Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.… I. NOTICE A FEW CASES TO WHICH THIS LANGUAGE APPLIES. 1. The openly profane and immoral. 2. Those who were religiously educated. 3. The formal professor. 4. The backslider. The dying sinner. II. OBSERVE THE GROUNDS ON WHICH THE ENCOURAGEMENT RESTS. 1. The character of God. 2. The work of Christ. 3. The promises of the Gospel. 4. Scriptural examples of pardoned and accepted sinners. III. IMPROVE THE SUBJECT. 1. It takes away all ground of excuse from the impenitent. 2. It takes away all ground of despair from the contrite. (G. Brooks.) Parallel Verses KJV: But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. |