Deuteronomy 23
Wow! Tough one for me today for some reason... I guess the law is tough, after all. It divides (categorizes?) people and this chapter definitely reminds me that the LORD had called Israel to be a separate people, to be His people.
Verses 21-23 bring to mind various vows that I have made, that I am still working on fulfilling. It makes me very nervous knowing that I have not yet succceed in fulfilling them. Dreadful thought: "What if I never can fulfill them?" It causes me to thank God for Jesus! For in Him, all things are possible. And if by chance these rash vows that I have made are never fulfilled through me, I have the promise that through His death, through the sacrfice of His blood, I have been forgiven my sins and receive the promise of eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
The law certainly has a way of driving us to the Gospel for relief! Without the Good News of Jesus Christ, I would be lost and condemned, but with it I have been reconciled in the Kingdom God as His child.
Thanks be to God for sending a Savior to take away the sins of the world! I confess that I am guilty of the shedding of His blood. I thank Him and am eternally grateful that He loves me enough to sacrifice Himself for me and for you.
Wow! Tough one for me today for some reason... I guess the law is tough, after all. It divides (categorizes?) people and this chapter definitely reminds me that the LORD had called Israel to be a separate people, to be His people.
Verses 21-23 bring to mind various vows that I have made, that I am still working on fulfilling. It makes me very nervous knowing that I have not yet succceed in fulfilling them. Dreadful thought: "What if I never can fulfill them?" It causes me to thank God for Jesus! For in Him, all things are possible. And if by chance these rash vows that I have made are never fulfilled through me, I have the promise that through His death, through the sacrfice of His blood, I have been forgiven my sins and receive the promise of eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
The law certainly has a way of driving us to the Gospel for relief! Without the Good News of Jesus Christ, I would be lost and condemned, but with it I have been reconciled in the Kingdom God as His child.
Thanks be to God for sending a Savior to take away the sins of the world! I confess that I am guilty of the shedding of His blood. I thank Him and am eternally grateful that He loves me enough to sacrifice Himself for me and for you.
No comments:
Post a Comment