(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 10:1-11) At that time the Lord said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark. Deuteronomy is the second law. No, not a law different from the first one, but a repetition of the law. The Law […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 9:1-29) If we as the church, as Christians, receive any blessings from the Lord, let us not think for one moment that it is what we have earned or deserved. This is the warning that Moses also gave to Israel. Moses said, 4 After the Lord your God has driven them out before […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 8:1-20) Is it possible that we continue to misunderstand God’s Law? Is it because when we see the word Law, that we think only of rules, regulations, and punishment? However, for those of us that love the Lord, is the Law only those things, or is it more than that? Is it also […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 7:12-26) Wouldn’t it have been wonderful if the Promised Land was a completely new piece of land, untouched and uninhabited? What if Canaan was like Eden, a paradise just waiting for Israel to take possession of it, like a brand new gift ready to be opened and enjoyed? Unfortunately, it was not so. […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 7:1-11) The Israelites were the chosen people of God not because they were the most deserving or the greatest of all the nations on earth. They were the chosen people of God, because God loved them and because God made a promise to their ancestors. This shows us God’s faithfulness rather than any […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 6:1-25) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Hear, O Church: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one. Hear, O Church means that we are to listen, to open our ears, and not only our ears but to open our hearts as well. The Lord our […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 5:23-33) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.” When Israel saw that God spoke to Moses and that he lived, not perishing in the glory and majesty of the fire of the […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 5:1-22) Although most of the people that were gathered together to hear Moses declare the Ten Commandments in their hearing were not alive during the time when the commandments were first declared on Mount Sinai (Horeb), yet what is interesting is that Moses doesn’t just address those that were in the past, who […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 4:25-49) 32 Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? What a powerful statement […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 4:1-24) In today’s Scripture, we see Moses gather the Israelites together to prepare their hearts to once again receive the Ten Commandments. This new generation, the generation ready to enter into the Promised Land, need to hear what the Lord gave through Moses on Mount Sinai, to renew their covenant with God, and […]