Deuteronomy 9:4 KJV
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy 9:6-7 KJV
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 9:24 KJV
Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
I love verse 24. What a “pastorly” thing to say to your congregation!
But the lesson is clear; we are never to forget that we are sinners. We, who are Christians, have one and only one claim to righteousness, and that is the blood of Jesus Christ. We are not righteous except that God sees the righteousness of God in those of us who have placed saving faith in Christ.
This does not excuse us to live any way we choose.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 KJV
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
God requires that His children "fear the Lord thy God and walk in all His ways." We are to be obedient and godly. But we are never to believe that we are righteous outside of the blood of Jesus Christ.
We are never to view ourselves as better than others
We are never to judge ourselves as more worthy than another
We are never to entertain the idea that we have earned the favor of God
We are as sinful as the vilest. We have only been blessed to have seen Christ's blood as the means of forgiveness before God.
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy 9:6-7 KJV
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 9:24 KJV
Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
I love verse 24. What a “pastorly” thing to say to your congregation!
But the lesson is clear; we are never to forget that we are sinners. We, who are Christians, have one and only one claim to righteousness, and that is the blood of Jesus Christ. We are not righteous except that God sees the righteousness of God in those of us who have placed saving faith in Christ.
This does not excuse us to live any way we choose.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 KJV
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
God requires that His children "fear the Lord thy God and walk in all His ways." We are to be obedient and godly. But we are never to believe that we are righteous outside of the blood of Jesus Christ.
We are never to view ourselves as better than others
We are never to judge ourselves as more worthy than another
We are never to entertain the idea that we have earned the favor of God
We are as sinful as the vilest. We have only been blessed to have seen Christ's blood as the means of forgiveness before God.
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