Exodus 5:15-16 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why deal you thus with your servants?… I. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MEN ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE REASONS FOR THEIR METHOD OF MORAL CONDUCT. Public opinion often calls a man to its tribunal. Sometimes men are the questioners. Sometimes God is the Questioner. II. IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERY MAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO ALLEGE HEAVENLY PRINCIPLES AND MOTIVES AS THE BASIS OF HIS CONDUCT. Love to God and man is the only true and loyal principle and motive of human action, and only will sustain the scrutiny of infinite rectitude. III. THAT A MAN WHO CAN ALLEGE HEAVENLY PRINCIPLES AS THE BASIS OF HIS CONDUCT WILL BE SAFE AT ANY TRIBUNAL TO WHICH HE MAY BE CALLED. 1. He will be safe at the tribunal of his own conscience. 2. He will be safe at the tribunal of God's Book. 3. He will be safe at the tribunal of public opinion. 4. He will be safe at the final tribunal of the universe. (J. S. Exell, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? |
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