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SAVING GRACE WAS PREACHED BY MOSES
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Deuteronomy 30:11-20
John 5:39-47
“For had ye believed Moses,
ye would have believed me:
for he wrote of me.”
SAVING GRACE WAS PREACHED BY MOSES
Israel will turn to the Lord and obey His commandments. The grace of the Lord is shown in the expressions that Moses used as he spoke to Israel. Their repentance would lead to God forgiving them. He would freely forgive them and accept them as His children.
Grace is the offer that runs through this narrative of God’s redemption. The gospel stands on this principle. The Lord saves us not for the good that we have done, but only by His grace and mercy.
Moses was preaching the same not only in this instance but also through the prescribed offerings. The offer of the Passover lamb, for example, was not that the blood of the lamb could take away sins per se but it is the grace of God that saves. The offering is a picture of the offer of the Son of God as a substitute for our sins. The Lord promised to bless and prosper the nation Israel in every aspect of their life and labour. In this, their repentance must be clear. They will turn to the Lord and keep all the words written in the Law. This is always the expectation because repentance must be supported by fruits meet for repentance. It was expected of Israel and it is expected of us also today: our profession of repentance must be supported by our actions.
The words of the Lord are within reach of His people. The Lord made it possible for all Israel to hear His voice when He pronounced the commandments in Mt Sinai. He delivered the written tables of stone to Moses. The priests and the Levites were appointed to be teachers of these commands. God’s commands were not beyond their reach, but were available to them. The Lord had ensured that they all could hear the words that He delivered to Moses. God’s Word was near to their heart, and they could obey it. Moses, as a prophet of God, faithfully conveyed to them everything that the Lord wanted them to hear.
THOUGHT: Salvation is by grace from the beginning to the end.
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for saving me through my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.