JANUARY 30, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:2-3 You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. If Israel was not to make covenant with the nations in the land, it only stands […]
JANUARY 29, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:2-3 You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. There is a passage in Isaiah addressing the fact that certain members of God’s people decided […]
JANUARY 27, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:24-25 And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us. In this verse Moses stressed that everything God […]
JANUARY 26, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:20-21 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?” then you shall say to your son: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.” Remember […]
JANUARY 25, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. There are several instances in the Scripture where it is recorded that Israel did “evil […]
JANUARY 24, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:8-9 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. In continuing with the theme of internalizing God’s Word for ourselves and teaching it to our children, Moses […]
JANUARY 22, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. In Jewish thinking, the statement above alludes to the notion that God’s Words are to be upon our heart just as certainly as His Words were inscribed by His finger upon the two tablets of stone. Interestingly, the […]
JANUARY 21, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:5-6 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. Yesterday, we addressed the fact that true followers of the Messiah should be motivated to obey Him because we love Him. […]
JANUARY 20, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:5-6 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. In Judaism, the phrase “And you shall love” is known as the v’ahavta –- literally, the “And you shall love.” It […]
JANUARY 19, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. In Hebrew, the word Sh’ma (“hear”) is written with the Hebrew letters shiyn, mem and ayin. The Hebrew word echad (“one) is written with the letters alef, chet […]
JANUARY 18, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These verses, known as the Sh’ma, essentially sum up the first two commandments given to Israel at Mount Sinai. Just to refresh our memories, they are, “I am […]
JANUARY 17, 2023 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. After relating the Ten Commandments to the next generation of Israelites, Moses proceeded to declare to them the fundamental creed of Israel — six Hebrew words that are […]