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\nDeu 27:1-8<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, \u201cKeep the whole commandment that I command you today.\u00a0And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster.\u00a0And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.\u00a0And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.\u00a0And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall wield no iron tool on them;\u00a0you shall build an altar to the LORD your God of uncut stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God,\u00a0and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God.\u00a0And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>1 Thessalonians 4:1<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>James 2:10<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Luke 11:28<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But he said, \u201cBlessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Moses finished his preaching to the people of Israel, so there was nothing more to say, other than the simple encouragement to\u00a0do\u00a0what God commanded. It isn\u2019t enough for Israel to be hearers of the word; they must also be\u00a0doers\u00a0of the word. An altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them<\/b>: This was commanded because God did not want the glory of the stone carver to be the center of attention at His altar. God, at His altar, will share glory with no man \u2013 the beauty and attractiveness would be found only in the provision of God, not in any fleshly display. (Guzik)<\/p>\n
The end of the gospel ministry is, and the end of preachers ought to be, to make the word of God as plain as possible. Yet, unless the Spirit of God prosper such labours with Divine power, we shall not, even by these means, be made wise unto salvation: for this blessing we should therefore daily and earnestly pray. (Henry)<\/p>\n
The Gospel of Jesus Christ gives us who believe forgiveness, salvation, redemption, hope, and eternal life. This alone atones for our sin(s). It does not abolish or diminish the commands of God. It gives us reason to study them and know them for the purpose of honoring and glorifying Jesus Christ our savior. The whole Word of God is given to us so that we would learn from it and not be ignorant of what pleases and displeases God, what is honoring and glorifying to Him, what is right and wrong in His sight, and what is good and bad for our souls. Neglect of His Word is no excuse. Busyness of life is no excuse. Saying it is too hard for you to understand is no excuse. “I don\u2019t know where to begin,” is no excuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
I recently was at a wedding and settling around listening to what people (men) were talking about. Football, baseball, basketball, golf, etc\u2026.. They were spewing out facts and figures and stats with expertise. I was amazed at how much they knew about college or professional teams, players, sports, drafts, salaries, winnings, rules, etc\u2026\u2026 It is not wrong to know this stuff. How much time must be engulfed in watching and reading about it? Think about it, these men still had families, jobs, and homes to take special care of. Time is consumed by \/TV, the Internet, and worldly sports and busyness leads to neglect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
What would our lives be like if we intentionally chose to leave the TV shut off or we allotted equal time to study and being in God\u2019s Word, or doing intentional things for God? Habits are hard to break and mindlessly sitting in front of the TV for hours does nothing for your mind or soul other than filling it with something other than the Word of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
There is no excuse for neglect of God\u2019s Word.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
I like listening radio stations of pastors preaching God\u2019s Word. I like to listen to Christian music radio stations. When I listen to the pastors and their proclaiming God\u2019s Word, I listen for truth and that which is fluff. Do they preach deep or are they feeding baby food? Many times they will have studied historical background information and other scriptures that open new thoughts and applications for me also. When I listen to worship songs I listen for sound doctrine in what is in the words they sing. Many times my heart will be filled with rejoicing and praise and overwhelming awe of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
However they are only supplements to my time in God\u2019s Word.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deu 27:1-8\u00a0\u00a0Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, \u201cKeep the whole commandment that I command you today.\u00a0And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster.\u00a0And you shall … Continue reading “52.i. Wilderness – 16.o. \u201cBlessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1012,18133,3205,2916,5647,18130,8849,18132,18129,719,12862,16761,7085,219,18126,10147,18128,65,69,16643,13994,18127,18131,8916],"class_list":["post-189791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-altar","tag-blessed-those-who-hear-the-word-of-god-and-keep-it","tag-command","tag-commanded","tag-commandment","tag-do-so-more-and-more","tag-giving-you","tag-guilty-of-it-all","tag-how-you-ought-to-walk-and-to-please-god","tag-jordan","tag-lord-jesus","tag-lord-you-god","tag-milk-and-honey","tag-moses","tag-mount-ebal","tag-peace-offerings","tag-received-from-us","tag-rejoice","tag-sacrifice","tag-uncut-stones","tag-urge","tag-very-plainly","tag-whole-law","tag-words-of-this-law"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189808,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189791\/revisions\/189808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}