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June 23 - Deuteronomy 13 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's the start of a new week.
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  It's Monday, it's the 23rd of June, and you have decided that
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  now is the time to spend a little moment with God's Word
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  punctuating your day, to give God the space and the time to
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  speak into your life. Oh, good for you friends.
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  That is a great idea and I am going to do it with you.
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  This week. We will continue reading through
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  the book of Deuteronomy before we take a little break in the
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  middle of the book to read some love poetry.
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  Oh, that's going to be lovely. But between now and then we are
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  going to cover a couple more of the commandments today and
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  tomorrow Moses will talk through what it means not to misuse
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  God's name, and then we'll round out the weak thinking about
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  keeping the Sabbath holy. So Moses, he's going to speak
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  through time and space, not just to those people about to enter
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  God's promised land, but to you and me, friends, as we think
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  about how we honour God in the way that we live.
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  So let's do it, shall we? Let us unpack the third
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  commandment together with God's people Israel, as we read
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  together Deuteronomy chapter 13. Suppose there are prophets among
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  you are those who dream dreams about the future, and they
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  promise you signs or miracles, and the predictive signs or
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  miracles occur. If they then say, Come, let us
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  worship other gods, gods you have not known before, do not
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  listen to them. The Lord God is testing you to
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  see if you truly love Him with all your heart and soul.
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  Serve only the Lord your God and fear Him alone.
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  Obey His commands, listen to His voice, and cling to Him.
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  The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you
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  astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against
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  the Lord your God, who redeemed you from slavery and brought you
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  out of the land of Egypt. Since they try to lead you
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  astray from the way the Lord your God commanded you to live,
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  you must put them to death. In this way you will purge the
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  evil from among you. Suppose someone secretly entices
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  you, even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife,
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  or your closest friend, and says, Let us go worship other
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  gods, gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.
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  They might suggest that you worship the gods of peoples who
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  live nearby or who come from the ends of the earth.
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  But do not give in or listen, have no pity and do not spare or
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  protect them. You must put them to death.
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  Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must
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  join in. Stone the guilty ones to death,
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  because they have tried to draw you away from the Lord your God,
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  who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.
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  Then all Israel will hear about it and be afraid, and no one
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  will act so wickedly again. When you begin living in the
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  towns the Lord your God is giving you, you may hear that
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  scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by
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  saying, Let us go worship other gods, gods you have not known
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  before. In such cases you must examine
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  the facts carefully. If you find that the report is
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  true and such a detestable act has been committed among you,
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  you must attack that town and completely destroy all its
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  inhabitants as well as all the livestock.
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  Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the
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  open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt
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  offering to the Lord your God. That town must remain a ruin
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  forever. It may never be rebuilt.
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  Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for
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  destruction. Then the Lord will turn from His
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  fierce anger and be merciful to you.
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  He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation,
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  just as He swore to your ancestors.
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  The Lord your God will be merciful only if you listen to
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  His voice and keep all His commandments that I'm giving you
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  today, doing what pleases Him. Boy, Lord, Moses was not mincing
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  words. It is just so abundantly clear
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  in this chapter that You want us to hold Your name above all
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  other names, and that if something tempts us away from
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  You, we shouldn't just think poorly of it, but completely
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  eradicated. Turn our backs on those things
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  and fiercely pursue You, Lord, Because You have this incredible
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  life of promise and an eternal life of blessing and close
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  proximity to You, and You want nothing more than to see us
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  there with you, our Lord. Protect our hearts.
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  Keep us faithful to you. And Lord, when our human nature
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  gets the better of us and our heart wanders from you and what
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  You want for us, ah, please forgive us.
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  Draw us back, back into Your arms, our loving God.
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  We do love you, and we thank you for making us all possible
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  through your Son Jesus, in whose name we pray.
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  All these things. Amen.