The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 19:7-25

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The revelation of Jehovah.

I. WHAT IS DEMANDED ERE THE REVELATION CAN BE IMPARTED.

1. The will must be surrendered to God, "All that the Lord hath spoken we will do" (Exodus 19:8).

2. The filthiness of the past must be put away; "Sanctify them" (Exodus 19:10). There must be loathing of, and separation from, sin.

3. There must be a sense of the distance sin has put between the soul and God; "Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it" (Exodus 19:12, Exodus 19:13).

II. HOW THE REVELATION IS IMPARTED.

1. In the awful manifestation of his majesty (Exodus 19:16-19). The first step is the recognition of the livingness and greatness and holiness of God. Hitherto he has been to the soul a name only; now the Creator, the Holy One, against whom and in whose sight all sin has been wrought, the Righteous Judge from whom there is no escape, from whose face death itself affords no covering.

2. In the glorifying of a Mediator, to whom he speaks, and who shall declare him to us. This is reflected in the Christian's experience—

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