All of Is Life Spiritual The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Practice (1) The Law of God speaks to every area of human life. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways….” Deuteronomy 10:12 The ...
Forfeiture of Blessing The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) We may never know some of the rich blessings God has for us. The LORD said, “I have pardoned, according to your word. But truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the ...
Deprivation The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) When we ignore or disobey God’s Law, He can withdraw His blessings. “The LORD will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your ...
Oppression The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) If we won’t help one another, God may employ outsiders. “The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them.” Deuteronomy 28:25 When God’s people fail to hold ...
Judgments The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) God’s people are responsible to exercise judgment with one another. “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.” Deuteronomy ...
Temptation The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) Temptations will come. Will we be ready for them? “So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.” Deuteronomy 8:6 As would have been evident through Israel’s experience in the wilderness, temptations ...
Trials and Tests The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) The discipline of the Lord is typically not pleasant. “And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was ...
The Discipline of the Lord The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (3) God brings discipline to His people in a variety of ways. “Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.” Deuteronomy 8:5 Besides the active spiritual disciplines which are revealed ...
God Is Self-Revealing The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Vision (1) We could not know God unless He deigned to make Himself known to us. The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping ...
God Is Gracious The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Vision (1) The Sovereign God of the Covenant is gracious. “The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the earth. It was not because you were more in ...