And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
The psalm that holds this verse was made into a song for Israel marching in the wilderness to keep time and step together as they journeyed. It recounts the rich blessings God bestowed on His people and their poor return for all His benefits. It records that Israel forgot His works and the wonders He had shown them, even though they had seen them.
The people belonged to God by creation and redemption, yet after witnessing His mighty works they still tempted Him. The children of Israel constantly worked against a good God by such forgetting. Through disobedience they brought themselves into a condition that was the sure result of their own course of action. Under rebuke and chastisement they repented, but under temptation they fell again through self-indulgence and self-gratification.
They looked back to Egypt and desired its pleasures even though God had freed them from slavery. He had withheld some indulgences to test whether they valued His service and their freedom more than what they had enjoyed in bondage. When trials came they gave way to complaining and forgot the source of their strength. Those who have Bible religion, with Christ abiding in them and them in Him, will not do this but will continually advance in the divine life, become strong in Christ, fully receive truth of heavenly origin, and become sanctified through it. Remembering His mighty dealings and warnings would have kept the people from tempting Him and would have led them to heed reproof.
Such forgetting dishonors God and brings His great displeasure, while reading the psalm attentively brings Him the greatest glory. The same forgetting of God that scattered Israel is happening in the churches today. The record was written for admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come, giving reproof, warning, encouragement and rich promises, and it should be made an object of study in schools and given to youth as timely spiritual food.
The verse rebukes branching out to consult lawyers and leaning on the arm of the law rather than coming into harmony with the church. It gives a wrong example like going to the god of Ekron to inquire. It calls for medical and gospel workers to unite, harmonize and come into line, with ministers changing their attitude and no longer blocking health reform nor giving the world a testimony of division. They are to stand on the true principles of health reform and the spirituality of the law rather than making the work a commercial enterprise, lest without conversion point after point of present truth is given up.
The psalm that holds this verse was made into a song for Israel marching in the wilderness to keep time and step together as they journeyed. It recounts the rich blessings God bestowed on His people and their poor return for all His benefits. It records that Israel forgot His works and the wonders He had shown them, even though they had seen them.
The people belonged to God by creation and redemption, yet after witnessing His mighty works they still tempted Him. The children of Israel constantly worked against a good God by such forgetting. Through disobedience they brought themselves into a condition that was the sure result of their own course of action. Under rebuke and chastisement they repented, but under temptation they fell again through self-indulgence and self-gratification.
They looked back to Egypt and desired its pleasures even though God had freed them from slavery. He had withheld some indulgences to test whether they valued His service and their freedom more than what they had enjoyed in bondage. When trials came they gave way to complaining and forgot the source of their strength. Those who have Bible religion, with Christ abiding in them and them in Him, will not do this but will continually advance in the divine life, become strong in Christ, fully receive truth of heavenly origin, and become sanctified through it. Remembering His mighty dealings and warnings would have kept the people from tempting Him and would have led them to heed reproof.
Such forgetting dishonors God and brings His great displeasure, while reading the psalm attentively brings Him the greatest glory. The same forgetting of God that scattered Israel is happening in the churches today. The record was written for admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come, giving reproof, warning, encouragement and rich promises, and it should be made an object of study in schools and given to youth as timely spiritual food.
The verse rebukes branching out to consult lawyers and leaning on the arm of the law rather than coming into harmony with the church. It gives a wrong example like going to the god of Ekron to inquire. It calls for medical and gospel workers to unite, harmonize and come into line, with ministers changing their attitude and no longer blocking health reform nor giving the world a testimony of division. They are to stand on the true principles of health reform and the spirituality of the law rather than making the work a commercial enterprise, lest without conversion point after point of present truth is given up.