...the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. (2,) The terrors of the Lord. See what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God!—H, LOT'S WIFE.—We have here the sin of Lot's wife: she looked back from behind him....

...which caused Israel to sin, at once suggest to us, how grievous a thing is the anger of the LORD, and what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living GOD. - The whole record of GOD'S dealings with man, whether we study it in His revealed word,...

...condemned. ' Juste judicate filii hominum:' yet, when ye shall judge, minister your justice with mercy. ' A fearful thing it is, to fall into the hands of the living God :' be ye learned, therefore, in true knowledge, ye that judge the earth; lest the Lord be...

...appreciate the justifying grace which brings him back to the regions of hope. He only who hath felt what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of a God of justice, can feel what a delightful thing it is to repose with a confident security in the...

...made sensible of the guilt of their apostasy from God, and of their actual sins in that state, and what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God, — seeking thereon after a real solid foundation whereon they may be accepted with him,...

..." Ahaz, king of Israel; for HE MADE JUDAH NAKED." (v. 19) These appalling events do indeed show us what " a fearful " thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God." Though He is " the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and " gracious, longsuffering, and abundant...

...His righteous retribution. If they continue in sin, they can know only in their bitter experience " what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God." " He will burn them up together." He is to all such " a consuming fire." But our motto-verse...

...by their deliverance from Egypt. Yet, in the smiting of Rahab and wounding of the dragon, they saw what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God. Sinai was a display of terrible majesty which made even their lawgiver himself exceedingly...

...heads, as a heavy burden which they cannot bear, crushing them down to the dust, and making them to feel what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God. But, erelong, the raging storm is changed into a great calm, and the righteousness of the...

...might be added nearer our own times did our room permit. These, however, are sufficient to show us what a fearful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God, and how fruitless and awful it is to oppose His designs. Parental Affection. — "The joys...