Deuteronomy 9:7 Remember, and forget not, how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness… I. The FACT asserted is this: we have provoked the Lord our God. Shall we call to mind the sins of our youth and the transgressions of our riper years? They are a long catalogue, and they testify strongly against us. But as professors of religion, what is the conviction of our minds? Have not our provocations, since we commenced this profession, been numerous and great? Pride: unbelief: unchristian tempers. II. The EVIL implied in the text is our proneness to forget this fact. "Remember, and forget not." Why this injunction, if the evil were not real? But how is this proneness to forget to be accounted for? 1. Inattention. 2. Light thoughts of sin. 3. Love of self. III. The DUTY enjoined is: that we remember our provocations. "Remember, and forget not." There is emphasis in this repetition; it implies not only a proneness to forget, but the importance of not forgetting, and having impressed on the heart our provocations against God. What is this importance and its utility? 1. To make us penitent. 2. To keep us humble. 3. To preserve us thankful for mercies. 4. To help our resignation under Divine corrections. 5. To endear the Saviour to us. 6. To convince us that salvation is entirely of grace. (T. Kidd.) Parallel Verses KJV: Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. |
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