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FURTHER EXHORTATION TO OBEDIENCE, ENFORCED BY A REVIEW OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS.
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Deuteronomy 8:1-20
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-20
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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9Deuteronomy 8:1-9 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryObedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him. To engage them to this…A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. (b. c. 1451.)Deuteronomy 8:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleA CHARGE TO ISRAEL; ISRAEL'S RETROSPECT. (B. C. 1451.) The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God's commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do. 2. Universal: To do all…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6Deuteronomy 8:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryThat they might be induced the more faithfully to observe all the commandments which had been enjoined upon them so as to go on and prosper, they are called to remember the experiences of the forty years in the wilderne…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6Deuteronomy 8:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryLife's meaning discerned by the retrospect of it. The remark has not infrequently been made that incidents closely connected cannot be rightly understood till the time has come for them to be reviewed in their entirety…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6Deuteronomy 8:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe moral uses of memory. The memory of man exerts a mighty influence over his history and his destiny. Minus memory, man would be altogether another being. Remembrance of the past is a guidepost, or a beacon, for the f…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6Deuteronomy 8:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe lessons of the wilderness. Moses here recalls the leadings of God in the wilderness, for the warning and instruction of the Israelites. And we are taught, surely, such lessons as these— I. THE WAY OF SALVATION IS ON…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:1-9Obedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him. To engage them to this…Matthew HenrycommentaryA Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. (b. c. 1451.)A CHARGE TO ISRAEL; ISRAEL'S RETROSPECT. (B. C. 1451.) The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God's commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do. 2. Universal: To do all…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6That they might be induced the more faithfully to observe all the commandments which had been enjoined upon them so as to go on and prosper, they are called to remember the experiences of the forty years in the wilderne…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6The moral uses of memory. The memory of man exerts a mighty influence over his history and his destiny. Minus memory, man would be altogether another being. Remembrance of the past is a guidepost, or a beacon, for the f…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6The lessons of the wilderness. Moses here recalls the leadings of God in the wilderness, for the warning and instruction of the Israelites. And we are taught, surely, such lessons as these— I. THE WAY OF SALVATION IS ON…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-6Life's meaning discerned by the retrospect of it. The remark has not infrequently been made that incidents closely connected cannot be rightly understood till the time has come for them to be reviewed in their entirety…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:2-6The uses of adversity. It is a great matter when in any experience of life we can read the Divine purpose in bringing us through it. The speaker in these verses unfolds the design and lessons of the wilderness disciplin…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:3Not bread, but God's Word. The lesson of the manna gathered up into one concise sentence. It teaches us— I. TO SEE GOD IN SECONDARY CAUSES. The Word of God is as truly the creative and nourishing principle in ordinary b…Joseph S. Exell and contributors