Moses has just spoken to the people about NOT believing that their own righteousness has granted them favor with God. Now he revisits their greatest shames. The people failed God MANY times but a couple of them are so noteworthy that Moses uses them to drive his point home. The first and the last are […]
Moses is preparing the people to cross over the Jordan. He tells them of what they will face and warns them not to believe they did this work on their own. When the spies came back from their scouting mission 40 years ago they were correct in informing the people what awaited them in the […]
Moses is sternly warning the people that they have to continue to follow ALL of God’s laws. Remember who brought you here. When I think about the children of Israel in the wilderness I tend to think of all the miracles God performed for them starting with the manna each morning. I forget to factor […]
Moses reminds the people that God has set them apart from the other nations. They are to remain separate, even down to forbidding intermarriage. When we looked at Israel’s numbers we saw them as a large group. But by comparison to the other nations they were still small. This is one reason the first generation […]
Moses has just finished reviewing the Ten Commandments with the people. Now he shares the one thing that holds it all together; the linchpin. The commandments and all of the rules that build upon them would mean nothing without one thing holding them all together. That “thing” is love. God loved us so He set […]
