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The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:5
God the Chastener. I. CHASTISEMENT IS A NECESSITY OF OUR MORAL NATURE. He is no wise parent who spares the rod when the good of the child requires that chastisement be administered. Gentler methods failing, the undutifu…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:7-20
The land on which they were about to enter is described as a good laud, fertile and well watered, and yielding abundant produce to its cultivators; and they are cautioned against forgetting, in their enjoyment of the gi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:7-10
The duty of thankfulness for the bounty of God in nature. The people of Israel were being led by the Lord their God to a land beautiful, luxuriant, fruitful. (For an account of the productions of Palestine, of the ferti…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:7-20
Wealth perilous to piety. God's policy in the government of men is to win by prodigal kindness. A churlish parsimony has never been found with him; the very opposite. An open eye discovers widespread munificence—a royal…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:7-10
The good land. I. A LAND OF GREAT NATURAL ADVANTAGES—a wealthy possession. Wood, water, metals, a fertile soil, good pasturage, honey in the clefts of the rocks, etc. (Deuteronomy 11:11, Deuteronomy 11:12; Deuteronomy 3…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:7-20
God forgotten amid second causes. The support of the wilderness was manifestly miraculous. They could not doubt their dependence there upon God. They might murmur even amid daily miracle, but they could not doubt it. It…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:8
"Palestine has been celebrated in all ages for three products: corn, wine, and oil, which still continue to be its most valuable crops". The principal corn crops were wheat and barley. The vine was largely and carefully…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:9
A land whose stones are iron. Minerals do not abound in Palestine; the hills are for the most part calcareous; but by the side of the limestone in the north of Canaan ferruginous basalt appears in largo masses, and on L…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:10
The blessing of a thankful spirit. I. A THANKFUL SPIRIT CONSERVES THE BLESSINGS OF THE FAST. It goes back on God's dealings with it. It keeps alive the memory of his goodness. It delights in counting over the blessings…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:10
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God. "From this place the Jews have made it a general rule, or, as they call it, an affirmative precept, that every one bless God at their meals, tha…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:10-19
The dangers of wealth. I. WEALTH IS DANGEROUS WITHOUT THE PREVIOUS TRAINING OF ADVERSITY. Those who, cradled in the lap of luxury, have never known struggle and difficulty are rarely persons of meek, humble, chastened d…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:11-18
(See Homiletics: Deuteronomy 6:10-19.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:11-14
Wealth is apt to engender in the possessor of it a spirit of self-gratulation and pride, and abundance of good things to induce men to be luxurious, "to trust in uncertain riches," and to be forgetful of the bounteous h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, etc. "The fiery serpent" and "the scorpion" (sing.) are in apposition to the "wilderness," and illustrate its terribleness. Fiery ser…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:16
Good at the latter end. I. GOD'S DISCIPLINE OF US IS NOT WITHOUT ITS END. No man even, whose action has any meaning in it, but has an end in what he does. It may be alleged that God's action has regard to men only in th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:16
(See Homiletics: Deuteronomy 8:1-6.) Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18 Danger of self-glorification. The enjoyment of God's mercies, which should be so provocative of thankfulness, may become a snare, if we are not car…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:16
The grand end of all God's dealings with the Israelites in the desert, both the trials to which they were subjected and the benefits they received, was that he might do them good ultimately. Thy latter end; not the end…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-5
The covenant renewed. The severe intercession of Moses succeeds at last, and he is directed to get two tables like unto the first, and to bring them up to God for his inscription upon them. He was also directed to make…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-11
Moses' intercession and its results.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1
At that time. When Moses thus interceded, God commanded him to prepare two new tables of stone, and to construct an ark in which to keep them (cf. Exodus 34:1, etc.). Directions had been given for the construction of th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-22
EXPOSITION RENEWED EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-12
Tokens of mercy. Various pledges of his forgiveness were given by God to the people. I. THE RENEWAL OF THE TABLES. (Deuteronomy 10:1-5.) 1. Reconciliation to God is only possible through return to obedience. God cannot…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-5
The Law deposited in the ark. The first attempt to convey God's Law to man in a written form had proved a failure. The human links in the system had snapped. Moses had overrated the people's loyalty. The people had over…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:6-11
Progress. Progress is the law of human life. Perfection is reached only by steady advancement. I. PROGRESS IS MARKED BY DISTINCT STAGES. There are times for action, and times for rest. Neither body nor mind can, in our…