The Weekly Pulpit Deuteronomy 4:21-22 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan… 1. Though a life may appear to us to receive the crown of failure, it may for all that be acceptable in God's sight. No life on earth is complete, for its completion and fulness is destroyed by sin. Just as a man in things temporal often falls short of being successful, so does a man in things eternal. But the latter knows his life will receive its completion hereafter. 2. God is very strict with His children. The service of God is not to be trifled with. If we are careless we may prevent ourselves from obtaining some spiritual success in this world which might be a crowning point to our life. 3. Moses was alone at his death. We must die alone. Our friends cannot pass through the dark valley with us. But stay — must we be really alone? The Prince of Life will be with us with His rod and staff, if we ask Him. 4. Moses could not lead the Israelites into Canaan; that was the work of Joshua. Moses, by giving us the moral law, cannot lead us into heaven. The moral law in the hand of Moses is unable to accomplish that which the precious blood of Jesus alone can do. Is Jesus our Leader? (The Weekly Pulpit.) Parallel Verses KJV: Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: |
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