The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:11-14
Revealed truth clear and available. Dishonest minds are wont to plead that religious truth is recondite, self-contradictory, hard to be understood. Its obligations too, they aver, are impracticable, beyond the power of man to fulfill. Self-indulgence and impiety have never yet failed to frame excuses for their rejection of the Divine Word. But excuses avail them nothing. The indolent man has for long ages past learnt to say, "There is a lion in the path." Honest investigation soon finds... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:11-14
The word of faith. Paul, in Romans 10:6-10 , applies these words to the "righteousness of faith," and contrasts them with the voice of the Law, which is, "The man which doeth those things shall live by them" ( Romans 10:5 ). That this application is not a mere accommodation of the words of Moses to a new subject, will be evident from a brief consideration. I. ISRAEL AND THE " RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH ." The constitution under which Israel was placed, while formally a ... read more