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ISRAEL IS REQUIRED TO FULFIL HER PART
LORD’S DAY, AUGUST 22
Deuteronomy 7:15-26

Philippians 1:27-28

 

“Only let your conversation be as it

becometh the gospel of Christ…”

 

ISRAEL IS REQUIRED TO FULFIL HER PART
 
The eternal destiny of Israel would be misery if they allowed themselves to be overtaken by sin and depart from the Lord. In the subsequent years of their history, Solomon the king would be overtaken by the temptation to marry foreign women. He yielded and took to himself one thousand women. The Scripture says that these women turned his heart away from the Lord. The nation paid dearly for that transgression. When Moses gave these warnings, he told Israel that the anger of the Lord would be kindled against them and He would destroy them. They must obey the Lord and live.
 
They were commanded to destroy all their idols and altars with fire. When people practise false religions without restraint, they will be led to self-destruction. Most satanic cults involve human sacrifice, deceit, murder and every kind of gross misconduct. Recently, a man in Kenya murdered his entire family (a wife and three children) and then killed himself. There are many other such stories. The command to Israel to keep away from idolatry and to destroy every appearance of it in the land of Canaan was because of all the evils associated with it. God had chosen Israel to demonstrate His glorious majesty. Moses said this of them in verse 6: “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.” The coming of Christ also gives the same privilege to people of all nations who believe in Him. This fulfils the promise of the Lord to Abraham that the people of all nations would be blessed in him. Peter referred to all believers and said the same words that Moses used to refer to Israel. This is the blessedness of coming to Christ today. The apostle said, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” (1 Pet 2:9). As the Lord loved Israel and chose them by grace only, the same love is extended to all who believe in the Son of God.
 
THOUGHT: God has done His part, it is man’s duty to do his.

PRAYER: Father, may I ever strive to fulfil my responsibility.

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