Deuteronomy 8:5. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, -
Note that we are not only to remember God’s dealings with us, but we are to consider them, to ponder them, to weigh them. "Consider in thine heart," -
Deuteronomy 8:5. That, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Do I speak to anyone who is just now under the rod? "Consider in thine heart" then, that God is dealing with you as a father deals with his sons, "for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?" How would you like to be dealt with? Would you rather be without the rod? Then remember that "if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons." Do you wish to be treated so? I am sure you do not; you wish to have the children’s portion; so you say, "Deal with me, Lord, as thou art wont to do with those that fear thy name. We are willing to have the rod of the covenant for the sake of the covenant to which it belongs.
Deuteronomy 8:5. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, -
Note that we are not only to remember God’s dealings with us, but we are to consider them, to ponder them, to weigh them. "Consider in thine heart," -
Deuteronomy 8:5. That, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Do I speak to anyone who is just now under the rod? "Consider in thine heart" then, that God is dealing with you as a father deals with his sons, "for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?" How would you like to be dealt with? Would you rather be without the rod? Then remember that "if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons." Do you wish to be treated so? I am sure you do not; you wish to have the children’s portion; so you say, "Deal with me, Lord, as thou art wont to do with those that fear thy name. We are willing to have the rod of the covenant for the sake of the covenant to which it belongs.