Expository Thoughts
things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do." (Heb. 4:13.) To Him belong the solemn expressions of the 139th Psalm—the Psalm which every Christian should often study.
There is not a word in our mouths, nor an imagination in our hearts, but Jesus knows it altogether. (Psalm 139:4.)
How many searching's of heart this mighty truth ought to awaken within us! Christ ever sees us! Christ always knows us! Christ daily reads and observes our acts, words and thoughts! The recollection of this should alarm the wicked and drive them from their sins! Their wickedness is not hidden, and will one day be fearfully exposed, except they repent. It should frighten hypocrites out of their hypocrisy. They may deceive man, but they are not deceiving Christ.
It should quicken and comfort all sincere believers. They should remember that a loving Master is looking at them, and should do all as in His sight. Above all, they should feel that, however mocked and slandered by the world, they are fairly and justly measured by their Savior's eye. They can say, "You, Lord, who know all things, know that I love You." (John 21:17.)
Notes on 5:17-26
19. Lowered him on his mat through the tiles. In order to understand this, we must remember the construction of houses in the countries where our Lord preached. It was, and is now, a common practice to construct them with a flat roof and a small square or courtyard in the middle of the building. Access was obtained to the roof by an outside staircase, so a person could go up to the roof without entering the