Deuteronomy 6:6-9 And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart:… I. To discourse of THE CLUSTER OF ADMONITIONS CONTAINED IN THE WORDS OF MY TEXT. 1. These admonitions are addressed to the children of Israel and to everyone who professes to be an Israelite indeed. 2. That little children must be instructed with patience and perseverance. 3. That the statutes and judgments of the Lord should habitually be the conversation of His people, in the presence of their children and domestics. 4. That the statutes and commandments of the Lord should be constantly kept in view, habitually read and remembered. 5. That the doctrines of Divine revelation and the laws of heaven are to be perpetually practised. II. To specify SOME OF THE REASONS WHY GREAT ATTENTION IS TO BE PAID TO THE DUTY RECOMMENDED IN MY TEXT. 1. The authority of heaven binds you to this duty. 2. The love of God and of Christ should constrain you to the discharge of these duties. 3. The near relation in which you stand to them, and the engagements under which you have come for them, should excite you to the discharge of this duty. 4. You are obliged to discharge this duty, that the entail of religion may not be cut off from your family. 5. The consideration that this is the way to be a blessing both on the rising Church and the rising State, should excite you to the discharge of this duty.Lessons: 1. From what has been said, let such as have been negligent in teaching their children and the rising generation in the knowledge of the statutes of the Lord, be convicted and reclaimed. 2. Learn to begin this pleasant and important task as soon as you possibly can. 3. Consider that this is the leading duty which you ought to discharge towards your children and the rising generation. 4. Learn from this subject to expect difficulties and discouragements when instructing your children in the ways of the Lord. 5. That you must not think of rolling the burden of the religious instruction of your children from off your own shoulders. (John Jardine.) Parallel Verses KJV: And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:WEB: These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; |
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