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HONEST TRADE AND VENGEANCE AGAINST ENEMIES
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Deuteronomy 25:13-19
Psalm 95:1-3
“Thy testimonies are very sure:
holiness becometh thine house,
O LORD, for ever.”
HONEST TRADE AND VENGEANCE AGAINST ENEMIES
Deuteronomy 25:13-16 teaches that correct measures must be used in commerce and at home. A bag of diverse measures was not allowed. This was to prevent stealing from unsuspecting customers. Any business dealing had to be clean and honest. The traders were not allowed to use divers measures. God was helping Israel to create a workable economic system. All the weights were to be just or else it would be an abomination before God. Israel had to adhere to these rules to safeguard their welfare and do justice one to another in the trading of their goods. God was concerned and He wanted them to lack nothing as they settled in the new land. Where God is the Leader, there must be decency and order.
In Deuteronomy 25:17-19, Moses instructed on vengeance against the enemies of Israel. They were to remember the treatment that Amalek showed them as they fought them when they came out of Egypt. They wanted to prevent them from going to Canaan and the Lord fought for Israel and defeated them (Exod 17:8ff). They smote Israel and feared not the Lord. The Lord would eventually give their land to Israel. The Amalekites would finally be blotted out as the Lord commanded Israel to do.
The laws given here were measures to safeguard sanity in their society. Believers must always adhere to the biblical moral code. Love the Lord Jesus Christ and look to God for greater blessing. Jesus said that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and no man can go to the Father but by Him (John 14:6). The gospel as revealed in the New Testament is the reference point for all believers to lead them in the right path.
The lessons that Moses taught Israel in the sermons in Deuteronomy were his last words before he died. He was conveying God’s message to Israel, and they were to adhere to God’s Word.
THOUGHT: Moses was a great teacher after the pattern of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father, give me always a clear comprehension of the lessons taught in Thy Word.