BEHOLD “JESUS, A man approved of God,” who came to do His will (Psalms 40:8⁸I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psalm 40:8)), and who could say, “I have glorified Thee on the earth, I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.” J. L.

The Law Was To Be—

A SIGN on the Hand. (Deuteronomy 6:8⁸And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (Deuteronomy 6:8).)

A MEMORIAL between the eyes. (Exodus 13:9⁹And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. (Exodus 13:9).)

A TOKEN on the hand. (Exodus 13:9,16⁹And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. (Exodus 13:9)
¹⁶And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. (Exodus 13:16).)

FRONTLETS to the eyes. (Deuteronomy 11:18¹⁸Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. (Deuteronomy 11:18))

Bind on thy fingers. Write on the heart. (Proverbs 7:3³Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. (Proverbs 7:3)).

Bind about the neck, and bind on the heart. (Proverbs 6:21; 3:3²¹Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. (Proverbs 6:21)
³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: (Proverbs 3:3).)

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The Work Of The Lord Should Be Done —

1. Heartily. Colossians 3:23²³And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; (Colossians 3:23).

2. Diligently. Ezra 7:23²³Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? (Ezra 7:23).

3. Faithfully. 2 Chronicles 34:12¹²And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music. (2 Chronicles 34:12).

4. Speedily. Ezra 7:21²¹And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, (Ezra 7:21).

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Extracts.

A heart that is simple, and occupied with the Lord, escapes many things which trouble the peace of those who are not near Him.

The spring and source of all true devotedness is Divine love filling and operating in our hearts: as St. Paul says, “The love of Christ constraineth us.”

The love of God is the source from which redemption flows. The perfect sacrifice of Christ is the channel through which it flows. Faith, wrought in the soul by the Holy Ghost, is the power of enjoyment; and everlasting life, known and experienced now, is the result.

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