Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering… I. RELIGIOUS FEASTS ARE MEMORIALS. 1. Of God's past dealings. 2. Of our dependence on God's care. 3. Of our present condition. Pilgrims. This earth is not our rest. II. RELIGIOUS FEASTS ARE NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE DUTIES OF LIFE. III. STATED RELIGIOUS FEASTS ARE HELPFUL TO A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. IV. RELIGIOUS FEASTS MUST PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND BENEVOLENT INSTINCTS OF OUR NATURE. V. THE OFFERINGS AT RELIGIOUS FEASTS must be — 1. Pure, 2. Of the best. (W. Burrows, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. |
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