Our Daily Scripture – 3/23/23

SCRIPTURE:  DEUTERONOMY 11

BIBLE VERSES:

“Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.” (Deuteronomy11:1)

“ Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 11:8-9)

“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil.  I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.” (Deuteronomy 11:13-15)

“If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him— then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.” (Deuteronomy 11:22-23)

“ See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse— the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today;  the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.” (Deuteronomy 11:26-28)

LOVE AND OBEY THE LORD (vs. 1-32)(

PAST HISTORY THAT THE ISRAELITES HAD EXPERIENCED:

  1. God’s majesty, his mighty hands, his outstretched arms.
  2. Signs and miracles He performed in Egypt
  3. What He did to the Egyptian army horses and chariots at the Red Sea.
  4. What he did to Dothan and Abiram when the earth opened its mouth to swallowed them up and everything that belonged to them.

BENEFITS OF OBSERVING ALL THE COMMANDS OF GOD.

  1. They have the strength to go in and take over the land (v. 8)
  2. They may live long in the land the Lord gave them. (v. 9)
  3. He will send rain for them to harvest grain, new wine and oil. (v. 14)
  4. He will provide grass in the fields for their cattle and they will eat and be satisfied (v. 15)

CURSE OF DISOBEYING HIS COMMANDS:

He will shut the heaven with no rain and no produce from the ground.

 

HOW TO REMEMBER GOD’S COMMAND:

  1. Fix His words in your hearts and mind. (v. 18a)
  2. Tie them as symbols on your hands . (v. 18b)
  3. Bind them on your foreheads. (v.018c)
  4. Teach them to your children. (v. 19a)
  5. Talking about them when you sit at home, when you walk along the road, when you lie down and get up. (v. 19b)

God set 2 choices for the Israelites:

  1.  Blessings to be proclaimed on Mt. Gerizim if they obey His commands.
  2.  Curse to be proclaimed on Mt. Ebal if they disobey and turn from the way of His command by following other gods.

THOUGHTS:

First, God reminded the people of Israel what He did for them.  Then, He asked them to obey His commands for strength and protection.  Lastly He promised blessings for obedience and curse for disobedience

REAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FIND PEACE AND FULFILL GOD’S EXPECTATION:

  1.  Fear God.,
  2.  Follow His commands.
  3.  Love Him with all your heart.
  4.  Worship Him with respect.
  5. Live according to His will.