APRIL 9, 2023 Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you. This verse is fascinating in […]
APRIL 8, 2023 Deuteronomy 15:6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. As with most promises given to us as God’s people, there is very often an “if” […]
APRIL 6, 2023 Deuteronomy 14:21 You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. There is an interesting comment in Jewish commentary where this particular command is concerned […]
APRIL 5, 2023 Deuteronomy 14:21 You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. I’ll admit right off the bat that this sounds like God told His people […]
APRIL 4, 2021 Deuteronomy 14:1-2 You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead. For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Reading this so […]
APRIL 3, 2023 Deuteronomy 14:3 You shall not eat any detestable thing. As Moses moves onto different issues pertaining to those who are the children of God, it is interesting — maybe even a bid odd — that he addresses what and what not to eat. For several verses, he reiterates what is first laid out […]
APRIL 2, 2023 Deuteronomy 14:2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Before we move on to another topic of discussion, I’d like to address something within this statement that isn’t so […]
MARCH 31, 2023 Deuteronomy 14:1 You are the children of the Lord your God. In light of previous discussions regarding the sons of Belial and the dangers they pose to God’s people, it seems appropriate that Moses would now make the distinction between them and the sons of Elohim. Consequently, we are not to act as others do nor […]
MARCH 29, 2023 Deuteronomy 13:12-14 If you hear someone in one of your cities saying, “Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ ”—which you have not known— then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. So far, this chapter has […]
MARCH 28, 2023 Deuteronomy 13:6, 8 If your brother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers … you shall not consent to him or listen to him. As […]
MARCH 27, 2023 Deuteronomy 13:3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Have you ever wondered why God would allow someone bent on deception and wickedness […]
MARCH 26, 2023 Deuteronomy 13:1-3 If there arises among you a prophet … and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, “Let us go after other gods”—which you have not known— “and let us serve them,” you shall not listen to the […]
