The Value of Land The value of land depended on good stewardship. Leviticus 25:25-28 “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold. If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and ...
Stewards of the Land The earth, we must remember, is the Lord’s. Leviticus 25:23, 24 “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the country you possess, you shall allow a redemption of the land.” Love for ...
Motivated by Love Pure love must motivate our obedience to God’s Law. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you ...
The Lord Is One There is only one God, and He is the Lord. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I ...
Grace, Faith, Obedience, and Promise These are all of a piece with one another. Deuteronomy 6:1-3 “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, ...
Full, Complete, Careful Obedience Once again, for emphasis. Deuteronomy 12:32 “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.’” 1 Corinthians 4:6; Revelation 22:18, 19 God cannot emphasize enough the importance of full, complete, and continuous obedience to His Law. Israel was to ...
Consider This Remember the discipline of the Lord. Deuteronomy 11:1, 2 “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of ...
How Thorough Our Obedience? What it means to “keep” God’s Law. Deuteronomy 11:1, 2 “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider ...
How the Divine Economy Works It’s grace, grace all the way. Deuteronomy 11:1, 2 “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider ...
Blessings All Around God’s promise of blessing flows through obedience. Deuteronomy 10:17-19 “For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the ...