Ep 1004 – Deuteronomy 29:1-15
Devotionary Podcast
They stood on the eastern bank of the Jordan, waiting to enter the land God had promised to give them. They knew God’s law and they were painfully aware of the curses and blessings that accompanied either disobedience or obedience. Now, what would they do?
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Ep 1003 – Deuteronomy 28:58-68
Devotionary Podcast
Not only will they experience some of the same plagues that God had brought upon their former taskmasters, but they will find themselves living in the same abysmal conditions their ancestors had experienced.
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Ep 1002 – Deuteronomy 28:52-57
Devotionary Podcast
The self-destructive nature of sin was going to run its full course, producing a kind of barbarism among the people of God that was unthinkable, yet unavoidable. Failure to remain faithful to God was going to prove deadly, in more ways than one.
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Ep 1001 – Deuteronomy 28:36-51
Devotionary Podcast
Moses continues to warn the Israelites about the very real consequences that will accompany their disobedience. Their rebellion against God will force Him to fulfill His promise of judgment. And it will not be a pretty picture when it happens.
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Ep 1000 – Deuteronomy 28:25-35
Devotionary Podcast
Moses presents a prophetic description of the future, complete with the defeat of Israel before her enemies, a plethora of devastating plagues, financial loss, destroyed homes, and domestic ruin. Things are going to go from bad to worse because they will refuse to obey the word of God.
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Ep 999 – Deuteronomy 28:15-24
Devotionary Podcast
The Israelites have a choice to make. And God provides a black-and-white contrast between the two options facing them. They can obey and experience the blessings of God. Or they can disobey and feel the full weight of God’s wrath.
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Ep 998 – Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Devotionary Podcast
If the Israelites will do what God has commanded, they will experience life beyond their wildest imaginations. They will be blessed beyond belief. Even the pagan nations will become jealous when they see all that God does for His chosen people.
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Ep 997 – Deuteronomy 27:11-26
Devotionary Podcast
It seems that God is quite particular about the behavior of His people. He didn’t simply command them to “be holy.” He told them exactly what holiness was to look like in daily life.
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Ep 996 – Deuteronomy 27:1-10
Devotionary Podcast
As they prepared to enter the land promised to them by God, Moses commanded them to construct a stone monument that would serve as a memorial to God’s holiness, as reflected in His law.
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Ep 995 – Deuteronomy 26:12-19
Devotionary Podcast
As Moses prepared the nation of Israel for their imminent entry into the land of Canaan, he wanted them to understand just how important it was that they care for the needy among them.
info_outlineToday, we’re going to be in Matthew 5, verses 17-20. Jesus is going to assure His listeners that what He is teaching is not contrary to the Old Testament Scriptures. It may have sounded radical and revolutionary to their ears, but it was not a departure from God’s law and all that the prophets had written. Jesus wasn’t introducing something that was going to replace the law, it was going to fulfill it. He wasn’t contradicting the writings of the prophets, He was actually the one they had promised would come. The law was God’s revelation of what He expected in terms of right behavior from mankind. It was His brand of righteousness described in great detail. The writings of the prophets were predominantly the call of God for the people of Israel to return to Him. The prophets spoke on behalf of God, calling the disobedient Israelites back to a right relationship with God, through obedience to His law. They could return or face the consequences. They could repent or suffer God’s punishment in the form of captivity and enslavement. But they failed to return and the inevitable happened. But Jesus had come to call the people of God back to God, offering them a better righteousness they could have never produced on their own.