Category: Deuteronomy
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Forfeiting the blessings of God
Deuteronomy 5:29 “Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would…
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He dwells in the bush
Deuteronomy 33:13-16 “Blessed by the Lord be his land . . . with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwells in the bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.” Deuteronomy 33 records the last words of Moses…
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Jeshurun
Deuteronomy 32:15 “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.” How insidious are the temptations that can worm their way into the believer’s life to hinder him or her spiritually. One of those temptations is to complain in the face…
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The whole counsel of God
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” The verse above is a good one to think about with respect to how one is to interpret what the Bible says. One observation is…
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How much is enough?
Deuteronomy 26:16-19 “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep His statutes and His commandments and his…
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Lost sheep
Deuteronomy 22:1-4 “You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. . . You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way and ignore them. You shall help him to lift them up again.” Throughout the book of Deuteronomy, God gave Israel various rules…
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Called to generosity
Deuteronomy 15:11 “For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’” Unfettered generosity is one of the clear marks of the godly. It’s what God is like and it’s how…
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The simple life
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am…
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Hills and valleys
Deuteronomy 11:11-12 “But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, a land that the Lord your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the…
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The incredible mercy of God!
Deuteronomy 9:6-7 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of…
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