Chapter 8:
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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 8
Concise Complete
Exhortations and cautions, enforced by the Lord's
former dealings with Israel, and his promises. (1-9) Exhortations and cautions
further enforced. (10-20)
Verses 1-9
Obedience 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 obedience.
Moses directs them to look back. It is good to remember all the ways, both of
God's providence and grace, by which he has led us through this wilderness, that
we may cheerfully serve him and trust in him. They must remember the straits
they were sometimes brought into, for mortifying their pride, and manifesting
their perverseness; to prove them, that they and others might know all that was
in their heart, and that all might see that God chose them, not for any thing in
them which might recommend them to his favour. They must remember the miraculous
supplies of food and raiment granted them. Let none of God's children distrust
their Father, nor take any sinful course for the supply of their necessities.
Some way or other, God will provide for them in the way of duty and honest
diligence, and verily they shall be fed. It may be applied spiritually; the word
of God is the food of the soul. Christ is the word of God; by him we live. They
must also remember the rebukes they had been under, and not without need. This
use we should make of all our afflictions; by them let us be quickened to our
duty. Moses also directs them to look forward to Canaan. Look which way we will,
both to look back and to look forward, to Canaan. Look which way we will, both
to look back and to look forward will furnish us with arguments for obedience.
Moses saw in that land a type of the better country. The gospel church is the
New Testament Canaan, watered with the Spirit in his gifts and graces, planted
with trees of righteousness, bearing fruits of righteousness. Heaven is the good
land, in which nothing is wanting, and where is fulness of joy.
Verses 10-20
Moses directs to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let them always remember
their Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses arms them against the
temptations of a prosperous condition. When men possess large estates, or are
engaged in profitable business, they find the temptation to pride, forgetfulness
of God, and carnal-mindedness, very strong; and they are anxious and troubled
about many things. In this the believing poor have the advantage; they more
easily perceive their supplies coming from the Lord in answer to the prayer of
faith; and, strange as it may seem, they find less difficulty in simply trusting
him for daily bread. They taste a sweetness therein, which is generally unknown
to the rich, while they are also freed from many of their temptations. Forget
not God's former dealings with thee. Here is the great secret of Divine
Providence. Infinite wisdom and goodness are the source of all the changes and
trials believers experience. Israel had many bitter trials, but it was "to do
them good." Pride is natural to the human heart. Would one suppose that such a
people, after their slavery at the brick-kilns, should need the thorns of the
wilderness to humble them? But such is man! And they were proved that they might
be humbled. None of us live a single week without giving proofs of our weakness,
folly, and depravity. To broken-hearted souls alone the Saviour is precious
indeed. Nothing can render the most suitable outward and inward trials
effectual, but the power of the Spirit of God. See here how God's giving and our
getting are reconciled, and apply it to spiritual wealth. All God's gifts are in
pursuance of his promises. Moses repeats the warning he had often given of the
fatal consequences of forsaking God. Those who follow others in sin, will follow
them to destruction. If we do as sinners do, we must expect to fare as sinners
fare.
Chapter 8:
| 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
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