Micah 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy… d means of knowing them: — In these words you have — 1. An inquiry which is the best way to appease God when He is offended. 2. The way that men are apt to take in this case. 3. The course which God Himself directs to, and which will effectually pacify Him. Dwell on this third point. I. THOSE SEVERAL DUTIES WHICH GOD HERE REQUIRES OF US. The Jews reduced all the duties of religion to these three heads, justice, mercy, and piety: under the first two, comprehending the duties which we owe to one another; and under the third, the duties which we owe to God. II. THE WAYS AND MEANS BY WHICH GOD HATH MADE KNOWN THESE DUTIES TO US, AND THE GOODNESS AND THE OBLIGATION OF THEM. 1. By a kind of natural instinct. 2. By natural reason. 3. By the general vote and consent of mankind. 4. By external revelation. 5. By the inward dictates and motions of God's Spirit upon the minds of men. (J. Tillotson, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? |
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