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June 17 - Deuteronomy 10 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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It's the 17th of June, and it's so good that you have said, come
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on, Sean, wake up, come and read with me.
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Let us cover another chapter of God's word because we are
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continuing this week exploring what it looks like to have no
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other God beside God. And today as we live, you know,
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under this new covenant that Jesus has brought us, it can
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feel quite well, a bit of a given that God would communicate
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what he's like because we have this incredible revelation of
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God's character through Jesus. But for those Israelites, they
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didn't really know a whole lot about God or who he was or how
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he operated. So for God to come to them and
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give them this covenant, this new deal, that they understood
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exactly what God expected of them and what they could then
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expect from God, this was revolutionary and in itself this
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incredible act of grace and God coming down to meet the needs of
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his people. And today we're going to explore
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that and explore that. Having God as our God means
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loving and obeying him, which friends, is pretty timeless
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advice. So let us settle down and hear
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Moses as he speaks through time and space to us today as we
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listen to Deuteronomy chapter 10.
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At that time the Lord said to me, chisel out two stone tablets
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like the first ones. Also make a wooden ark a sacred
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chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain
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and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the
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ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the
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ark. So I made an ark of Acacia wood
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and cut 2 stone tablets like the first two.
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Then I went up to the mountain with the tablets in my hand.
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Once again the Lord wrote the 10 commandments on the tablets and
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gave them to me. They were the same words the
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Lord had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you
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were assembled at the foot of the mountain.
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Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets
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in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had just made, just as
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the Lord commanded me, and the tablets are still there in the
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Ark. The people of Israel set out
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from the wells of the people of Jakan and travelled to Mossura,
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where Aaron died and was buried. His son Eliezer ministered as
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high priest in his place. Then they journeyed to Gajdah
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and from there to Jotbathan, a land with many brooks and
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streams. At that time the Lord set apart
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the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord's covenant and
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to stand before the Lord as His ministers and to pronounce
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blessings in His name. These are their duties to this
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day. That is why the Levites have no
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share of property or possession of land among the other
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Israelite tribes. The Lord Himself is their
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possession, as the Lord your God told them.
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As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the Lord's presence
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for 40 days and nights, as I'd done the first time, and once
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again the Lord listened to my pleas and agreed not to destroy
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you. Then the Lord said to me, get up
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and resume the journey and lead the people to the land I swore
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to give their ancestors so they may take possession of it.
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And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you?
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He requires only that you fear the Lord your God and live in a
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way that pleases Him, and love Him and serve Him with all your
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heart and soul. And you must always obey the
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Lord's commands and decrees that I'm giving you today for your
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own good. Look, the highest heavens and
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the earth and everything in it belonged to the Lord your God.
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Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of His
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love, and He chose you, their descendants, above all other
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nations, as is evident today. Therefore, change your hearts
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and stop being stubborn. For the Lord your God is the God
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of Gods and Lord of Lords. He is the great God, the mighty
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and awesome God who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.
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He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice.
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He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them
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food and clothing. So you too must show love to
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foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land
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of Egypt. You must fear the Lord your God
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and worship Him and cling to Him.
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Your oaths must be in His name alone.
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He alone is your God, the only One who is worthy of your praise
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and one who has done these mighty miracles that you have
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seen with your own eyes. When your ancestors went down
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into Egypt, there were only 70 of them, but now the Lord your
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God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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My God, you are mighty and incredible and all knowing, but
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the message you give us is clear and simple.
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All you desire from us, Lord, is our love and our willingness to
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follow what you ask us to do. That's it.
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That's as complicated as it is. And Moses words tell us that all
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of these things that you ask us to do, they are for our own
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good. As if you need.
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Your ego needs us to jump up and down and praise of you.
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No, you are self sufficient, but you know that when we adopt
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hearts of praise and worship to You that we choose to follow you
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and the ways that you teach us which are the ways which are
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best for us. So Lord, continue to humble us
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before you, that we would put your will 1st and follow your
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good and helpful instructions for our life.
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And we thank you for Jesus who came and just made everything
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crystal clear of how much you love us.
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Oh, thank you for your love. Thank you that you continually
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walk with us, drawing us ever closer to you.
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And we pray all of this in your saving name, Jesus, Amen.