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THE WORK OF GOD’S LAW EMPHASISED
LORD’S DAY, DECEMBER 12
Deuteronomy 30:1-10

Jeremiah 31:31-34

 

“And they shall teach no more…
saying, Know the LORD:

for they shall all know me…”

 

THE WORK OF GOD’S LAW EMPHASISED
 
Moses conveyed to Israel everything that the Lord told him to. Again, he emphasised the work of God’s Law and reminded Israel that the Word of God is always true. All the promises of God will come to pass and God will bring His people to repentance. The Word of God will always be available to His people and it was delivered purposely to be within their reach. Moses admonished the people to choose life and satisfaction in the Lord.
 
The promises of God in the Law will come to pass. When blessings and curses are fulfilled, they will remember what the Lord told them. Israel had been warned of the punishment of captivity as part of the curse that would befall them when they disobeyed the voice of the Lord. This would be a painful experience. A captive is a person destitute of any freedom or rights. Israel had that indignity in Egypt. The captives are subjected to the will of their captors, they are usually compelled to render hard labour, tortured and offered little food. That kind of life is miserable and the means to freedom is obscure. Israel would be sentenced to this kind of life in the hands of foreigners. When they would return to the Lord in repentance and obey His voice again, God would bring them back from all nations where they were scattered. That would be a relief and a time of joy for them. Moses stressed that promise in Deuteronomy 30:4-5: “If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.” This regathering would be far greater than the way the Lord brought them out of Egypt.
 
In repeating these words, Moses emphasised the point he was making. Listen and do what the Lord says, and avoid punishment!
 
THOUGHT: The Law given will judge the rebellious.

PRAYER: Father, may I live with expectation of blessings, not cursing.

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