(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 13:1-18) Moses’ instructions to Israel were clear, if anyone tries to entice, convince, suggest to them saying, “let us go and worship other gods,” then they need to be shown no pity, put to death, purged from amongst them, and utterly destroyed. Perhaps when we read this, we think to ourselves, is this […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 12:1-32) The Israelites are going into a land where the places, customs, traditions, and ways of worshiping their gods were already established. However, Israel was not to worship their way nor their gods, but to worship the Lord His way, and worship the one true God. Moses instructed Israel saying, 4 You must […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 11:18-32) 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 11:1-17) The Israel that Moses addressed in Deuteronomy was the new generation, those that for the most part grew into adulthood in the wilderness. Moses was not addressing those that died in the wilderness, and those that were born in the wilderness and still children, or some future yet to be born generation, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 10:12-22) 12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands and […]
(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 […]