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\nDeu 4:32-40<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u201cFor ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.\u00a0Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?\u00a0Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?\u00a0To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him.\u00a0Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.\u00a0And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,\u00a0driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,\u00a0know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.\u00a0Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Moses asked Israel to carefully consider\u00a0the days that are past<\/b>, and if God had ever dealt with any other nation the way He had dealt with Israel. Israel needed to know they had a special place in the plan of God. Israel could\u00a0know\u00a0that the LORD was God, because of all the amazing things God did in the life of their nation. In the same way, when we consider how God has touched our lives \u2013 how we have experienced the power to free us from sin, to give us hope when we are discouraged, to heal our bodies, to free our bitter hearts, to answer our prayers, to overcome the most difficult obstacles \u2013 when we consider these things, we can\u00a0know\u00a0that the\u00a0LORD Himself is God<\/b>. Israel heard God\u2019s audible voice from heaven; they saw His holy fire and benefited from His divine choice. They could know this from all God had done for them. \u00a0In light of who God is, and all He did for Israel, obedience to His commands made\u00a0perfect sense. It was simply what should be done. We are fools to disobey such a God of love and power. (Guzik)<\/p>\n
Note this is from the Old Testament while Israel was in the wilderness being encouraged by Moses before going into the Promised Land. The reasoning is pure, right, and true. Fast forward to today. We live with the knowledge of so much more knowledge of God and what He has done over the course of time up to and through the death of the writers of the New Testament. We know of God\u2019s power and love. We have been given precious promises. He sent His one and only Son to redeem us, forgive our sins, and give us eternal life, and we have been given the Holy Spirit to indwell in us to teach, convict, encourage, lead, and guide our thoughts, words, and actions so that we would honor and glorify Jesus Christ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
What punishment awaits those who deny, reject, neglect, and turn their backs on such a great gift of salvation?\u00a0 <\/span>Romans rings true; \u201cMan is without excuse\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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