Podcast Introduction

Being  Monday, we’ll read from the Law. Deuteronomy 7-9. I’m calling today’s episode “Remember."

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Comments on Deuteronomy 7-9

As we often read here in Deuteronomy and other places in the Old Testament, God tells the people what He will do, and then He reminds them…many times. And He tells them what He did, and then He reminds them what He did, many times. 

Why does He do that? Why does God repeat Himself so much? Because they forget. Over and over again, they forget. And when it isn't forgetfulness, they simply choose to ignore Him. They go their own way willingly. They rebel.

Crazy, right? 

No, not crazy. Just sinful. Why are they sinful? Because they are human beings. And being human, they have a sin nature. 

Which makes them...just like you and me. We, too need to be reminded repeatedly what the Lord said, what He did, and what He will do. We are no different than the children of Israel of the Old Testament. At least as far as our basic nature is concerned.

But those of us who have become followers of Jesus, those of us who have a real relationship with Him, those of us who are Christians have something that they did not. We have the Holy Spirit living in us. And we are no longer slaves to sin, as Paul said in Romans. 

But, as God said through Moses in Deuteronomy chapter nine, verse four, "...do not say in your heart, ‘The Lord has brought me in to take this land because I am right and good.’" That, beloved, is the sin of pride, which gets us into all kinds of trouble.

We are not saved because of anything we did, or because we deserved it. We are recipients of God's grace only because of His goodness and His love. He did not call us because He needs us, He called us because we need Him.

Which is why we must stay close to Him. We are like the children of Israel in that we have to be reminded over and over again who God is, what He said, what He did, and what He will do. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He gave His Son, that we might live. He gave us His Word, that we might know Him. He has made it possible to live lives that are pleasing to Him, that He might bless us if we follow Him and determine in our hearts that we *will* follow Him. Not that we will never stumble, because we will. But we must quickly seek is forgiveness. And we know from 1 John 1:9 that "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Not because we deserve it, but because of His grace.

Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 7 NASB; Ch. 8 NET; Ch. 9 NLV

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