Deut 28 and 29 God’s Plan God’s plan is pretty simple: obedience leads to blessing and disobediences leads to curses. His love is deep and wide. It extends not to just the Jew, but to each Gentile believer as well. Not only is that true, but His love and His principle for life is as […]
Deut 23 “Be Creative as you Love Your Neighbor.” Both Moses and Jesus taught us that we are to love God with all our heart, soul, and strength, and secondly, love our neighbor as ourselves. Paul taught the Thessalonians that same principle; meet the needs of those who are your brothers and sisters in the […]
Deut 17 God knew the Israelite kings would lose sight of Him because most of their wants were selfish. That is why God gave the king some parameters to keep their focus heavenward, not here on earth. Like the king, the Israelites were not satisfied with just manna. They wanted meat a.k.a. horses, women, and […]
Deut 14 to 16 We set aside different dates to remember various events, and soon we will remember the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord. God set aside dates so the Israelites would recall events in their past and how the God of their provision was a God of promise. It is a privilege […]
Deut 11 to 13 Over and over, Moses has warned the people to listen and heed the words of the Lord. It is He who brought them out of the land of Egypt, a land of bondage. Looking ahead, he could see a time when they would instead do what is right in their own […]
Deut 4 God is… The world shouts out and questions: who is God? They respond that God is love, and He is—but Moses set the record straight when he reminded the Israelites that “The Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.” [Deut 4:24] Moses reminded them that one of the […]
Deut 1 There will always be those who seek to discourage us in the battle that God has set before us. God permitted the Israelites to “spy” out the land. They brought back evidence to God’s gracious words of a land of milk and honey. They saw the evidence, but it was not enough. The […]
Numbers 36 “A Sticky-Wicket Problem or Not? Zelophehad had been a devoted father, but he had no sons, only daughters. We know he was faithful because the daughters eulogized him in chapter twenty-seven; “Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the […]
Numbers 33 From Genesis to Revelation, God desires a holy people. As Israel’s people near the end of their wilderness wandering, Moses takes them aside to remind them of this premise. They must purge the land of the idolaters and their idols. “Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high […]
Numbers 32:23 Some men from Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh saw the land on the east side of the Jordan, and, like Lot earlier, they wanted to settle there because it was ideal for cattle. As Moses listened to their argument, he became angry because these choices would discourage the other tribes. Like Lot, they were […]
