Josué 24
John Trapp · Citado em PreceptAustin
Josué 24
Trapp - Ye cannot serve the Lord. You that are yet unregenerate, and that would fain make a mixture of religions, cannot serve the Lord; for he must be served like himself, that is, truly, that there be no halting; and totally, that there be no halving; he will not take up with a seeming or slubbering service. "Offer it now to thy prince; will he be pleased with thee or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts." {Mal 1:8} Vance Havner - He must have feared a superficial dedication when he said, "Ye cannot serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:19). At any rate, he committed himself. Whatever else others might do, his mind was made up. (Josh 24:15) (Peace in the Valley) Life Application Study Bible - We are incapable, however, of properly worshiping him because of our rebellion and sins (Josh 24:19) John
Josué 24
Trapp - For he is a holy God.] And requireth to be sanctified in all those that draw near unto him; it will be worse with them else. {Lev 10:3} Neither profaneness nor formal profession will he endure; but least of all idolatry. For he is a jealous God And will not be yoked with idols, neither will he give his glory, which is as his wife, to another. If any cast but a leering look toward it, he shall smart and smoke for so doing. He will not forgive your transgression (pesha') or your sins (chattat/chattath) - This is hyperbole. Of course Joshua is not saying God would not forgive sins, but gives a warning against sinning with impunity. There is also in a sense a warning to be careful not to answer affirmatively too quickly for they would be held accountable by God. Campbell on He will not forgive - Joshua did not mean that God was not a God of forgiveness. He meant that God was not to be worshiped or served lightly, and that to forsake Him deliberately to serve idols would be a presumptuous, willful, high-handed sin for which there was no forgiveness under the Law (Nu 15:30). Such sin would result in disaster. (The Bible Knowledge Commentary) John Trapp - He will not forgive your transgression - Unless you forego them: or if he do forgive them, yet he may take vengeance, temporal vengeance, of their inventions; {Ps 99:8} and for that matter their repentance may come too late. {Dt 1:37 2Sa 12:16} All this Joshua speaketh, not to weaken but to waken their diligence in God’s service. John