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What does God expect of us?

March 26, 2016 by untilfulllight

When reading the Old Testament, one of the most frequent questions people ask is “Why?”

Why does God judge so harshly?

Why does he command entire groups of people to be killed?

Why does he allow his own people to suffer and go into captivity?

These are all valid questions and similar to many we might ask today. To help answer these questions and before we completely leave Deuteronomy (though I realize you’ve probably already finished it in the yearly reading plan), it’s important to remember as you read the rest of the Old Testament a key teaching in the book and that is: the importance of God’s covenant with his people.

A covenant has two sides

It’s easy to forget that God’s covenants, his agreements with his people to care for and save them are not one-sided.  God’s love, grace, and saving power are unconditional in that once you are one of his people, either his chosen nation or as a believer in Jesus today, you will always be his. However, as a child of God, he has certain expectations of what your behavior should be.

There are also consequences if your behavior does not follow this commands. This is the reality that answers many of the questions we have.Continue Reading

God as your only inheritance

March 19, 2016 by untilfulllight

The past few weeks  as we read through Numbers and Deuteronomy, you’ve seen how God progressively called the priests from the tribe of Levi, how he gave them specific tasks, specific clothes to wear, and ways to act. After all of this he consecrated them for their work at the tabernacle. They were honored above the other tribes in their service to the Tabernacle.

Like all the other tribes they were no doubt looking ahead to the promised land, to having a place of their own after being slaves for generations. Trekking across the dusty desert, maybe they dreamed of a little patch of land with a home that they didn’t have to take down and move and maybe a little garden or vineyard.

Then God told them something they probably didn’t want to hear.Continue Reading

From the path

"The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day." Prov.4:11

We won't see things clearly until we see our Lord, but on the path to that full light, we have the Bible as our light and guide. For much of my life I've tried to study, share, and teach the Bible. This blog pulls together many of those attempts, not as a final answer to any of the topics, but perhaps as a first gleam of dawn to help others on their journey.

Yvon Prehn

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