; 78:31-34; 88:6,7,16; 89:38-45; 90:7,15; 102:10,23; Isa 30:20; 45:7; Jer 45:3; La 1:5; 3:1; Da 4:24-26; Am 3:6; Jon 2:3; Mic 1:12; Ro 8:20; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:10; Re 3:19
16 FROM SATAN
16.1 See TEMPTATION
16.2 See IMPENITENCE IN
16.3 See OBDURACY IN , below
17 MOCKING AT
18 MURMURING IN
19 OBDURACY IN
Le 26:23,24,27,28; Job 36:12,13; Ps 78:31,32; Isa 8:21; 9:13; 22:12,13; 26:11; 42:25; 57:17; Jer 2:30,35; 3:3; 5:3; 7:28; Da 9:13; Ho 7:9,10,14; 9:17; Am 4:6-11; Zep 3:2,7; Hag 2:17; Re 9:20,21; 16:9-11,21
20.2 See IMPENITENCE
21 INSTANCES OF
21.1 Pharaoh
21.2 Asa
21.3 Ahaz
22 PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF
22.1 Pharaoh
Ex 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30,31; 14:5-9
22.2 David
22.3 Nebuchadnezzar
22.4 Levites
23 PRAYER IN
Ge 32:11; 43:14; Ex 17:4; Nu 20:16; 1Sa 1:10,11; 2Sa 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; 1Ki 8:36-50; 2Ki 19:16,19; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; 33:12,13; Ne 4:4,5,9; 6:9,14; 9:32; Job 10:2,9,15; 13:21; 16:20; Ps 3:1,2,7; 4:1; 5:8; 6:1-7; 7:1,2,6,7; 9:13,14; 10:1,12-15; 13:1-4; 16:1; 17:1,2,6-9,13,14; 20:1,2; 22:1-21; 25:2,16-19,22; 27:11,12; 28:1; 30:9,10; 31:1-4,14-18; 35:1-3,17,19,22,23,25; 38:1-22; 39:10,12,13; 40:13,17; 42:9; 43:1-5; 44:4,23-26; 50:15; 54:1-3; 55:1-17; 56:1-13; 57:1,2; 59:1-17; 60:1-3,11; 61:1,2; 64:1,2; 69:1-36; 70:1,2; 71:1,2,4,9,12; 74:1,3,10,11,19,21-23; 77:1,2,7-9; 79:1,5,8,9,11; 80:1,3-5,14; 83:1-18; 85:5-7; 86:1-17; 88:9-14; 89:39-51; 90:15; 94:1-23; 102:2,24; 106:47; 108:6,12; 109:1-31; 116:4; 119:22,28,39,41,42,76,77,82,84, 107,121-123,134,145-149,153,154,170,173; 120:2; 123:3,4; 126:4; 130:1-8; 140:1-13; 141:1-10; 142:1,2,5-7; 143:1-12; Isa 33:2; 38:2,3,14-19; 51:9; 63:15-17; 64:1,9-12; Jer 10:24; 14:8,9,19-21; 15:15; 16:19; 17:17,18; 18:19; 27:8; 32:16-25; La 1:9-11,20; 2:18,19; 5:1,16,17,19-22; Da 6:10; Joe 1:19; Jon 1:14; 2:1-10; Hab 1:12,13; Mt 8:25; 14:30; 15:22-28; 26:39,42,44; 27:46; Mr 14:36; 15:34; Lu 18:1; 22:42; 23:46; Joh 11:3; Ac 4:29,30; 7:59,60; 2Co 12:8; Jas 5:13-16
24 PRAYER IN, ANSWERED
25 PRAYER FOR THE AFFLICTED
25.1 See INTERCESSION
26 RESIGNATION IN
Job 5:17; 13:15; 34:31,32,34; Ps 4:4; 37:1; 46:10; Pr 3:11; La 3:22-36,39; Mic 6:9; Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 21:19; 22:42; Joh 18:11; Ro 5:3; 12:12; 2Co 12:9; Php 2:14; Col 1:11; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3; 4:5; Heb 10:34; 12:3-12; Jas 1:10; 4:7; 1Pe 1:6; 2:20; 4:12,13,19; 5:6,7
27 RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED
Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 12:23; 15:26; 16:10,12; 24:14; 2Ki 4:26; 20:19; Ne 9:33; Es 4:16; Job 1:21,22; 2:10; 13:15; 14:14; Ps 39:9; 71:20; 119:75; Isa 39:8; Jer 10:19; La 1:18; 3:39; Da 9:14; Mic 7:9; Lu 23:40,41; Ac 21:14; Ro 5:3,4; 2Co 6:4-10; 7:4; 2Th 1:4; Jas 5:11
27.1 See RESIGNATION
28 INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN
28.1 Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu
28.2 Against his house were foretold
28.3 David, at the death of his child
28.4 The Shunammite woman
28.5 Jesus, in Gethsemane
Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42; Joh 18:11