Deuteronomy 7:1~11
Today’s passage gives reasons why the Israelites should keep the word, decree, and law of God, and describes the results to be gained when they obey this command.
# Who is God like?
Vv.6~11 God specially chose the Israelites and made them His own holy people. The amazing part is the reason He chose them. He chose them because they were the fewest of all nations and because He loved them and kept the oath He swore to their forefathers. These amazing reasons are also applied to us today. God chose us and revealed to us that He was great, mighty, and abudant (1Co 1:26,27 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called：
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;), not because we were worthy, but because we were the fewest, least, weakest, and most needy. Do you give glory to God by living a life worthy of the calling as God’s holy people and inheritance.
# What lesson is God teaching me?
Vv.1~5 God’s amazing love toward Israel is reversely represented as fierce wrath toward those against Him. When the Israelites conquered Canaan, God told them to completely and mercilessly destroy the land. God wants to judge the oveflowing sins of Canaan and prevent Israel from being assimilated with its idols. As Christans in this world, we have to denounce and destroy those who take us away from our faith in God. What are the worldly factors that you do not destroy and now influence on you? How do you obey the Word to destroy them?
Prayer
Please, let me live faithfully according to the Word everyday, and live as a person set apart under the reign of the Holy Spirit.
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