Some things in our culture may be neutral for the believer, but others are the devil’s weaponry. It was not enough, said the Lord, to destroy the Canaanite idols, nor to remove the groves and high places where the false gods were worshipped. In Deuteronomy 14, He also warned that customs and rituals associated with […]
Read More… from December 27, 2022 — Who Is Keeping The “Keep”?
It’s good to have close family and friends, but they should never be closer than our Lord. In our previous study, we considered God’s warning against false prophets. But Deuteronomy 13 adds two other subtle dangers, where we can be influenced away from the Lord. What happens if “your brother, the son of your mother, […]
Read More… from December 26, 2022 — Dangers Inside And All Around
The saying is true: “A good gardener must not only love flowers; he must also hate weeds.” One reason the Lord Jesus qualified to be God’s ruler is stated as follows: “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness” (Heb 1:9). While the previous chapter warned against the obvious evil of worshiping false gods and maintaining […]
Read More… from December 23, 2022 — Usually A False Prophet Is In It For Profit
Our lives are the interweaving of both history and geography, of both time and place. How often we associate places with key events in our lives. My father delighted to show us his boyhood home in Scotland, the schoolyard where he played, even the shop where he purchased his treats. So in the instructions the […]
Read More… from December 22, 2022 — The Place Which The Lord Chooses
The term “iconoclast” today means a belief denier, but originally described an idol destroyer. Just as God gave a review for His people before they faced the tests in Canaan, I think we would benefit from an overview of the secrets of blessing through obedience. First, consistent obedience will be based on love for the […]
If we don’t sow God’s seeds in children’s hearts, the devil will eagerly sow his weeds there. Deuteronomy 11:18-32 revisits the importance of obedience to the Word of God. “Therefore you shall lay up these words of Mine in your heart and in your soul” (v 18). Not only so, but God’s people have a […]
Like a gambler’s winnings, this world often robs one to enrich another. Not so God’s blessings! The Lord explained to His people about to enter Canaan, “The land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, […]
Read More… from December 19, 2022 — The Parable Of Precipitation
Moses gives a two-part portrait of the Son and Spirit who, in spite of our failures, are always for us. Both at the end of Deuteronomy 9 and here in chapter 10, we are reminded of Moses, the intercessor. What a beautiful picture he is of our TWO intercessors. Remember how many times he had […]
The Ten Commandments show us the difference between simple and easy. They’re simple but not easy! It’s time, says Moses, to think again about the giving again of the Law. Remember that’s the meaning of this book’s name: the giving again of the Law. God had made the first tables of stone (Ex 24:12), “written […]
Read More… from December 15, 2022 — Only One Could Fulfill The Law