11. That night, Whitfield preached from Matthew 3:7, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" He is truly called in Psalm 36:6, the preserver of |man and beast.| It is said elsewhere, that His mercy is extended over all His creatures, (Psalm 145:17;) and justly does Christ exalt His unbounded goodness, in that |He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good.| (Matthew 5:45.) Live for Him, long for Him and learn of Him! Israel would become the envy of the nations, blessed by God with prosperity, power, and position. We have forgotten where our blessings come from and how they are obtained. Nothing can separate us from the love of God! It says, "The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways." But the wild and reckless young men were determined to get her even more drunk. Quickly we will run through these blessings listed in these verses. This refers indeed to earthly blessings, as if Moses said, that by them would be manifested God's love towards His chosen people; still it rises higher, so that the Israelites, led on by degrees, should learn to embrace God alone, and to trust in Him according to the covenant which He had made with Abraham, |I am thy exceeding great reward.| (Genesis 15:1.) 7. Whatever they set their hand to do, God would bless and prosper it. Surely God has promised to provide for our physical needs; but our blessings are much greater than these things. But her words haunted him the rest of the day. It is God who has protected and preserved us in this world that is a barren wilderness unto this good hour, and it will be God who will carry us into the future. But the Spirit of God was already at work in the troubled heart and confused mind of this wayward young man. 12. 6. The Blessing: J. Orr : Deuteronomy 28:1-14: The Present Portion of a Good Man: D. Davies : Deuteronomy 28:1-14: The Purpose of Temporal Blessing: R.M. And when He declares that He will bless the work of our hands, hence, too, let us learn that we can attain nothing by our industry and hardest labors, except in so far as God vouchsafes us good success; and that all our efforts without His secret blessing are mere useless fatigue. God chose to love us, and adopt us as His children! Sad to say, that prominent place is in jeopardy and God's blessings are drying up. 13. 5. Statuet te Jehova sibi in populum sanctum, quemadmodum juravit tibi, quum custodieris praecepta Jehovae Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis ejus. 6. Another hymn writer wrote, "Count your blessings, Name them one by one." Browse Sermons on Deuteronomy 28:1-14. The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. As Robert Robinson had to choose, Israel had to choose, and we must choose the blessing or the curse. When He adds that it should be manifest |to all people of the earth that the name of God was called upon them,| it is equivalent to saying, that it should be known that they were under God's defense and patronage, and that thus they should always be safe and secure in His protection. The priest could not bless, he could only invoke God's blessing. In verse 3, God promises the nation Israel prosperity in the city as well as in the country. God can do anything in this world. 7. While God's love has secured us, we in response to His love must secure His blessings. We do not preach a health and wealth gospel. Text-Featuring a sermon is a less expensive way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands on the right bar with optional newsletter inclusion. Way did they go? please God, His blessings are conditional realized these national blessings Name. 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