The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 19:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord and his people.

I. WHO THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE.

1. The children of the promise, "the house of Jacob," etc; the household of faith.

2. They who have experienced deliverance and known God's love: "Ye have seen what I did," etc. The law the picture of the Gospel: those only can enter into the covenant of obedience who have known that God has chosen and blessed them. "We love him because he first loved us."

II. WHAT THE LORD ASKS OF THEM.

1. True obedience: not a profession, but a life.

2. To keep his covenant: to understand his will, and make that will their law. The whole end of both taw and gospel is missed if the life is not laid hold of, if the man is not brought to wear again the image of him who created him.

III. THE GLORY GOD WILL GIVE THEM IN THE EARTH.

1. They will be God's best beloved—a peculiar treasure unto him "above all people." Note the true position of God's people. It is not that God cares for them only. He cares for all: "all the earth is mine." They are the choicest of his earthly treasures.

2. They are to be "a kingdom of priests." They will minister to the nations in the things of God—leading them into his presence, teaching them his will.

3. They will be "a holy nation," a consecrated people. The Spirit's anointing will rest upon them.

4. This threefold glory the portion of God's people to-day: the knowledge that God has chosen us; our priestly service among our brethren; the unction from on high.—U.

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