And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
The call is to return to God without delay and to obey His voice and do all His commandments, spoken first to Israel and still addressed to backsliders in 1897. Returning is not mere outward reformation but hearkening to the voice of God. It means keeping His commandments and His statutes that are written in the book of the law. It means turning to Him with all the heart and with all the soul.
Those who so return will be made plenteous for good in every work of the hand. They will be made plenteous in the fruit of the body and in the fruit of cattle and in the fruit of land. God will again rejoice over them for good, as He rejoiced over their fathers. The commandment to be obeyed is not hidden and not far off, not in heaven so that someone must ascend to bring it down, nor beyond the sea so that someone must cross over to bring it, but the word is very near, in the mouth and in the heart, so that it may be done.
The call is to return to God without delay and to obey His voice and do all His commandments, spoken first to Israel and still addressed to backsliders in 1897. Returning is not mere outward reformation but hearkening to the voice of God. It means keeping His commandments and His statutes that are written in the book of the law. It means turning to Him with all the heart and with all the soul.
Those who so return will be made plenteous for good in every work of the hand. They will be made plenteous in the fruit of the body and in the fruit of cattle and in the fruit of land. God will again rejoice over them for good, as He rejoiced over their fathers. The commandment to be obeyed is not hidden and not far off, not in heaven so that someone must ascend to bring it down, nor beyond the sea so that someone must cross over to bring it, but the word is very near, in the mouth and in the heart, so that it may be done.