OBEDIENCE
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Deuteronomy 2:1 ““Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and circled Mount Seir for many days.”
Deuteronomy 2:2 ““And the Lord spoke to me, saying,”
Deuteronomy 2:3 “‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north,”
Deuteronomy 2:4 “and command the people, saying, “You will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful;”
Deuteronomy 2:5 “do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.”
Deuteronomy 2:6 ““You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.”
Deuteronomy 2:7 ““For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.” ’”
Deuteronomy 2:8 ““So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab.”
Deuteronomy: 2:9 ““Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.”
(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.
Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
The Horites formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave to them.)
‘Now arise and cross over the brook Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the brook Zered.
“Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
OT: refers to as obey or hear.
NT: To hear or listen in a state of submission and even trust.
A person obedient response to Gods word is a response of trust or faith, Thus, to really hear Gods word is to obey Gods word.
When we become obedient we become Peculiar People
When we become obedient we become Peculiar People
Becoming peculiar is becoming Holy.
Deuteronomy 7:6 ““For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”
who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
Have you ever found yourself complaining or even questioning hearing the same word of God over and over?
Temptation
Temptation
Temptation comes but we must resist
Getting the understanding of what is of God and what is not helps us not to become betrayers to God.
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”
Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’ ”
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,