“the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.” Deuteronomy 11:12b KJV
This seemed to be an appropriate word for this day and I’m sure no coincidence my reading would begin here in this New Year!
Continuing: “And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;” Deuteronomy 11:13-16 KJV
Deceived people do not know they are deceived! And true worship is obedience. If we are not obedient to The Word Of God then we are worshiping a different God who says it’s okay NOT to do those things written in The Bible; it’s okay NOT to read His Word! Because if you don’t obey God, by default you are obeying His enemy!
“And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.” Deuteronomy 11:17 KJV
“Hearken! (heed, obey) Do you do that?
Does the Word guide your every step? It’s supposed to!
Does God speak to you throughout the day? He will if you seek Him with your whole heart!
“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” Deuteronomy 11:18-21 KJV
The enemy is whispering in your ear, “that’s O.T!”
Don’t let him deceive you!
Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15 KJV
Are you diligent in your obedience?
“For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.” Deuteronomy 11:22-25 KJV
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 KJV
The reward? A blessing!
“Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.” Deuteronomy 11:26-28 KJV
And a curse if you do not obey!
When God opened my eyes, I realized the church preached the blessings of God but that the curse was all over it! (Deuteronomy 28)
But when we love The LORD with our whole heart we don’t obey for the reward of blessings, we obey because we love Him and want to please Him! Pleasing Him is the desire of our heart! Disappointing Him almost an unbearable thought!
Praise God for His mercy and His grace! Repentance sets us in good standing again, when we miss it! But the church refusing to acknowledge its sin has, by and large, done away with repentance! If you don’t sin, you don’t need to repent! THAT’S the biggest lie the devil has sold the church! And because repentance hurts it was quick to be believed! That’s how you obey another god; refuse to repent!
Jesus said to the church, “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” Revelation 2:4-5 KJV
Jesus is still calling the church to repentance!
Repentance is a walk! God set it up so in our walk of obedience, when we fall down we can get back up! It’s part of the walk of sanctification!
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:14 KJV
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” 1 John 1:9-10 KJV
When we don’t read our Bible we don’t know what sin is, because The Holy Spirit uses the Word to open our eyes to the sin in our lives! That’s why you don’t read it! The devil keeps you so busy, you put it off! He knows if you get a hold of the fact that unrepented sin hardens your heart and that you would be set free if you turned! He wants to keep you captured! He doesn’t want you to know that fear and worry (unbelief) are sin. So is grumbling and complaining! So is gossiping! “Those are just “little ones” “everybody does it”; he won’t even use the word “sin!”
We are told the biggies are “murder, stealing, adultery” when the true “biggie” is unforgiveness!
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Matthew 6:14-15 KJV
Unforgiven people will not be in heaven! So no matter what your denomination preaches, if you are holding onto unforgiveness in your heart, you WILL NOT see The LORD!
God spoke to a friend and said: “When you forgive _________ you are most like Me!”
The devil holds a grudge!
You have a choice who you will serve this new year!
You have a choice who you will follow!
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 KJV
Happy New Year!
“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
Revelation 22:20 KJV
Even so - MARANATHA
From 1/1/18
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