Reminders Deuteronomy 17 – another chapter – more laws. Is this relevant today? Let me share some thoughts… The chapter’s opening verses (1-7) begin by admonishing the Israelites how to worship God and keep His covenant. Now I realize in the 21st century we don’t sacrifice animals or stone people for breaking laws. Christ became … Read More
Month: August 2014
Deuteronomy 17
17 “You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God. 2 “If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in … Read More
Deuteronomy 16
Passover 16 “Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the Lord will choose, to make his name dwell there. 3 You shall eat no leavened … Read More
Deuteronomy 16 Devotion
Chapter 16 begins with the reading of The Passover. It was during this time that God’s people recalled how God had been their Savior. God had miraculously brought them out of Egypt. As we continue reading The Festival of Weeks and The Festival of Tabernacles, there were two things that stand out. In verse 11 … Read More
Deuteronomy 15
The Sabbatical Year 15 “At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord‘s release has been proclaimed. 3 Of a foreigner you may exact it, but … Read More
Deuteronomy 15 Devotion
Open Your Hand Deuteronomy 15:7-15 The fact that there will always be poor people among us in this broken world is not an excuse for apathy. Rather, the presence of poverty calls us and gives us an opportunity to show openhandedness toward the poor. The blessings we have in our hands from God are to … Read More
Deuteronomy 14
Clean and Unclean Food 14 “You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. 2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. … Read More
Deuteronomy 14 Devotion
Distinguishing Provision Most of Deuteronomy 14 talks about eating certain animals. Experts disagree about why God rejected particular ones. But of real importance isn’t why certain animals were chosen, but that God selected any. Since food is necessary for life to continue, God gave regulations so that every time the Israelites sat down to eat, … Read More
Deuteronomy 13
13 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 andthe sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ 3 you shall not listen to the words of … Read More
Deuteronomy 13 Devotion
Our text gives several commands from God: It is the Lord your God you must follow, and Him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey Him; serve Him and hold fast to Him.” So many people want us to follow their lead and obey their voice. Only God alone has proved himself faithful and … Read More