Sometimes shut up that enquiry-room. I have fears about that institution if it be used in permanence, and as an inevitable part of the services… If you should ever see that a notion is fashioning itself that there is something to be got in the private room which is not to be had at once in the assembly, or that God is more at the penitent from than elsewhere, aim a blow at that notion at once.
C.H. Spurgeon

ROCKS

ROCKS

ROCKS

  1. Often composed of Flint # De 8:15 32:13
  2. DESCRIBED AS 2a) Hard

    # Jer 5:3

2b) Durable # Job 19:24 2c) Barren # Eze 26:4,14 Am 6:12 Lu 8:6 3) Often sharp-pointed and craggy # 1Sa 14:4 4) Often had holes and clefts # Ex 33:22 5) Were a defence to a country # Isa 33:16 6) Dreaded by mariners # Ac 27:20 7) INHABITED BY 7a) Wild goats # Job 39:1 7b) Conies # Ps 104:18 Pr 30:26 7c) Doves # So 2:14 Jer 48:28 7d) Eagles # Job 39:28 Jer 49:16 8) The olive tree flourished amongst # De 32:13 Job 29:6 9) Bees often made their honey amongst # De 32:13 Ps 81:16 10) USED AS 10a) Altars # Jud 6:20,21,26 13:19 10b) Places for idolatrous worship # Isa 57:5 10c) Places of Observation # Ex 33:21 Nu 23:9 10d) Places of safety in danger # 1Sa 13:6 Isa 2:19 Jer 16:16 Re 6:15 10e) Places for shelter by the poor in their distress # Job 24:8 30:3,6 11) The shadow of, grateful to travellers during the heat of the day # Isa 32:2 12) Houses often built on # Mt 7:24,25 13) Tombs often hewn out of # Isa 22:16 Mt 27:60 14) Important events often engraved upon # Job 19:24 15) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 15a) Adullam # 1Ch 11:15 15b) Bozez # 1Sa 14:4 15c) Engedi # 1Sa 24:1,2 15d) Etam # Jud 15:8 15e) Horeb in Rephidim # Ex 17:1-6 15f) Meribah in Kadesh # Nu 20:1-11 15g) Oreb # Jud 7:25 Isa 10:26 15h) Rimmon # Jud 20:45 15i) Seneh # 1Sa 14:4 15j) Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon # 1Sa 23:25,28 15k) Selah in the valley of salt # 2Ki 14:7 2Ch 25:11,12 16) Man’s industry in cutting through # Job 28:9,10 17) Hammers used for breaking # Jer 23:29 18) Casting down from, a punishment # 2Ch 25:12 19) MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH 19a) Water brought from # Ex 17:6 Nu 20:11 19b) Fire ascended out of # Jud 6:21 19c) Broken in pieces by the wind # 1Ki 19:11 19d) Rent at the death of Christ # Mt 27:51 20) God’s power exhibited in removing # Job 14:18 Na 1:6 21) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 21a) God as creator of his people # De 32:18 21b) God as the strength of his people # Ps 18:1,2 67:2 Isa 17:10 21c) God as defence of his people # Ps 31:2,3 21d) God as refuge of his people # Ps 94:22 21e) God as salvation of his people # De 32:15 Ps 89:26 95:1 21f) Christ as refuge of his people # Isa 32:2 21g) Christ as foundation of his church # Mt 16:18 1Pe 2:6 21h) Christ as source of spiritual gifts # 1Co 10:4 21i) Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked # Isa 8:14 Ro 9:33 1Pe 2:8 21j) A place of safety # Ps 27:5 40:2 21k) Whatever we trust in # De 32:31,37 21l) The ancestor of a nation # Isa 51:1