Deuteronomy 8:2 I. The remembrance of the way. There will be (1) the remembrance of favour, and by consequence of joy. (2) There will be the remembrance of sin, and by consequence of sin the remembrance of sorrow. II. Notice the purposes of Divine providence in the journey. (1) The first purpose i... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 8:2 I. The text shows us what God did with Israel. (1) He sent them back to wander in the desert through forty years, sent them back from entering the land which He eventually intended to give them. We see only brief time before us as our day in which to work. God does not hasten, for e... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 8:2 This is the lesson of our lives. This is God's training, not only for the Jews, but for us. We read these verses to teach us that God's ways with man do not change; that His fatherly hand is over us, as well as over the people of Israel; that their blessings are our blessings, their... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 8:3 If this text be true, what a strange comment on it is the world at the present hour! Turn to whatever class of our countrymen you like, and in every accent of their voices you will hear uttered their practical belief that they can live by bread alone. It is for bread that is, for ma... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 8:11 In the text we have Moses' answer to the first great question in politics: What makes a nation prosperous? To that wise men have always answered, as Moses answered, "Good government is government according to the laws of God." That alone makes a nation prosperous. But the multitud... [ Continue Reading ]