27<\/strong>. thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck ye have been rebellious<\/em> ] Cp. Deu 1:26<\/span>; Deu 1:43<\/span>, Deu 9:6<\/span> f., Deu 9:13<\/span>; Deu 9:23<\/span> f., Deu 10:16<\/span>.<\/p>\n Deu 31:27<\/span><\/p>\n Thy stiff neck.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Stiff necks<\/strong><\/p>\n There <\/em>are many stiff-necked people. They are met with in the workshop, in the office, and almost everywhere. I should not be surprised at all if we had many in this assembly whose necks are as stiff as it is possible to be. There are a great many necks stiff with pride and selfishness. There are some men who are saving money; who live in their freehold cottages; whose necks are too stiff to see that they ought to pay the rent of the cottage in which their poor old parents live, who, perchance, in some country village are getting parish relief. There are other kinds of stiff necks. From our childhood most of us have been taught to love the Saviour, to trust in God, and do good. Yet I am afraid that a great many of us have disregarded the advice of those who loved us, and we have grown so unwise that many of us have stiffened our necks against religion. There is a tendency, now and again, to sneer at religion, and to talk about it as if it were all nonsense. There are a great many men who stiffen their necks. This is unwise. Take the New Testament and study that life of Jesus Christ, as sensible men. Look at the book, examine its pages, and learn its religion. Do not stiffen your necks against God, against purity, against holiness. (Charles Leach.<\/em>)<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Verse 27<\/span>. While I am yet alive – ye have been rebellious<\/B><\/I>] Such was the disposition of this people to act contrary to moral goodness that Moses felt himself justified in inferring what would take place from what had already happened.<\/P> <\/P> 1. NEVER was a people more fully and faithfully warned, and from this very circumstance we may see that they were under no fatal<\/I> constraining necessity to commit sin against God; they might<\/I> have avoided it, but they would<\/I> not. God was present to help them, till by their repeated provocations they forced him to depart: wrath therefore came upon them to the uttermost because they sinned when they might have lived to the glory of God. Those who abuse God’s grace shall not only have that grace taken away from them, but shall be punished for the abuse<\/I> of it, as well as for the transgression<\/I>. Every sin is double<\/I>, and must have a twofold<\/I> punishment; for 1. Grace is resisted; 2. Transgression is committed; and God will visit for both.<\/P> <\/P> 2. How astonishing it is that, with such examples of God’s justice before their eyes, the Jews<\/I> should be so little affected; and that the Gentiles<\/I>, who have received the Gospel of God, should act as if God would no more punish transgression, or that he must be so partial to them<\/I> as to pass by iniquities for which the hand of his justice still continues heavy upon the descendants of Jacob! Let them take heed, for if God spared not the natural branches, he will not spare them. If they sin after the manner of the Jews<\/I>, they may expect to be partakers with them in their punishments. What God does to nations<\/I> he will do to individuals who reject his mercy, or trample under foot his grace; the soul<\/I> that sinneth<\/I>, and returns not to God by repentance and faith, shall die<\/I>. This is a decree of God that shall never be reversed, and every day bears witness how strictly he keeps it in view.<\/P> <\/P> 3. The ode composed by Moses for this occasion was probably set to some lively and affecting air, and sung by the people. It would be much easier to keep such a song<\/I> in remembrance, than an equal quantity of prose<\/I>. The whole would have the additional circumstances of cadence<\/I> and tune<\/I> to cause it to be often repeated; and thus insure its being kept in memory. Poetry<\/I>, though often<\/I>, nay, generally<\/I> abused, is nevertheless a gift from<\/I> God<\/I>, and may be employed with the best effect in his service. A very considerable part of the Old Testament is written in poetry<\/I>; particularly the whole book of Psalms<\/I>, great part of the prophet Isaiah<\/I>, the Lamentations<\/I>, and much of the minor prophets<\/I>. Those who speak against poetic compositions in the service of God, speak against what they do not understand. All that a man hath should be consecrated to his Maker, and employed in his service; not only the energy<\/I> of his heart<\/I> and mind<\/I>, the physical force<\/I> of his body<\/I>, but also the musical tones<\/I> and modulations of his voice<\/I>.<\/P><\/p>\n For I know thy rebellion and thy stiff neck<\/strong>,…. How rebellious they were against the Lord and his laws, and how unwilling they were to admit the yoke of his commandments to be put upon them, and submit to it; this he had an experience of for forty years past:<\/p>\n behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord<\/strong>; murmuring at his providences, Ex 16:8<\/span>, speaking against his ministers, Ex 16:2<\/span>; breaking his laws, particularly being guilty of idolatry, in making and worshipping the golden calf, Ex 32:8<\/span>; and even now, as in De 31:21<\/span>, were imagining, forming, and framing in their minds something of the same kind, from the time of their coming out of Egypt unto this time they were now on the borders of Canaan; this had all along been their character; see De 9:7<\/span>;<\/p>\n and how much more after my death<\/strong>? When he would be no more with them to instruct and advise them, to caution and reprove them, and to keep them in awe by his authority.<\/p>\n 27. For I know thy rebellion. The reason is given why he passed over the utility of his doctrine, and only cited it as a witness against the Israelites in terms of severity and reproach, viz., because he had found them by experience to be of a “stiff neck,” (of which expression I have spoken elsewhere,) and has no confidence that they will be more tractable hereafter. He argues from the less to the greater; for, if, while such a leader as theirs was alive, they were rebellious, they were likely to assume greater audacity when he was dead. For we know of what avail is the authority of a great and excellent person to restrain the licentiousness of a people. At the same time, Moses does not arrogate so much to himself as to say that the good condition of the people depended upon his presence, but, pointing out their danger, he seeks to render them more obedient after his death. <\/p>\n The melancholy prediction of the man of GOD, which we have lived to see fulfilled, so long and so awful as it is, in the dispersion of the Jews, would be enough to overpower the mind of every serious and truly awakened soul, were we not comforted with the assurance the HOLY GHOST hath given concerning their recovery. It is the cry of every faithful believer, Oh! that the deliverer may arise, to turn away ungodliness from Jacob! LORD! call home thy banished ones. Rom 11:26<\/span> .<\/p>\n I know: Deu 32:20 <\/p>\n stiff neck: Deu 9:6, Deu 32:20, Exo 32:8, 2Ch 30:8, Psa 78:8, Isa 48:4, Act 7:51 <\/p>\n ye have been: Deu 9:24 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 32:9 – a stiffnecked Exo 32:22 – that they are Deu 9:7 – from the day Deu 9:13 – stiffnecked Deu 10:16 – stiffnecked 2Ki 17:14 – but hardened 2Ki 21:15 – since the day 2Ch 24:17 – Now after Neh 9:16 – hardened Psa 75:5 – speak Isa 30:9 – this is Isa 65:2 – a rebellious Jer 22:21 – This Eze 2:4 – they Eze 12:2 – thou Eze 20:13 – rebelled Eze 20:21 – the children Mal 3:7 – from the Mar 10:5 – For Rom 10:21 – a disobedient Heb 9:14 – How<\/p>\n For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? 27. thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck ye have been rebellious ] Cp. 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