Thurs.’s Devo. -The Law is Spiritual

Read: Deut. 23:1-25:29, Luke 10:13-37, Ps. 75:1-10, Pr. 12:12-14 Laws, laws, laws! Romans 7:14 says that the law is spiritual so all these laws have spiritual meanings to us. There were three groups of people who would not be permitted into the congregation of God. The ones who had had their reproduction parts cut off or crushed, which just meant that they would never be able to produce life. These are people that are predestined to evil. (Ro. 8:29 and Eph. 1) The second group were those whose parents were married. They had no legal father. These are those who never let God be their father. The last group was the Ammonites and the Moabites because they wouldn’t give the Israelites food and water and they hired a sorcerer to curse God’s children. These represent those who are Satan’s followers who delve into the occult and worship the devil. God was specific in how His children treated one another. They were not to take interest from one another if they loaned anything. They were to keep their word to each other and to God. The Word of God does not conflict itself. In the verses about divorce it says that you may divorce and remarry but in the New Testament it says that you will be committing adultery if you do. Which is right? Both, but you need to understand the context of the New. In the New Testament, men were sending their wives away without a bill of divorcement so they were not legally divorced. If they married another man then they would be committing adultery because they were still married to the first. The Old tells you to give your wife a bill of divorcement then she will be free to remarry. God’s way it seek Him about who to marry and when to divorce. He will guide you. God also had laws to take care of the poor and the hired servants. We should do what Jesus said and love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Lord, we rejoice that our names are written in the book of life. Help us to be a good Samaritan today.