PROMISES AND APPEALS A promise of restoration, even after abandonment and rejection, is held out, on condition of repentance; and an appeal is made to the people to choos the way of obedience and life rather than that of disobedience and death.... [ Continue Reading ]
Circumcision is the sign of the covenant. To circumcise the heart is to consecrate it to God: cp. on Leviticus 19:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIDDEN] RV 'hard,' lit. 'wonderful.' God's law is not unintelligible or impracticable. It is a revealed thing (see Deuteronomy 29:29). All that is essential in revelation is plain; it is within the compass of human understanding and will. St. Paul applies these words to the law of righteousness by f... [ Continue Reading ]
HE _is_ THY LIFE] To love God is life: cp. Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 8:36.... [ Continue Reading ]