"Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Deuteronomy 32:46-47
In our pastors' Bible reading group we've been in Deuteronomy this week. Coincidentally, I've heard the following said several times this week; "I'm glad that the God of the Old Testament is not the one we worship today". So, there are different Gods in the Bible? Who'd have thought it? Try this for size. This is the same God. The blood and the tough judgement that we read of in Deuteronomy, shows that sin has serious consequences and must be dealt with, but also points to the Father doing that through the blood of Jesus Christ. Yet again, we were all humbled by the enormity of this.
Last weekend was the thirtieth anniversary of the day I consciously decided to follow Jesus Christ. Amazingly, I've been reading Deuteronomy this week. The church where I came to faith spent what seemed like an eternity studying this book in 1979-80. It's my first memory of taking the Bible seriously. How good it has been to be reminded of God's love and grace seen in what seems at first glance to be a difficult book.
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