The Greatest Commandment

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Let Gods love

Deuteronomy 6

I don’t know about you, but when I read this passage the first time I thought “that is a lot of things they are told to do.” You shall this, and you shall that, how can you love someone when you are told you have to. In verses 4-19 (at least in the ESV) the […]

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Listen and do, to live

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Listen and do that you may live

Deuteronomy 4

This rather long chapter is an exposition of the first verse “And now, O Israel, listen to the statues and rules that I am teaching you and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your Fathers is giving you.” It calls […]

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Whinging and Wilderness

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Whingeing and wilderness

Deuteronomy 1

Have you ever been on a journey that you couldn’t wait to see the back of? I can recall casually joining my wife for a 5k run a few years ago. I had never run 5k prior to this. And sure enough close to having started, each one of my limbs began to wave the […]

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Moses forbidden to enter

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Encourage the next generation

Numbers 20

On the 6th Feb, we looked at Exodus 17 where the people of God got thirsty and Moses struck a rock and water flowed. Today they are thirsty again and instead of praying, they start moaning again! They are so full of unbelief and a bad attitude – which provokes Moses to make a big […]

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The people rebel

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But

Numbers 14

The spies had brought back to reports of the Promised Land Let us do it We can’t do this even though God has promised The spies had come as representatives of each tribe, so they reports reflected the whole nation. Even going, we discover from the retelling in Deut 1:19-25 was the people’s idea not […]

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Spying out the land

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Grasshopper Theology

Numbers 13

God has already told Moses that the Promised Land he is calling them to flows with “milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8) and he has told the people (Exodus 13:5). When Moses tells the story 40 years later in Deuteronomy he blames the people for the idea of spying out the land. In Numbers 13 God […]

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The day of atonement

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Yom Kippur

Leviticus 16

The day of atonement, known as Yom Kippur in the Jewish tradition, was a particular day in the Old Testament year when sacrifices were made to cover the sins of the Israelite population as a whole. This was such a special occasion that it was also the only day that the High Priest was allowed […]

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Nothing but the blood

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Leviticus 4

It’s a long passage this morning that shows us the seriousness of sin and our need of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. Sin is everything that is inconsistent with God’s righteousness. You may have noticed the words “sins unintentionally” prefacing each category of sinner in the chapter. The provisions here are for people who basically […]

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Generational curses?

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No generational curses

Exodus 34

Verse 7 jumps out of this passage – “visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the third and fourth generation.” This verse along with the first rendition of the ten commandments in ch 20 have been used by Derek Prince and others since to teach generational curses. That is the idea that God curses, punishes […]

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