PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Micah
William J. Deane [1853-1943] · 121,119 words · 134 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Micah — Section 121
power (Deut. xxxiii. 26), his faithfulness (1 Kings viii. 23), his deliverance of the oppressed (Ps. xxxv. 10), his condescension to the lowly (Ps. cxiii. 5, 6). In a won!., in his character o,nd in all his dealings he stands alone (Ps. lxxxix. 6---8). II. "THAT PARDON ETH INIQUITY," This is as essential a part of God…
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I.~ desire to. The most sacred motives forbid. The promise of pardon is accompanied "1t.h th~ assuran?e ?f the purifying Spirit (Ezek. xx:xvi. 25-27; Rom. viii. 1, 2; 1 Cor. vi. 11). Sm 1s a serpent to be crusheo under the heel (Rom. xvi. 20). It is a foe to be conquered, and who saall be conquered because we are" n…
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J. THE PREROGATIVE OF PARDON 19 OLAIMED BY GOD FOR HIMSELF. He knew the neede of hie children, and therefore proclaimed his pardoning love from the first. Even amid the terrore of Sinai he revealed himself as a God. "pardoning iniquity." David was emboldened to come into his presence, after the commission of most griev…
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Ver11. 1-6.-The wa,il of a, true patriot oil the moral corrupUons of his country. "Woe is ID!' I for I am as when they have ga.there<i the summer fruits, As the gmpe- glee.nings of the vinta.ge: there is no clust.er to ee.t: my· soul desired the first-ripe fruit," eto. In these verses the prophet bewails t.he moral …
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(Henderson). All social faith was gone; a man ha<l lost all confidence in his brother. Social Acepticism and suspicion prevailed in all circles. No faith was to be put in a friend. 'l'he very lips were to be sealed. No confidence in the wife, no longer was she to be treated as an object of trust. No confidence in the e…
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and say, "Rejoice not against me, 0 mine enemy: when I fall I shall arise.• Though I am now down, I shall rise again. Blessed hope I ' "It whispers o'er tho orailled ohild F&et locked in peaceful sleep, Ere its pure soul is sin-beguiled, Ere sorrow bids it weep. .. It soothes the mother's ear with hope, Like swoo…
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leading elements in the soul of the persecutor. "My tears," said David, "have been my food day and night, while mine)nemiee continually say, Where is now thy God?" Again, "Mine enemies reproach, saying daily unto me, Where is thy God?" Again, "Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?" How thie taunting …
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Jerusalem established on earth, what a magnificent city it will be I The words may be ust'd to illustrate another thing concerning the good time coming. IT. IT '\TILL BE A TIME Fon REGATHERING THE HOATTERED, "In that day also he !!ball come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortres…
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conduct is fashioned and raled by their likings and dislikings, their sympathie3 and nntipathies; in other wordB, if their conduct is bad, it can only be made good by a change of he1ut. "Marvel not that I said unto you, Ye must be born again." IV. THAT OuRIBTIANITY 1B THE ONLY SYSTEM THAT 0AN MEET RIB 0ASE. The missio…
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God's great power. This delivel'ance, thus described, resembles the ultimate delivernuce or men from sin and ruin in two respects. I. IT Th-V0LVEB THE EXHIBITION OF THE MARVELLOUS. There were .. marvellous things" shown when the Hebrews were delivered from Egypt; marvellous things when they were brought out of Baby…
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modation to our habits of thought and expression, lt has constructed its theories upon the etymology of words. The truth and pertinence of this remark will be seen if, at the outset, we consider the very diversified forms In which the Bible represents to ua the doctrine of Divine forgiveness. Generally, indeed, I find …
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Ver. 18.-The 1'.ncomparablenesa ef God illustrated in 1,i,sforgiveness of sin: 2. The- 1ource of hisforgivenel!s. "He retaincth not his anger for ever, 'because he delighteth iq mercy." Anger in God is not passion, but principle; not antagonism to existence, but. to the enls that curse existence. His anger is but lov…
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·enemy or all enemiee. If it is in us, it sets the holy, happy heavens against us. Take it from us, and hell becomes our minister for good. This God aubdues. In truth, Diviae forgiveness is the destmction of sin in us, nothing elBe. It is not something outside; it is all within. II. THE ENTIRE B0DMEBBI0N OJI' ALL BI…
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!1rnrE PAGR THIIHB P.lG■ Discipline and Deliveranoe 61 The Essentials of Godliness ,., 97 The Goepel Age .. . 62 The Voioe of the Rod 99 llf1m'e R~ligione Nature 64 Man's Yee.ming for his Maker 100 The Moral Monarohy of Christ in the Man in the Moral Court of History 101 World 64 Fellowship with God ,.. 102 The M…
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