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A Deliberate Choice
Commentators explain that Joshua's command to 'choose' isn't offering a neutral option to abandon God. Instead, as John Calvin argues, it's a powerful rhetorical tool to force the Israelites to make a serious, heartfelt commitment. True service to God must be a willing and deliberate choice from the heart, not a coerced or thoughtless act.
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 24:15
18th Century
Theologian
Choose - Service of God in sincerity and truth can only result from a free and willing allegiance of the heart. This accordingly is what Jos…
Charles Ellicott
On Joshua 24:15
19th Century
Bishop
The Amorites. —Here used generically for the inhabitants of Canaan.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
John Calvin
On Joshua 24:15
16th Century
Theologian
And if it seem evil unto you, and so on. It seems here as if Joshua were paying little regard to what befits an honest and right-hearted l…
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John Gill
On Joshua 24:15
17th Century
Pastor
And if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord
Irksome and troublesome, a burden, a weariness, and not a pleasure and …
Matthew Henry
On Joshua 24:15–28
17th Century
Minister
It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle from which all a…