This coming Sunday I am talking about obedience. What is it, is it important? Why do we find it hard to talk about obedience, is it maybe a spirit of rebellion? Do we do what we do for God out of love or obedience? How do we maintain the healthy balance between love and obedience?…
Author: Norm
i don’t like this chapter
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.” [Deuteronomy 21:21] I am having a tough time connecting this passage to Jesus. The part about marrying the foreign woman, then putting her away…
clinging to God through hard passages
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you…. For the LORD your God is the one who goes with…
mercy trumps justice
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” [Deuteronomy 19:21] In this passage on justice, we see the principle of equitable retaliation. This idea was also found in other cultures at the time. It was a way to promote good order and punish…
the one to listen to
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so. The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. [Deuteronomy 18:14-15]…
His words close to my heart
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he…
a feast for the soul
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “For seven days celebrate the Feast to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.” [Deuteronomy 16:15] The Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths, or…
generous, just like Him
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.” [Deuteronomy 15:10] God’s generosity is an invitation to our own generosity. We love because God loves us, we give…
o praise Him
This is a great video! You have to stick it out to the end to get the full impact. Thanks for sending it Jill, I used in yesterday for the message! I want to have this kind of song playing inside my heart as I go through each day. To be energized by, and motivated…
set apart as God’s treasure!
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.” [Deuteronomy 14:2] The underlying assumption behind all of Moses’ Law is that Israel was God’s specially chosen, specially loved, specially blessed…