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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Deuteronomy 6 In this chapter Moses proceeds on in his exhortations to the people of Israel, to attend to the commandments of God, that it might be well with them, Deuteronomy 6:1, and begins with a principal and fundamental article of religion, which deserved their first and chief regard, the unity of God, and the love of him,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,.... Not the ten commandments repeated in the preceding chapter, but all others, whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial, afterwards declared; for what Moses now did was only to give a repetition and fresh declaration of such laws as he had before received, and delivered to the people;...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Moses, in this chapter, goes on with his charge to Israel, to be sure to keep up their religion in Canaan. It is much the same with ch. iv. I. His preface is a persuasive to obedience, ver. 1-3. II. He lays down the great principles of obedience. The first truth to be believed, That God is one, ver. 4. The first duty to be done, To love him with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now these are the commandments, the statues, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: God’s commandments are to be taught, but they are also to be practiced: “which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them.” And it is this doing of them...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God,.... Being taught to know the greatness of his being, and the nature of his mind and will, and the manner of his worship; and not with a slavish fear, but with a filial one, a reverential affection for God; being instructed in their duty, as of children, to their God and Father; see Deuteronomy 5:29 to keep...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. The fear of God must always be a practical power in our lives: “that thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it,.... Or them, the commandments given them: that it may be well with thee; in body and estate: and that ye may increase mightily; not only in wealth and riches, but chiefly in numbers: as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee; a promise of increase of numbers was frequently made to Abraham,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may will be with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. It seems, according to the old covenant, that temporal prosperity was appended as a blessing to the keeping of God’s commandments. It has...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: There is but one God. This is the very basis of our faith; we know nothing of “gods many and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hear, O Israel,.... These are the words of Moses, stirring up the people to an attention to what he was about to say of this great and momentous article, the unity of God, to prevent their going into polytheism and idolatry. From one of the words here used, the Jews call this section Kiriathshema, which they oblige themselves to read twice a day,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: This is the great doctrine that we learn, both from the Old and the New Testament there is one Lord. And this great truth has been burnt into the Jews by their long chastisement, and, whatever other mistakes they make, you never find them making a mistake about this. The Lord thy God is one Lord. May...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God,.... Which is the first and chief commandment in the law, the sum and substance of the first table of it; and includes in it, or at least has connected with it, knowledge of God, esteem of him, delight in him, faith and trust in him, fear and worship of him, and obedience to him, which when right springs from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. It is not a little love that God deserves, nor is it a little love that he will accept. He blesses us with all his heart and all his might, and after that fashion are we to love him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Does not this show what is the very nature of God? God is love, for he commands us to love him. There was never an earthly prince or king whom I have heard of in whose statute book it was written, “Thou shalt love the king.” No; it is only in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these words, which I command thee this day,.... To hearken to, observe, and take notice of, that God is one, and is to be loved in the strongest manner that possibly can be: shall be in thine heart; on the table of the heart, as the Targum of Jonathan; see 2 Corinthians 3:3, be cordially received, have a place in the affections of the heart,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. The Word of God if not for some particular place called a church or a meeting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Oh, how blessed to have them written on the heart by the Holy Spirit. We can never get them there except he who made the heart anew shall engrave upon these fleshy tablets the divine precepts.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children,.... Care and diligence are to be used, and pains taken, to instruct children, as soon as they are capable, in the knowledge of God, and of his commandments; that they are to love him, fear him, serve, and worship him; this is to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, Christian parent, have you done this? “Thou shalt” not only teach them, but “teach them diligently unto thy children.” Deu_6:7. And shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Our common talk should...