but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die."
(Proverbs 19:16)
(Proverbs 19:16)
To fear God's instructions is to travel on the path of honor.
To obey them is our security.
If we keep the Word, the Word will keep us safe.
Our duties are thus identified with our privileges. This is the first successful effort to shake ourselves from the deep sleep of laziness. Yet, the power to obey God's instructions is not within a man. Is it not rather a matter of God working in us, through us, with us? Let the world know that we do not exercise obedience in a covenant of works, but that keeping the commandment evangelically is keeping our own souls. This is the way of present happiness, the seal of everlasting mercy, and the pathway to heaven.
To obey them is our security.
If we keep the Word, the Word will keep us safe.
Our duties are thus identified with our privileges. This is the first successful effort to shake ourselves from the deep sleep of laziness. Yet, the power to obey God's instructions is not within a man. Is it not rather a matter of God working in us, through us, with us? Let the world know that we do not exercise obedience in a covenant of works, but that keeping the commandment evangelically is keeping our own souls. This is the way of present happiness, the seal of everlasting mercy, and the pathway to heaven.
This summary of Proverbs 19:16 is from the
commentary "Proverbs" by Charles Bridges.
commentary "Proverbs" by Charles Bridges.
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