{"product_id":"2940015733075","title":"Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I","description":"NOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe character of the book on which we now enter is quite as distinct\u003cbr\u003eas that of any of the four preceding sections of the Pentateuch. Were\u003cbr\u003ewe to judge from the title of the book, we might suppose that it is a\u003cbr\u003emere repetition of what we find in previous books. This would be a\u003cbr\u003every grave mistake. There is no such thing as mere repetition in the\u003cbr\u003eWord of God. Indeed, God never repeats Himself, either in His Word or\u003cbr\u003ein His works. Wherever we trace our God, whether on the page of holy\u003cbr\u003eScripture or in the vast fields of creation, we see divine fullness,\u003cbr\u003einfinite variety, marked design; and just in proportion to our\u003cbr\u003espirituality of mind will be our ability to discern and appreciate\u003cbr\u003ethese things. Here, as in all beside, we need the eye anointed with\u003cbr\u003eheavenly eye-salve. What a poor idea must the man entertain of\u003cbr\u003einspiration who could imagine for a moment that the fifth book of\u003cbr\u003eMoses is a barren repetition of what is to be found in Exodus,\u003cbr\u003eLeviticus, and Numbers! Why, even in human composition we should not\u003cbr\u003eexpect to find such a flagrant imperfection, much less in the perfect\u003cbr\u003erevelation which God has so graciously given us in His holy Word. The\u003cbr\u003efact is, there is not, from cover to cover of the inspired volume, a\u003cbr\u003esingle superfluous sentence, not one redundant clause, not one\u003cbr\u003estatement without its own distinct meaning--its own direct\u003cbr\u003eapplication. If we do not see this, we have yet to learn the depth,\u003cbr\u003eforce, and meaning of the words, \"All scripture is given by\u003cbr\u003einspiration of God.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrecious words! Would they were more thoroughly understood in this our\u003cbr\u003eday! It is of the utmost possible importance that the Lord's people\u003cbr\u003eshould be rooted, grounded, and settled in the grand truth of the\u003cbr\u003eplenary inspiration of holy Scripture. It is to be feared that laxity\u003cbr\u003eas to this most weighty subject is spreading in the professing church\u003cbr\u003eto an appalling extent. In many quarters it has become fashionable to\u003cbr\u003epour contempt upon the idea of plenary inspiration. It is looked upon\u003cbr\u003eas the veriest childishness and ignorance. It is regarded by many as a\u003cbr\u003egreat proof of profound scholarship, breadth of mind, and original\u003cbr\u003ethinking to be able, by free criticism, to find out flaws in the\u003cbr\u003eprecious volume of God. Men presume to sit in judgment upon the Bible\u003cbr\u003eas though it were a mere human composition. They undertake to\u003cbr\u003epronounce upon what is and what is not worthy of God. In fact, they do\u003cbr\u003evirtually sit in judgment upon God Himself. The present result is, as\u003cbr\u003emight be expected, utter darkness and confusion, both for those\u003cbr\u003elearned doctors themselves and for all who are so foolish as to listen\u003cbr\u003eto them. And as for the future, who can conceive the eternal destiny\u003cbr\u003eof all those who shall have to answer before the judgment-seat of\u003cbr\u003eChrist for the sin of blaspheming the Word of God, and leading\u003cbr\u003ehundreds astray by their infidel teaching?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe shall not, however, occupy time in dwelling upon the sinful folly\u003cbr\u003eof infidels and skeptics (even though called Christians), or their\u003cbr\u003epuny efforts to cast dishonor upon that peerless volume which our\u003cbr\u003egracious God has caused to be written for our learning. They will some\u003cbr\u003eday or other find out their fatal mistake. God grant it may not be too\u003cbr\u003elate! And as for us, let it be our deep joy and consolation to\u003cbr\u003emeditate upon the Word of God, that so we may ever be discovering some\u003cbr\u003efresh treasure in that exhaustless mine--some new moral glories in\u003cbr\u003ethat heavenly revelation!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book of Deuteronomy holds a very distinct place in the inspired\u003cbr\u003ecanon. Its opening lines are sufficient to prove this.--\"These be the\u003cbr\u003ewords which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the\u003cbr\u003ewilderness, in the plain over against the Red Sea, between Paran, and\u003cbr\u003eTophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus much as to the place in which the lawgiver delivered the contents\u003cbr\u003eof this marvelous book. The people had come up to the eastern bank of\u003cbr\u003ethe Jordan, and were about to enter upon the land of promise. Their\u003cbr\u003edesert wanderings were nearly ended, as we learn from the third verse,\u003cbr\u003ein which the point of time is as distinctly marked as is the\u003cbr\u003egeographical position in verse 1.--\"It came to pass in the fortieth\u003cbr\u003eyear, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses\u003cbr\u003espake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord\u003cbr\u003ehad given him in commandment unto them.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163365163248,"sku":"2940015733075","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015733075","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}