Leviticus 19:30 You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. There are many adversaries, it is true; many drawbacks, hindrances, difficulties in the way of spiritual advancement. But there are these three powerful aids. I. ONE SACRED DAY IN EVERY SEVEN. "Ye shall keep my sabbaths." God has wrested from an exacting, rapacious world one-seventh of human life, and given it to us for the culture of the soul, for spiritual growth, for sacred usefulness. The observance of the sabbath is an act of (1) filial obedience to God, and (2) wise regard for our own true welfare. II. A PLACE FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP. "Ye shall reverence my sanctuary." We have all the advantage of social influences, the impulse which comes from association, to impress, to direct, to establish the soul in heavenly wisdom. We should worship regularly at the sanctuary, because (1) we should not draw so near to God elsewhere, or gain in any other place such spiritual nourishment; (2) worship there helps to devotion everywhere. III. DEVOTEDNESS OF HEART TO X DIVINE BEING-. "I am the Lord." Not the ineffectual endeavour to fill and feed, to nourish and strengthen the soul with admirable abstractions; but holy thought and sanctifying feeling gathered round a Divine One: directed toward him who says, "Trust me, love me, follow me, exalt me." - C. Parallel Verses KJV: Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.WEB: "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh. |
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