DEUTERONOMY 9.
IT was not their power, but the Lord’s, their God, who went before the people, that would destroy His enemies and give the children of Israel their home, their rest. Not because of any goodness in themselves, for they were a “stiff-necked” people, provoking their God again and again to anger against them. It was the wickedness of the nations, and His promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that accounted for the blessings of this people.
ML 10/26/1924