4 They didn't see what the Lord did to the armies of Egypt and to their horses and chariots-how he drowned them in the Red Sea as they were chasing you. He destroyed them, and they have not recovered to this very day!
Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1 John 5:3. Moses recounts some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes had seen. What our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, should affect us, and make us better long afterwards.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:4
Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:1-7
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Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1 John 5:3. Moses recounts some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes had seen. What our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, should affect us, and make us better long afterwards.