_Hew thee two tables of stone._ THE RENEWAL OF THE TWO TABLES I. That the moral law is perpetually binding. Having been broken, it must be renewed. II. That the renewal of the moral law when broken entails duties unknown before. “Hew thee two tables of stone”; “and he hewed two tables of stone.”... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come up in the morning._ BE READY IN THE MORNING: AN ADDRESS FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE I. Be ready for a conscious contact with God in the future. 1. As a duty. 2. As a privilege. “In Thy presence is fulness of joy.” 3. As a calamity. The hell of the guilty. II. Be ready for a conscious isolation of... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious._ THE NAME OF THE LORD I. “the Lord.” There we lay our basis. Unless you are prepared to admit the perfect sovereignty of God, you can go no further--you will see no more. II. Then we put it in combination--“the Lord God.” And oh! what a combination!... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt rest._ SABBATH REST IN HARVEST “Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest”; that is, you shall not violate the Sabbath-day because it is harvest. I have heard persons say, It has been six days very wet; the corn is st... [ Continue Reading ]
_He wrote upon the tables._ THE SECOND TABLES The Ten Commandments were twice written by the finger of God Himself (see Deuteronomy 10:1), and upon enduring tables of stone, to show how deeply and permanently they were to be engraved upon the heart of man. Twice written, once upon a broken and once... [ Continue Reading ]
_The skin of his face shone._ MOSES TRANSFIGURED This was the transfiguration of Moses. Let us consider the narrative as a spiritual parable, and try to read in it some of the conditions and privileges of exalted communion with God. Communion with God is the highest prerogative of spiritual beings... [ Continue Reading ]