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John Gill's Exposition on Luke 1:74
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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That he would grant unto us, etc.] What is said in this and the following verse, is the substance of the promised mercy, covenant, and oath: that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, as before, in (<420171>Luke 1:71) might serve him without fear. One principal end of deliverance from spiritual enemies by Christ, is the service of God; and nothing lays a greater obligation on men to serve the Lord, and glorify him, than redemption by Christ; nor is there any thing that makes men more zealous of good works: spiritual and evangelical service, in distinction from the legal service, and worship of God, is here meant; since it is said to be “without fear”, which the threatenings and curses of the law filled men with; but being delivered from it, they become free from that spirit of bondage unto fear, it genders to; as being delivered also from sin and Satan, they are without fear of hell and damnation; and from the world, they are without fear of men; and from death, they are without fear of that, through which many under the legal dispensation, were all their lifetime subject to bondage. It is a saying of the Jews f95, that: “greater is he that serves from love, than he that serves from fear.” But such sort of service is not of a man's self, or performed by his own power and strength, but is a “grant” from God, and owing to the influence of his Spirit and grace.
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