Preacher's Analyst Deuteronomy 5:28-29 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me… I. THE SOLICITUDE HERE MANIFESTED. 1. Prompted by His relationship. 2. Prompted by His ownership. 3. Prompted by His love. II. THE WISH EXPRESSED. This wish certainly implies the natural evil of man's heart, an evil which is well nigh incredible. The heart is hard as stone. It is so callous that — 1. It will not be impressed by fear. Even while Moses was receiving the commandments, they went and made a molten image, and forgot the great Jehovah. 2. It refuses to be crushed by judgment. How terrible the outward judgments visited at various times on the Israelites! Plagues, wars, famines, pestilence, serpents. Yet they were not one whir the more obedient. How many the inferior judgments visited on God's people still — bereavements, sorrows, trials, disease! But they are none the more obedient. 3. It is unwilling to be propitiated by love. III. THE REASON ASSIGNED. It is for our own sakes God desires obedience. 1. There is no happiness in opposition to God. 2. There is no happiness apart from God. Lessons:(1) If we want it "to be well with us," let us see to it that we are walking in His ways, which are ways of pleasantness. (2) And then what an encouragement we have in the text God yearns for our obedience. Then He will assist us in the difficult attainment. (Preacher's Analyst.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. |
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