Commandments Commands Generation Generations Keeping Kindness Laws Love Loving Lovingkindness Mercy Shewing Showing Steadfast Thousand Thousands Thousandth
5:10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that {e} love me and keep my commandments.
(e) The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God.
5:6-22 There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabbath, taken from God's resting from the work of creation on the seventh day, is not here mentioned. Though this ever remains in force, it is not the only reason. Here it is taken from Israel's deliverance out of Egypt; for that was typical of our redemption by Jesus Christ, in remembrance of which the Christian sabbath was to be observed. In the resurrection of Christ we were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God, with a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm. How sweet is it to a soul truly distressed under the terrors of a broken law, to hear the mild and soul-reviving language of the gospel!
Commandments Commands Keeping Kindness Laws Loving Mercy Shewing Showing Steadfast Thousand Thousands Thousandth
Commandments Commands Keeping Kindness Laws Loving Mercy Shewing Showing Steadfast Thousand Thousands Thousandth
