_COMMANDED BLESSINGS_ ‘The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee.’ Deuteronomy 28:8 What more encouraging thought could possibly occupy our hearts at the entrance of a New Year! All our well-being may be summed up under the head of Divinely commanded blessings. No mercies would be ours did no... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘ALL THESE CURSES’_ ‘All these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.’ Deuteronomy 28:15 These blessings and curses have not been repealed. It must, of course, be granted that Israel was an earthly people, whereas we are sitting with Christ ‘in the heavenlies.’ But these enumerations ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOYFUL SERVICE_ ‘Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things … He shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck.’ Deuteronomy 28:47 Many a man has been frightened by this text until he sought and found out that the joy is not d... [ Continue Reading ]