Originally posted: 08/01/2019
“You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?'” (18:21). Continue reading
“You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?'” (18:21). Continue reading
“…for that is a detestable thing to the Lord your God,” (17:1).
Ouch! Detestable… Continue reading
“Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses…” (16:16). Continue reading
“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed,” (15:1-2 ESV). Continue reading
Case: “the actual state of things.”
Conformity: “compliance or acquiescence; obedience.”
“…for the Lord your God is testing you to find out if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,” (13:3). Continue reading
“But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come,” (12:5). Continue reading
Incentive: “something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.”
Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you… (10:12). Continue reading
“Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin,” (9:27). Continue reading