Wednesday, November 30, 2011

What is our choice, blessing or curse?

Deuteronomy 27:11-26
Moses commanded the people: When you have crossed the Jordan, six tribe shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people. And another six tribes shall stand on mount Ebal to pronounce curses.
There are twelve cursed things, two are pertain to ten commandments, four are pertain to sexual relationship, three are pertain to who withholds justice treats others, two are kill innocent people, last one is who does not uphold the words of this law.
Not only announce these warning but also the people have to response "Amend".
Why?
Moses asked the people of Israel response themselves to the Lord to obey these commandments, the blessing and curses are shown, it is chose by us.
The most frequent sin is adultery. The first one is cats an idol.
How?
What is my choice, absolutely is obey the commands of the Lord and accept the blessing

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Be silent and listen to the words of the Lord

Deuteronomy 27:1-10
Keep all commands that I give you today when you have crossed the Jordan into the land the Lord is giving you.
Set up some large stones when you crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on mount Ebal. Build there an altar to the Lord your God.
You shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.
Be silent,O Israel and listen! You have now become the people of the Lord your God. Obey his commands and decrees that I give you today.
Why?
Set up a altar and write these commands on the stones, let Israelite remember these.
These are the instructions for the people when they enter the land.
The Law is recorded on 6:9
How?
When the Lord have given us the promised land, flowing with milk and honey, people easy forget the Lord, and our next generation might follow the world and disobey the commands of the Lord.
Be careful, Be silent and listen to the words of the Lord.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Thanks the blessing of the Lord

Deuteronomy 26:1-19
Bring the firstfruits of the soil that the Lord have given to us. Your and the Levites and the aliens among you shall rejoice in all the good thing the Lord have given to you and your household.
The third year is the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the aliens, the fatherless and the widow so that they may ear in your towns and be satisfied.
Pray to the Lord and say to the Lord:"I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me. Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you have promised on oath to our forefathers."
Why?
This is a commandment of the Lord-set aside the first fruit and tenth from our produce to the Lord.
The fruits of the soil is blessing from the Lord, so we should thank the Lord, and share it with Levites and aliens and fatherless and widows.
Tithe is our obligation to the Lord, and it is for the living of Levites, they are the servant of the Lord.
The Lord has everything, doesn't lack anything, but when we devote these, setting side a tenth of all produce, it shows our heart is reverent to the Lord and we may share it with needed peoples, the Lord will bless us.
How?
I do set aside the tenth of my income and it is before the tax deduction, for all I have is from the Lord, I'd rather take the ninth of the produce,it is my portion from the Lord.
Thank you your blessing to me, my Lord.



Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Lord detests anyone who deals dishonestly.

Deuteronomy 25:11-19
A wife help her husband for flight, she is not allowed to seized him by his private part.
Do not have two differing weights in your bad. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land your Lord is giving you. The Lord detests anyone who deals dishonestly.
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. They had no fear of God. When you rest from all the enemies around you in the land the Lord is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.
Why?
A woman help her husband in flight, does not shame herself and flight is belong to the Lord.
Doing business needs fair and honesty. The Lord detests anyone who deals dishonestly.
The Lord will blot out the tribe one day who did nor fear the Lord. The Lord gives them the chances to repent and back to Him.
Remember the good and the bad things in our life, distinguish the righteous and evil things in my life.
How?
Do everything and treat anyone honestly, for I am belong to the Lord.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

My name is important in presence of the Lord

Deuteronomy 15:1-10
When man have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, he must not give him more than forty lashes.
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to he. The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out fro Israel.
If a man does not marry his brother's wife, his brother's widow shall go up to him in presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, split in his face ad say,"This is what is doe to the man who will ot build up his brother;s family line." that man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
Why?
The judges have to do his job, decide the case who is innocent and let him be acquitted and condemning the guilty.
More than 40 lashes may cause a man to die, that your brother will be degraded in your eyes. It is a fault in the duty of judges.
The ox will eat the grain when she is treading out, do not treat ox so cruel that her benefits.
The rule led the Ruth could be married to Boaz. It may extend the family line in Israel, let his name not be blotted out from Israel.
How?
The name is important in Israel, and it is important in presence of the Lord. The Lord knows everyone of us by our name. Take care my mind and my heart to do the good things.



Friday, November 25, 2011

The poor or needy man needs their reputation

Deuteronomy 24:10-22
1. Don't take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or Israelite or an alien. Pay him his wages each day before sunset
2. Don't deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take cloak of the widow as a pledge.
3. When you are harvesting in your field or beat the olives from your trees or harvesting the grapes in your vineyard, do not go back to get a sheaf you overlooked, leave what remains for the aliens,the father less and the widow.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why the Lord commanded you to do this.
Fathers should not be put to dead for their children, not children put to dead for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
Why?
The Lord asked Israelite have mercy to labor man who is poor and needy. It shows the abundant of the God's gifts and grace. Leave some good to the needy man and respect their reputation. Even the poor and needy man needs reputation.
When a man is angry will kill his whole family for one's sin, it is cruel to many innocent peoples. This were happened in past a few centuries in the world. So the Lord asks each is to die for his own sin. This is correspond to the justice and mercy of the Lord.
People have to bear his own obligation of his behavior.
How?
Obey the commandments of the Lord is a real Christian. Anyone who does not carry his cross and follow Jesus cannot be his disciple. (Luke 14:27)
Respect the reputation of the poor and needy man when we are helping them.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Love my neighbor as Jesus loves me

Deuteronomy 24:1-9
If a man writes his wife a certificate of divorced. She becomes the wife of another man. No matter what is going on, the her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled.
If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him.
Do not take a pair of millstones as security for a debt, because that would be taking a ma's livelihood as security.
A man be the kidnapper must die, You must purge the evil from among you.
In cases of leprous diseases be very careful to do exactly as the priests instruct you. Remember what the Lord did to Miriam along the way after you came our of Egypt.
Why?
The Lord don't like people divorces to his wife, and usually when a man get divorced many times he found the first wife is the best one, but the Lord don't allow it, so a man should seriously consider the divorce. Jesus said Moses allowed write a certificate of divorce is because of the weakness of man.
The rules of Israel is mercy to a man has recently married and to poor people.
Miriam did an evil thing had been disgrace or seven days, so she had to be confined outside the mp for seven days. (Number 12:10-15)
Kidnapper is a sin same as killed a man, so he must die to purge the evil from the land.
To take away one millstone, for example, left the other useless for grinding flour to make the day's bread.
How?
Love our wife as love myself, and same as the Jesus loves the church. Don't even think about the divorce and try to resolve the problem.
Others own me but I still love others, give them a way to live.
Love my neighbor as Jesus loves me, I am a sinner also.




Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Be generosity to others

Deuteronomy 23:15-25
If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand him over to his master. Do not oppress him. Let him free chooses wherever he likes.
No prostitute in Israelite, you must no bring the earning of a prostitute of female or male into the house of the Lord to pay any vow.
Do not charge your brother interest whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. You may charge interest to a foreigner.
If you make a vow to the Lord, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilt of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grasps you want, but do not put any in your basket.
Why?
All of these rules are mercy to treat your brothers, help the needed peoples.
The Lord detests the behavior of prostitute and the bring earning of prostitute to His house.
There were female and male prostitutes in Canaan area.  It is existing in this world also.
The Lord does not like the slave system, the Lord hopes every man be free and free in the truth.
Generosity to the poor or needed person, let them eat.
How?
I should be generosity to others for the Lord may bless me in everything I put our hand to in the land I are entering to posses.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Purity and Holy in my living place

Deuteronomy 23:1-14
Exclusion from the assemble are 1)emasculated by crushing or cutting, 2)born of a forbidden marriage, 3)Ammonite or Moabite or their descendants.
Do not abhor an Edomite and an Egyptian, The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Keep the camp holy and clean for the Lord your God moves about your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemy to you, so that he will not see among you any thing indecent and turn away from you.
Why?
The Lord is Holy and a jealous God, He is a righteous God.
Edomite is brother of Israelite and Israelite lived as an alien in his country, remember their mercy have done to Israelite.
The camp clean is good for the health also. Forbidden the viruses grow up in camp.
Born of a forbidden marriage is exclusion from the assemble, the Lord asked his people respect the marriage and love their wives.
How?
After Jesus was came, everyone believes Christ Jesus can be son of the Lord.
Purity and Holy in my living place is blessed from the Lord.

Monday, November 21, 2011

concern for sexual purity

Deuteronomy 22:13-30
The Marriage violations:
1)A man takes a wife and after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and give her a bad name.
   If the girl's father and mother bring proof of her virginity. Elders of the town shall fine him 100 shekels silver. She shall continue to be his wife and he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
  If the charge is true, she shall be brought to the door to her father's house ad there the men of her town shall stone her to death.
2)A man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man and who slept with her and the woman must die.
3)A man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, both of them shell be token to the gate of the that town and stone them to death.
4)A man happens to meet in the country a girl pledged to be married and rapes her out, only the man who has done this shall die.
5)A man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledge to be married and rapes her and they are discovered. He shall pay the girl's father 50 shekel of silver and he must marry the girl, He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not dishonor his father's bed.
There are rules which encourage attitudes of mutual help and care, and concern for sexual purity.
Why?
Intended violation have to be put to death; it is to purge the evil from among you and Israel.
Those rules are reasonable, and for a woman can not live alone in that environment of Israel. So the law protects her.
Sexual purity is respect the marriage and our body. Our body is dwelling of the Holy spirit.
How?
Pay attention in our marriage. Husband, loves wife, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself her to make her holy. (Ephesians 5:25)


Honor the name of the Lord in our daily life


Deuteronomy 22:1-12
Take your brother’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to him.
A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this.
Do not take the mother with the young. You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.
Make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house.
Do not plant two kinds of seed in your vineyard; Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together; Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
Why?
Have mercy to brother’s procession, not only pray for them but also help them, aggressive to help others.
A man should lives like a man, don’t mix sexual identity. It has given by the Lord.
Have mercy on animal, even we allowed to eat them, but respect the live of animal.
Protest people life and prevent bloodshed in your property that is our obligation.
Ox has more strength and donkey works slow, do put together for work, it will make you angry and let this two life stocks unfair in labor.
Wool and linen has different character strength, so it makes the clothes worse.
Mix two kinds of seed in vineyard forfeited to the Sanctuary.
How?
The Lord asked us not only has reverence to the Lord but also respect other people and animal’s life.
Clothes should honor our life from the Lord.


Saturday, November 19, 2011

The kernel of our faith in Christ is "Love"

Deuteronomy 21:1-23
The rule of marring a captive woman..., you have to treat her fair and justice since you have dishonored her. No matter what is going on in the future.
The first born son is the sign of his father's strength, the right of the firstborn belong to him. That does not changed by your loved one or doesn't loved one.
A rebellious son may put to dead by his parent bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.
Anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse, be sure to bury him, must not leave his body on the tree overnight.
You must not desecrate the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Why?
Because the Lord is holy, so we can't desecrate the land the Lord let us living.
The right of wife and first son is belong to her or him, it can't be changed by the authority or personal like. That the rule of the Lord and is the human right that we have to respect it.
Jesus is to be hung on a tree and he wasn't leave on the tree overnight. Jesus die for us for our sins are cursed by the Lord, the consequence of sin is dead.
How?
Read the bible carefully and follow the commandments of the Lord is our obligation an is the way of blessing. Humble our heart and action with Love. The kernel of our faith in Christ is "Love".


Friday, November 18, 2011

Atonement of the innocent blood

Deuteronomy 21:1-9
Atonement for an unsolved murder, the elder of the town nearest to the body shall take a heifer and lead her down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream.  There in the valley they are to break the heifer's neck.
All the elders shall wash their hand over the heifer and they shall declare:"Or hand did not shed this blood, nor our eyes see it done...". So you will purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood.
The priests, the son of Levi, shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.
Why?
The life have to be replace or to be exchange by the blood, for the blood is life. So the blood of a heifer to be sacrificed for atonement for the killed man.
Priest is a holy job, doing three main jobs.
How?
Our sins are erased by the blood of Jesus, for the Lord loves us, when I haven't know him, he has prepared Jesus for me.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Going to war for God will be with us

Deuteronomy 21:1-20
Going to war , do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt will be with you. When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army, encourage them
The officers shall say to the army, if anyone who built a new house, planted a vineyard, become pledged to a woman and not married, let him go home. Any man afraid of fainthearted? Let him go home so that his brothers will not become disheartened too.
When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. If they accept ad open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. Put to the sword all the men in the city. As for the women, the children, livestock, you may take these as plunder. This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance from you.
However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the Lord.
Why?
The Lord teach Israelite the strategy of the war or the rule of the war.
Going to war is fight for the Lord and the wars are good to the people of the Lord. The promise land need the people of the Lord to flight, them they can get it.
We are working with the Lord, the Lord the leader, we follow his instructions will be perfect.
How?
Be a christian, do not be afraid during daily life, we will have many difficult and troubles, that we have to flight, remember the Lord is with us, if we trust in Him, we may conquer all this and get the promised land. Our life could be a good witness for others.
Right now I am facing a new task, don't be afraid of it, with the blessing of the Lord, I will do it a good job.



Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Show no pity to the evil things

Deuteronomy 19:1-21
Set aside three cities centrally located in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. Cities of Refuge
The rule concerning the man who kills another and flees there to save his life - one who hills his neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought.
If the Lord your God enlarges your territory as he promised ad gives you the whole land, then you are to set aside three more cities.
But if a man hates his neighbor ad lies in wait for him, assaults and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities, the elders of his town shall send for him, bring him back from the city, and him her over to the avenger of the blood to die. Show no pity.
Do not move your neighbor's boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance.
If a malicious witness take the stand to accuse a man of a crime, the judge must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to e a liar, then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. Show no pity.
Why?
Must purge the evil from among you for the Lord is holy.
City of refuge like a savior Jesus, give innocent people a chance to flee away from the avenger of blood.
How?
Show no pity to the evil things.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Keep away the detestable ways

Deuteronomy 18:9-22
Do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Detestable thing are sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or be a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
Because of these detestable practices the Lord drove out these nations before Israelite.
You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
The Lord said to Moses:"I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them every thing I command him."
How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord? If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken.
Why?
The Lord said about a future prophet-Jesus.
The true prophet is one like Moses: his words are proved true by events.
The Lord asked Israelite destroyed the nations completely because those people did detestable things.
How?
We might be curiosity to many things but these detestable things are the Lord prohibited so don't do it. Keep away the detestable ways.
Don't afraid a prophet's word if the words doesn't come true, but all the words in the Bible are truth.


Monday, November 14, 2011

Priests are live on the offerings made to the Lord

Deuteronomy 18:1-8
Talked about the revenue of the priest and Levites.
The priests, who are Livites, are have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the offerings made to the Lord by fire for that is their inheritance.
For the Lord has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the Lord's name always.
If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnest to the place the Lord will choose, he may minister on the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the Lord. He is to share equally their benefits.
Why?
The priests are devoted to the Lord, and he is chosen by the Lord, his inheritance is not same as other tribes or other people earnest.
The priest, the Levites are serving the Lord, so he may share due the priest from the people who sacrifice a bull or a sheep an others.
To be a servant of the Lord is chosen by the Lord, for he is living for the Lord, he share the offerings from the people to the Lord. His living style are different as others.
The movement of priest is come from the earnest to the place the Lord will choose.
How?
My serving and destination is chosen by the Lord. May the holy spirit disciplines me to know which way is the Lord chooses for me, and work on it in faith.
A christian have to take care of the servant of the Lord, same as the tithe.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

God's law is the leader's unfailing guide

Deuteronomy 17:14-20
The king of Israel to be:
1)Condition: Be sure to appoint over your the king the Lord your God chooses.
                     be from among your own brothers. Do not place a foreigner.
2)Principle: Do not acquire great number of horses.    military force.
                   Do not make the people return to Egypt.  slave of world.
                   Do not take may wives, or his heart will be led astray.    family & life.
                   Do not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.      bribe
                   Do not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law and the decrees.
                              humble himself could be wise.
3)The Law: He is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of a priests, who are Levites.    Won't forget the mercy of the Lord and learn to reverse the Lord.
Why?
The Lord knows what the Israel will have a king over them like all the nations around them. They won't like the Lord be their king.
The Lord allow it happen, but gave them the principle to follow, then they and their descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.
God permits the monarchy, but does not set it up. The dangers foreseen here- military aggression and sensuality leading to idolatry- became an uncomfortable reality later in Israel's history.
God's law is the king's unfailing guide.
How?
When I attend a new president election I should follow this instruction to vote my decision to the one who God likes.
For me to be a leader I should check myself has followed these a few principles.




Saturday, November 12, 2011

Justice is more important than sacrifice

Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13
To be a judges and officials shall judge the people fairy. Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept bribe, for bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Do not sacrifice to the Lord an ox or sheep that has any defect or flow in it, for it would be detestable.
If you heard someone in your town worshiped other gods, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable things has been done in Israel, take those who has done this evil deed, and stone that person to dead. On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
If cases come before your courts that are to difficult for you to judge. Go to the priests, who are Levites, an the judge who is o office at that time. You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the law they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you to the right or to the left.
Why?
The Lord is righteous God, so his people shall to be doing justice. Here the Lord taught us how to do a judge with righteousness and remind us what we must obey it.
Summary: Do not accept bribe, justice publicly, investigate it thoroughly and act according to the decision they give you at the place the law they teach you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you.
If the judgement is justice then the people will hear and be afraid and will not be contemptuous again.
How?
Don't judge anyone, if I need to do judgment to define who is right I have to investigate it carefully. Follow the commands of the Lord and ask the Lord give me the wisdom to do it.
Justice deed is more important than sacrifice.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Remember the Lord and share the blessing to others

Deuteronomy 16:1-17
Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened bread, the Feast of weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles. No man should appear before the Lord empty handed.
Passover do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction. Remember the time of your departure from Egypt. Sacrifice the Passover the evening, when the sun goes down on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.  Roast it and eat it , then in the morning return to your tents.
Celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in portion to the blessings the Lord our God has given you. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt.
Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your wine press. Be joyful at your Feast seven days.For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and joy will be complete.
Last two Feasts should celebrate with your sons, daughters, menservants, maidservants, the Levites in your towns and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
Why?
Three times a year to remember the Lord your God is blessing you.
Passover means set Israelite free from the slavery. Feast of week and Feast of Tabernacles are joy and have mercy to all family and poor or aliens or fatherless or widows. Share the blessing of the Lord to others.
How?
Celebrate the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas three days should remember the blessing of the Lord has done on us and share the blessing with others, who need the Love of Lord also.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Thanks God's giving, be generousty

Deuteronomy 15:1-23
Every seven years you must cancel debts. Every creditor shell cancel he loan the has made to his fellow Israelite.
Be careful not yo harbor the wicked though:"The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing.
Be generously to your brothers and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
If a fellow Hebrew, a man or  woman, sells himself to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year you must let him go free. And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you.
Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because his service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand.
The firstborn animals have to be set apart for the Lord your God and do not put the firstborn of your oxen to work, and do not shear the firstborn of you sheep.
Why?
The Lord asked us to be generosity to every poor man, our property is because of the blessing of the Lord. When we be generously to other brothers, the Lord will bless us get more.
We were the slavery of sin, now we can do more to the sinner, bring them to Jesus be free. Now we are the servant of the Lord. All of the property is the Lord lend to us temporary in this world. To be a good  servant in the house of the Lord.
How?
Be generously to others, for the poor childhood and struggling in past a few years we might thought it was earned by my strength, remember if the Lord did not gave us the chance and blessed us, how can we earned these? How can we are living until now? Praise to the Lord. Thanks his giving.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

eat clean food

Deuteronomy 14:1-29
The regulations of the foods, defined clean & unclean.
Clean animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews that cud.
Clean creatures living in the water that has fins and scales.
Clean birds, but the eagle, the vulture, kite, owl ,hawk, osprey, the cormorant, the stork and any kind of heron, the hoopoe and bat are unclean.
Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your head for the dead.
Set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. Eat the tithe with your family in the presence of the Lord your God always. If it i too far away from your place, it may exchange to money, then go to the place the Lord your God chose, use the silver to buy whatever you like, sheep, wine or other fermented drink and eat before the Lord. Do not neglect the Levites living in your towns.
Why?
Al these regulations are good for the men, unclean animal might bring some disease.
How?
Food is not for the living only, the words of the Lord may blesses people alive.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

None of condemned thing shall be found in your hands

Deuteronomy 13:1-18
The Lord your God, who redeemed you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery.
You must purge the evil from among you.
If someone among you says the sign or  wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and says Let us follow other gods". The Lord is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with a your soul.
If your very own brother, son or daughter, or wife or closest friend secretly entices you go and worship other gods, do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity.
None of those condemned thing shall be found in you hands, so that the Lord will turn from his fierce anger, he will show you mercy, have compassion on you.
Why?
The dreams are random event in our mind, if there is an evil mind is the Lord test us whether us our faith to Him. Don't think about the Lord will ask us to do the evil thing.
So severely treat our loves people is remind us to follow the commands of the Lord is more important than love our relatives or friends. Because it will cause us go well or bad.
The danger of being enticed away to false religions was very real. Anyone found on investigation to have encouraged this must be made an example of and destroyed.
How?
Love the Lord with all my mind, all my soul and all my strength. For He is the only on God, have mercy and mighty hands, He redeemed me from the slavery of dead.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Don't inquire things God prohibited

Deuteronomy 12:15-32
You may slaughter you animal and eat as much of meat as you want.But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. Because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
You my eat meat at your town or territory, but take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the pace the Lord will choose. Present your burnt offerings on the alter of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood.
Do not be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? we will do the same." Because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.
See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
Why?
Meat was not a staple food for the ordinary Israelite, but all enjoyed it at feasts and sacrifices.
Blood is life and blood is unclean from the point of sanitation. We need to respect the life which is created by the Lord.
Consecrated thing are take place at the place the Lord chose, after Jesus came we may worship the Lord in the house of the Lord, church, or anyplace in name of the Lord with two peoples.
The commands and the words in Bible do not add it or take away from it, for the Bible is the words of God, even it was written in 2000 years ago, it is good for this generation now. His words is truth and stands forever.
The Lord knows that people will inquire about other gods for curiosity, so he warns us in advance. It is will be a snare to grab us.
How?
Inquiring the Lord our God done on us and in the history, follow his commands and decrees, doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord, I will go well.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

We do here today, everyone as he sees fit.

Deuteronomy 12:1-14
The decrees and laws you must be careful to follow in the land your God has given you to posses: destroy completely all the places on the high mountains and on the hills and under every spreading tree where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places.
The place the Lord your God choose as a dwelling for his Name- there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts , and all the choice possessions you has vowed to the Lord. And there rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your family, servants and the Levites from your towns.
You are not to do as we do here today, everyone as he sees fit.
Why?
The place of Worship is chose as a dwelling for his Name. Don't do it as everyone o as he sees fit today.
The righteousness is belong to the Lord, no one is righteousness in the world. Authority of judge is belong to the Lord.
Destroy completely all the places where nations worship their gods, including the idols,building, symbols and the names. All these could be let their heir interested in it and leading them sin.
When the nation is settled God will select one specific place for the sacrifices. Shiloh was the nation's first religious center, under Eli and Samuel.
How?
Dear Lord, please purify my heart and check is there I see it fit inside my mind. If it does please remove it from me and transform my heart more like Jesus.
 I won't judge anyone in this world anymore since today. Please give me the strength to do it

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Choice between blessing and curse

Deuteronomy 11:18-32
Fix these words of mine on your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads...      Remind Israelite don't forget it.
Teach them to your children in your living: sit at home and talking along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. It is early morning and late night, no other affairs. sit at home and walk along the road is not other person interrupt.
Moses set before them a blessing and  curse- the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you not known.
Why?
People has the character of curiosity  to unknown things, so they might turn away to the gods they unknown. So the Lord warned them be careful.
The generation of Moses and Joshua saw and experienced the mighty of the Lord, but three generations later their offspring, descendant might forget it. So the education at home is very important, it is not only teaching bur also doing in their living.
People's curiosity is good for science, innovation... but sometimes might lead people to other gods for they try to know how about others; they don't believe their custom or lessons from home or society.
How?
Education at home is important and good witness of their parents are important also.
Blessing and curse are explained clear, then the Lord let people choose which one you prefer, depends on our choice. Of cause I choose blessing and obey the commands of the Lord.





Friday, November 4, 2011

Fear and love the Lord for He loves us

Deuteronomy 11:1-17
Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the disciplines of the Lord your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm; the sign he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt. But it was your own eyes saw all these great thing the Lord has done.
The land flowing with milk and honey is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
Be careful, or you be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. Then the Lord's anger will burn against you and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce and you will soon perish from the land the Lord is giving you.
Why?
Remember today the Lord did on you, but didn't did on their children, so their children might turn away from the Lord. The relationship with the Lord usually is personal relation with the Lord.
To be a parent of the children has the obligation to teach children to know the Lord and tell them what he had done on us.
The Lord is majesty and has mighty hand with outstretched arm. He can do many miracle things. Trust in Him.
Be careful the Lord is a living God, he is looking everyone living on the world. He is righteousness and will judge what we did in the end day.
How?
Fear the Lord, remember his mercy and love. Because the Lord loves us so I like to response with respective to Him and obey his commands. Fear is needed to us.





Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Lord is my praise; he is my God.

Deuteronomy 10:1-22
The Lord said to Moses prepared two stone tablets like the first ones and came up to the mountain. Also asked Moses make a wooden chest. The Lord wrote on the tables the words that were on the first tablet, which Moses broke
What does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were 70 in all and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Why?
God wrote his words on the stone tablets which can preserve longer time, but now after Jesus came the Lord wrote his words on our heart.
What a christian have to do is 1)fear the Lord your God- respect the Lord. 2)Love the Lord with all I can- the holy life. 3) Observe the Lord's commands and decrees- walk the way of the Lord guided.
Walk in God's way for my own good.
People saw the world many things but does not everyone can understand that was the Lord created and his almighty hands did for us.
How?
What is my praise, the Lord. Who is my God? the Lord. He is the faithful god to everyone trust in him.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Pray for my people on this land

Deuteronomy 9:1-29
The Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire.
The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land no because of my righteousness, but on account of the wickedness of these nations.
Moses stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water to listen and get the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord had made with you.
Moses fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights twice; he ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed. Moses feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
Israelite made the Lord angry at Teberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah, and when the the Lord sent you our from Kadesh Barnea. So many times they have  been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.
Why?
Moses once again reminded the people of Israel that what their sin have done and the mercy of the Load came upon them. Do not proud they enter and possess the land across Jordan river is for their righteousness but for the account of Anakites' wickedness. They were strong and tall.
The Lord like devouring fires means his angry and his righteousness. th
Moses payed much efforts before the Lord asked for the mercy of the Lord forgave the Israelites. 40 days and 40 nights is the long period for a man.
How?
All of us are sinned men. Our salvation is the mercy of the Lord came upon me. Remember all of the mercy the Lord have done on me.
Learn from Moses prayed for their people, this is the serving altitude as a servant of the Lord.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Do not forget the God

Deuteronomy 8:1-20
Do not forget the God
Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today.
Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and revering him.
Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands when you herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiple, then your heart will become proud ad you will forget the Lord.
40 years in the desert, remember how the Lord led you the way, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
He feeding you with manna, to teach you that man does not live o bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. The Lord was to humble you and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you.
Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefather, so you may produce this wealth.
Why?
It is easy to forget the Lord when man is process more wealth, become proud to himself; It is easy to complain when we are stressed.
The Lord will test us and humble us by may difficulties that might go well with us if we know humble and revere the Lord.
Actions are 1)observing the commands of the Lord 2)walking in his ways and 3)revering him.
How?
Reading the words of the Lord everyday to remind me, follow his ways and pray to the Lord everyday.