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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Knowledge of God the parent of obedient faith. Every honest view we take of God's service brings to light fresh features of attractiveness. It is the only right course. It satisfies conscience, reason, affection, desire. Having right dispositions and purposes in life, all larger knowledge of God makes service pleasant; yea, true service ministers to our best life. I. THE REASONABLENESS OF GOD 'S SERVICE HAY RE DEDUCED FROM THE PERFECTION OF HIS CHARACTER . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:14-15

To love and serve the Lord, Israel was specially bound, because of God's love to them and choice of them to be his people. He, the Lord and Proprietor of the universe, was free to choose any of the nations he pleased, and needed not the service of any, but of his free grace he chose Israel, in whose fathers he had delight, to love them (cf. Exodus 19:5 ). The heaven and the heaven of heavens ; the highest heavens, all that may be called heaven, with all that it contains. Delight ("set... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:14-22

The supreme persuasive. The revelation of God's character in its double aspect of exalted might and of condescending grace. I. GOD EXALTED , YET STOOPING . ( Deuteronomy 10:14-16 .) The wonder of revelation: 1. That One so exalted should stoop at all . The wonder is not abated by reflecting that infinite perfection must include infinite mercy with every other attribute. It fills us with amazement to think of the Possessor of heaven and earth stooping to hold friendly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:16

They were, therefore, to lay aside all insensibility of heart and all obduracy, to acknowledge God's supremacy, to imitate his beneficence, and to fear and worship him. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart. As circumcision was the symbol of purification and sign of consecration to God, so the Israelites are enjoined to realize in fact what that rite symbolized, viz. purity of heart and receptivity for the things of God. This is enforced by the consideration that Jehovah the alone... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:16

Heart circumcision. I. HEART CIRCUMCISION IN ITS IMPORT . 1. Betokens the existence of natural impurity . The rite of circumcision, as the initiatory rite of the covenant, taught that man, in his natural, unpurified state, is unfit for fellowship with God. "In us, that is, in our flesh, dwells no good thing" ( John 3:6 ; Romans 7:18 ). It was a symbol of the putting away of "the filth of the flesh"—a truth now signified in baptism ( Colossians 2:11 ; 1 Peter 3:21... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 10:16

On “circumcision” see Genesis 17:10. This verse points to the spiritual import of circumcision. Man is by nature “very far gone from original righteousness,” and in a state of enmity to God; by circumcision, as the sacrament of admission to the privileges of the chosen people, this opposition must be taken away ere man could enter into covenant with God. It was through the flesh that man first sinned; as it is also in the flesh, its functions, lusts, etc., that man’s rebellion against God... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 10:14

Deuteronomy 10:14. The heaven The aerial and starry heaven. The heaven of heavens The highest, or third heaven, thus named for its eminence. All that therein is All creatures and all men, which being all his, he might have chosen what nation he pleased to be his people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 10:15

Deuteronomy 10:15. To love them He shows that God had no particular obligation to their fathers, any more than to other persons and people, all being equally his creation, and that his choice of them out of and above all others, proceeded only from his good pleasure. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 10:16

Deuteronomy 10:16. Circumcise, therefore, your heart Rest not in your bodily circumcision, or in any mere external observances or duties; but seriously set upon that substantial and most important circumcision of the heart and of the spirit which is signified by that of the flesh, and intended to be inculcated thereby: see Romans 2:28-29. Cleanse your hearts from all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness; fitly compared to the foreskin, which, under the Jewish law, if not cut off,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 10:12-22

What God demands of Israel (10:12-11:32)In summary, Moses’ instruction to Israel as a people was that they were to fear, obey, love and serve God, in the assurance that he desired only their good (12-13). He had chosen them in mercy, and he wanted them likewise to show mercy to others. They were to have humble purity of heart and genuine love, both in their relations with him and in their relations with others (14-20). They were not to be arrogant or boastful, but were to remember their humble... read more

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