Deuteronomy 11:26-29 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;… 1. What is the blessing set before us? The blessing of him whose sins are forgiven, who lives in God's favour and dies in peace. 2. What is the curse? Just this, "The soul that sins shall die." "Cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things written," etc. 3. What is the way to escape the curse? By the death of Christ we are delivered from sin, redeemed from the curse, and by His obedience entitled to a blessing. 4. Which will you choose? Some people think they can make a compromise; that they need not be intensely Christian, as they are not, and will not be intensely worldly. If they do so, it is not really an alteration of their state, but a deception of themselves. You must take the sunshine or the shadow — the evil or the good — the "Come, ye blessed, inherit the kingdom"; or the withering sentence, "Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting fire." (J. C. Cumming, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;WEB: Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: |
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