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Judges 1
Judges 1:7
I. As I have done, so God hath requited me—then the life of man cannot escape the judgment of God. Man may deny it, may theoretically disregard it, but cannot escape it.
II. As I have done, so God hath requited me—then let no man take the law into his own hands. We are to look at the moral workings of things, and to see in the results which are forced upon us, not the petty anger of man, but the holy and righteous judgment of God.
III. As I have done, so God hath requited me every good deed will be honoured with appropriate reward. Remember: (1) Good deeds are their own reward. (2) Deeds done merely for the sake of reward cannot be good.
IV. As I have done, so God hath requited me—then though justice be long delayed, yet it will be vindicated eventually.
Parker, City Temple, vol. iii., p. 182 (see also Pulpit Notes, p. 133).
References: Judges 1:7.—Parker, vol. vi., p. 162. Judges 1:7.—Homiletic Magazine, vol. ix., p. 16. Judges 1:19, Judges 1:20.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxviii., No. 1690. Judges 1:27-36.—Parker, vol. v., p. 313. 1.—Expositor, 3rd series, vol. v., p. 51. 1, etc.—G. Gilfillan, Alpha and Omega, vol. ii., p. 179.
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