Exodus 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come to me… I. In outward profession they are on the Lord's side WHO HAVE BECOME PARTAKERS OF THE PECULIAR ORDINANCES WHICH THE SAVIOUR HAS ESTABLISHED FOR HIS CHURCH. These ordinances He has made imperative. II. There is another standard which looks far beyond all outward professions in a determination of this question. THERE IS A CHARACTER WHICH THE POWER OF MAN CANNOT FEIGN, AND WHICH ACCURATELY MARKS THOSE WHO HAVE ENLISTED THEMSELVES UNDER THE BANNER OF THE KING OF SAINTS. These evidences are to be presented, not as the marks by which we may form an opinion of others, but as the testimony by which we may examine ourselves. 1. They who are on the Lord's side have been converted by the power of the Holy Ghost from their natural state of blindness and enmity to God. 2. They who are on the Lord's side in this division of the world make it their object to live by faith in His promises and power, and as pilgrims on the earth, to become prepared for a better country — that is, an heavenly. 3. They who are on the Lord's side experience a daily conflict with the principles of sin. While men are unconverted, this contest is unknown. 4. They who are on the Lord's side are going on from grace to grace. The mind of Christ is forming within them. (S. H. Tyng, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. |
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