Life Set Before You

Read Deuteronomy 30-33
 
Deuteronomy 30:11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach…14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
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Deuteronomy 32:46-47 he said to them, “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. 47 They are not just idle words for you. They are your life.”
 
AS we conclude Deuteronomy, let’s return to its beginning. Recall “Deuteronomy” means “Second Law.” This law book is Moses’ three sermons recorded to tell Israel – and now us – three central truths: 1) who God is 2) what God has done and 3) what God promises to do, both in blessings and judgment. The generation who rejected God’s command to enter and conquer the Promised Land is dead. Israel’s new generation needed this inspired review of God’s character, power and Word, so they could take to heart all God’s Word.
    Moses’ conclusion in these verses here is the preacher calling Israel to action. Israel two choices: 1) Obey and be blessed. 2) Disobey and be cursed. They have heard the difference. God’s Word has been set before them. Will they receive it to have life and prosperity? Or will they reject it to receive death and destruction?
    What joy to know the Bible is God’s way to set his blessing before us. When a meal is set before you, you have permission to eat  and enjoy. It blesses your body. Think of it! In a like manner, the Triune God had graciously set himself before Israel through the law. Today he has set himself before you! “Take it; this is my body…This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.” (Mark 14:22 & 24) 
    Do you know God’s character, power and promises for your life? Israel had a choice. So do you. Jesus is the Bread of life the Spirit has set before you. Take and eat. Be blessed.  
 
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness 17 so that the people of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 
 
I have added a video teaching: Peter – devoted disciple: https://youtu.be/6yfZCwekvTU