Chapter 7:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Numbers Joshua
Deuteronomy 7
Concise Complete
Intercourse with the Canaanites forbidden. (1-11)
Promises if they were obedient. (12-26)
Verses 1-11
Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and
idolaters. Those who are in communion with God, must have no communication with
the unfruitful works of darkness. Limiting the orders to destroy, to the nations
here mentioned, plainly shows that after ages were not to draw this into a
precedent. A proper understanding of the evil of sin, and of the mystery of a
crucified Saviour, will enable us to perceive the justice of God in all his
punishments, temporal and eternal. We must deal decidedly with our lusts that
war against our souls; let us not show them any mercy, but mortify, and crucify,
and utterly destroy them. Thousands in the world that now is, have been undone
by ungodly marriages; for there is more likelihood that the good will be
perverted, than that the bad will be converted. Those who, in choosing
yoke-fellows, keep not within the bounds of a profession of religion, cannot
promise themselves helps meet for them.
Verses 12-26
We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take
pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a
snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot
question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go
where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the
health of our bodies, thoroughly to mortify the sin of our souls; which is our
rule of duty. Yet sin is never totally destroyed in this world; and it actually
prevails in us much more than it would do, if we were watchful and diligent. In
all this the Lord acts according to the counsel of his own will; but that
counsel being hid from us, forms no excuse for our sloth and negligence, of
which it is in no degree the cause. We must not think, that because the
deliverance of the church, and the destruction of the enemies of the soul, are
not done immediately, therefore they will never be done. God will do his own
work in his own method and time; and we may be sure that they are always the
best. Thus corruption is driven out of the hearts of believers by little and
little. The work of sanctification is carried on gradually; but at length there
will be a complete victory. Pride, security, and other sins that are common
effects of prosperity, are enemies more dangerous than beasts of the field, and
more apt to increase upon us.
Chapter 7:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Numbers Joshua
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
