Deuteronomy 7:12

_THOU SHALT THEREFORE KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS, AND THE STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENTS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO DO THEM._ Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments ... In the covenant into which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings so long as, they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King, and pledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exerted for this purpose, as well as for delivering them from every evil to which as a people they would be exposed. That people accordingly were truly happy as a nation, and found every promise which the faithful God made to them amply fulfilled, so long as they adhered to that obedience which was required of them. (See a beautiful illustration of this in Psalms 144:12)....

12._Wherefore it shall come to pass_. God appears so to act according to agreement, as to leave (His people) no hope of His favor, unless they perform their part of it; and undoubtedly this is the usual form of expression in the Law, in which the condition is inserted, that God will do good to His people if they have deserved it by their obedience. Still we must remember what we have elsewhere seen, that, after God has so covenanted with them, He Himself, in order that His promise may not be made of none effect, descends to the gratuitous promise of pardon, whereby He reconciles the unworthy to Himself. Thus the original covenant only avails to man’s condemnation. But when salvation is offered to them gratuitously, their works at the same time become pleasing to God. Inasmuch, however, as the cause of reward is unconnected with men and their works, all calculation of merit is out of the...

12-26 We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly to mortify the sin of our souls; which is our rule of duty. Yet sin is never totally destroyed in this world; and it actually prevails in us much more than it would do, if we were watchful and diligent. In all this the Lord acts according to the counsel of his own will; but that counsel being hid from us, forms no excuse for our sloth and negligence, of which it is in no degree the cause. We must not think, that because the deliverance of the church, and the destruction...

Verse Deuteronomy 7:12. _THE LORD - SHALL KEEP UNTO THEE THE COVENANT_] So we find their continuance in the state of favour was to depend on their _faithfulness_ to the grace of God. If they should rebel, though God had chosen them through his _love_, yet he would cast them off in his _justice_. The _elect_, we see, may become unfaithful, and so become _reprobates_. So it happened to 24,000 of them, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness because they had sinned; yet these were of the _elect_ that came out of Egypt. Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall....

EXPOSITION ENTIRE SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS NATIONS ENJOINED. DEUTERONOMY 7:1 The Israelites were about to enter on a country occupied by idolaters, and they are commanded not to spare them or to allow them to continue in their proximity, or to have any friendly relations with them (cf. Leviticus 27:28). The Lord would cast out these nations, and deliver them, though greater and mightier than they, into their hands; and they were to smite them and place them under the ban; they were to make no covenant with them nor form any alliances with them (cf. Exodus 23:32;...

WHEREFORE IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF YE HEARKEN TO THESE JUDGMENTS, AND KEEP AND DO THEM,.... Attentively listen to the declaration made of them, and be careful to observe them: THAT THE LORD THY GOD SHALL KEEP UNTO THEE THE COVENANT AND THE MERCY WHICH HE SWARE UNTO THY FATHERS; to bring them into the land of Canaan, and continue them in it; yea, to send the Messiah to them, and bring him the salvation of Israel out of Zion; see Luke 1:68....

3. THE POSSESSION OF THE LAND AND THEIR SEPARATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The command to destroy the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 7:1)_ 2. The command to destroy their idolatry (Deuteronomy 7:5) 3. The promise of blessing and help (Deuteronomy 7:12) Seven nations are mentioned as occupying the land, which God gave to Israel. These nations were steeped in the most awful licentiousness and practised the vilest abominations. There are different reasons to believe that Satan possessed them in a peculiar manner. God had tolerated these nations for many centuries. He waited in His mercy before the sword of justice was unsheathed. The measure of their wickedness was now full, the time f

DEUTERONOMY 7:6 gives reasons why Israel ought to serve Yahweh. Deuteronomy 7:9. Render, know therefore that Yahweh thy God is the (_i.e._ the true, see Deuteronomy 4:35) God, the faithful God, one who keeps His covenant to show lovingkindness to. them, etc. Deuteronomy 7:10. Note the individualism of Dt. (see Deuteronomy 21:1 *). Deuteronomy 7:13. corn. wine (fresh made wine) and fresh (oliv

_And it shall come to pass_ Cp. Deuteronomy 6:10. _because_ better than A.V. _if_; Heb. means _in consequence of_, or _as a reward for_. _ye hearken … and do them_ Another Pl. clause and superfluous. The next clause resuming the Sg. follows suitably Deuteronomy 7:11. JEHOVAH _thy God shall keep with thee the covenant_, etc.] Expansion of Deuteronomy 7:9, _q.v._...

_VER._ 12-15. _WHEREFORE—IF YE HEARKEN TO THESE JUDGMENTS,_ &C.— See the notes on chap. 28: Respecting _the diseases of Egypt,_ Mr. Locke observes, that they were noisome ulcers, which were called _Egyptia,_ and with which the priests of Isis used to threaten the contemners of her worship....