_THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF BIBLICAL RELIGION_ ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them dilige... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GREAT COMMANDMENT_ ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.’ Deuteronomy 6:5 The teaching of the text is that the ‘one God’ must be ‘loved’ and served by the whole man. Consider how the love of God is to be cultivated. I. WE CANNOT LOVE AN ABSTRACTION.—God must be a personal God before we can lo... [ Continue Reading ]
_TEACHING THE CHILDREN_ ‘Thou shalt teach … thy children.’ Deuteronomy 6:7 I. SEE WHAT GROWS OUT OF LOVING GOD, AS THE FLOWER AND FRUIT GROW OUT OF THE ROOT.—‘_ Thou shall teach these words diligently unto thy children_.’ Because the spirit of religion is love, it is to be imparted to others. The... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘WHAT HAST THOU THAT THOU HAST NOT RECEIVED?’_ ‘Houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not.’ Deuteronomy 6:11 In the Chapter s of Deuteronomy which we read to-day, Moses is doing for the... [ Continue Reading ]