March 15 Readings

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Today's reading from Deuteronomy 11-13

Deuteronomy 11 starts with the word love. The word love is mentioned some 21 times in the NIV. We must not forget that behind the Ten Commandments is the motive of love. If we love the Lord our God with all our hearts, soul and strenght, and our neighbor, we would not break the Ten Commandments. Notice the action words again Love the Lord (v.1); remember (2-7); observe (v.8); obey (v.13); be careful (v.16). These words are repeated over and over again for our benefit, because when it comes to the things of God, we are short-sighted. In verse 26 God said to the people, "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse".. everything mentioned from verse 26-32 and in Deuteronomy 27 and 28 is conditional on the word IF. What about us, we should pay attention to the action words we just mentioned and realize that some of the promises of God are conditional, based on a little word such as IF or BUT, etc.

Deuteronomy 12
God has said repeatedly that He is a jealous God, and He is the only one to be worshipped. In this passage, he told the people when they got into Canaan, they ere to destroy all the high places where idols are worshipped. He has warned them only to worship the Almighty God and not idols. Also to discourage idol worship, the people were to have one place of worship.

Deuteronomy 13
He warned about people who would deceive them about worshipping other gods. He warned that He was testing the people whether they would follow the Only True God or follow after other gods. He warned about false prophets, even relatives, spouses, friends who would try to turn away from the One True God. The punishment for deceiving someone away from God was death. What about us, today? We need to be on our guard, because there are false prophets and antichrists who would tell us lies about who God and Jesus is. There are many resources on the Internet, but be very careful about your selction of the site. They may call themselves a Christian Website but in actuality, are heretical. A good site to visit is the Watchman.org website. It exposes false prophets and cults. Another good site is full of resources in how to defend your faith is the CARM site.

Deuteronomy 11 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deuteronomy 12 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deuteronomy 13 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
OT Gateway Links on Deuteronomy
Malik Introduction to Deuteronomy
Malik Argument of Deuteronomy
Israel's Covenant Renewal
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 3 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 4 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Spurgeon's Sermons on Deuteronomy
Biblebb.com Website
Stedman on Deuteronomy and Numbers
Jesus Saves
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