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
It’s almost time “to cross over the Jordan” (Deut 9:1), but the Lord has a few things to tell them first. I don’t know about you, but there are some things I don’t like to be told. One is my present weaknesses. A second is my past failures. And the third is upcoming challenges too […]
Read More… from December 14, 2022 — Last Stop: Desperation Station
Remember we talked about remembering? Good! Do you remember what they were to remember? Here’s a pop quiz. What was it that Israel was supposed to remember? Perhaps we can get a checklist for ourselves from this. A checklist is a helpful memory jogger if we want to make sure we don’t forget! And let’s […]
Read More… from December 13, 2022 — Number 1 On The List: Don’t Lose The List!
People who like to think they’re self-made also want to believe this world made itself. What madness! There is a long parenthesis in Deuteronomy 8 (vv 12-16). In it Moses describes what could be an unfortunate result of God’s generosity to Israel. “When you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and […]
Read More… from December 12, 2022 — The Myth Of The Self-made Man
If there are two things we’d rather not have, wouldn’t they be humbling and chastening? Here’s what we read of God’s dealings with Israel: “You shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your […]
Read More… from December 9, 2022 — The Value Of Humbling & Chastening
“When we walk with the Lord in the light of His word, What a glory He sheds on our way!” (J.H. Sammis) If there is one truth that should grip us in these studies, it is this: God’s way is best. I’m not sure why it takes us so long to learn this. As we […]
The West has become like Canaan, with its worship of sex, power, and things. The Judge is at the door! Deuteronomy 7 begins: “When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and […]
Atheists charge God as a war criminal in Canaan. They’re angry with a God they say doesn’t exist! In confronting the difficult subject of God’s judgment on Canaan, described in Deuteronomy 7, we must not charge God foolishly (see Job 1:22). What are some things we know for sure? First, “God shows no partiality. But […]
Read More… from December 6, 2022 — “In Wrath Remember Mercy” (Hab 3:2)