2 Chronicles 30:7-8 And be not you like your fathers, and like your brothers, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers… I. A BLESSED SEASON OF GRACE MARKED FOR ALL ISRAEL. Now were the doors of the house of the Lord opened (2 Chronicles 29:3). II. THEIR DUTY IN THAT BLESSED SEASON OF GRACE. 1. Negative. "Be not stiff-necked." It is a metaphor taken from bullocks unaccustomed to the yoke, who make great difficulty and resistance about taking it on. 2. Positive. (1) Yielding themselves to the Lord. Hebrew, give ye the hand to the Lord. (2) Entering into His sanctuary. (3) Serving Him. (a) In His ordinances. (b) In their daily walk. (T. Boston, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. |
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