Monday, July 29, 2013

Deuteronomy 5-9

So be careful to do
what the Lord your God has commanded you;
do not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Walk in all the ways
that the Lord you God has commanded you,
so that you may live and prosper
and prolong your days in the land
that you will possess.
(Deuteronomy 5:32-33)

Fear the Lord your God,
and serve Him only
and take your oaths in His name.
Do not follow other gods,
the gods of the peoples around you;
for the Lord your God,
who is among you,
is a jealous God
and His anger will burn against you . . ..
Be sure to keep the commands
of the Lord your God
and the stipulations and decrees He has given you.
Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight,
so that it may go well with you . . ..
(Deuteronomy 6:13-15, 17-18)

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God,
He is the faithful God,
keeping His covenant of love
to a thousand generations of those who love Him
and keep His commands.
(Deuteronomy 7:9)

Remember how the Lord your God
led you all the way in the desert these forty years,
to humble you and to test you
in order to know what was in your heart,
whether or not you would keep His commands.
He humbled you,
causing you to hunger
and then feeding you with manna,
which neither you nor your fathers had known,
to teach you that man does not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Your clothes did not war out
and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
(Deuteronomy 8:2-4)

It is not because of
your righteousness or your integrity
that you are going in to take possession of their land;
but on account of the wickedness of these nations,
the Lord your God will drive them out before you,
to accomplish what He swore to your fathers,
to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Understand then,
that it is not because of your righteousness
that the Lord your God
is giving you this good land to possess,
for you are a stiff-necked people.
(Deuteronomy 9: 5-6)

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