Read: Deuteronomy 23:1-25:19; Luke 10:13-37; Psalm 75:1-10; Proverbs 12:12-14
God is a holy God and he demands that we be holy if we want to walk near to him. Can you be a Christian and not be holy… I don’t know, but you can’t be a follower of Christ and walk unholy because he didn’t walk in sin. Every sin or unclean thing had to go outside the camp.
Vows are really important to God. Vows are made with our mouth - we speak them. When we do, we either bring a blessing or a curse on ourselves depending on what the vow is and if we fulfill it. Satan is a legalist and he will make sure we are punished or the curse will come on us if we don’t annul it. We do that by asking God to forgive us for making it and pronouncing that it is of no affect, out loud.
God had many laws protecting the poor. We judge them and say they could find a job and choose to live better but God doesn’t do that. He makes allowances for them and tells us to be generous and kind to them. He always reminds them that they were once slaves and poor.
We are to always remember that once we were not saved and didn’t have the truth. We cannot judge the life of an unbeliever because they haven’t been given a new heart. Nor can we judge the lifestyle of a new believer, because they have not yet been discipled. We need to have compassion and patience like Jesus did.
Jesus told his disciples a very important thing. He said that he saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Satan has no more power and authority than what we give him. He is a deceiver and a smoke screen. He wants us to believe that he still has power but he doesn’t. Jesus’ disciples saw this when they went out and cast out demons in Jesus’ name. Jesus gave us power and authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm us.
Jesus didn’t give this revelation to the religious leaders but to the common man. We are the ones who he invested his great secrets with.
Lord, may we walk in your truth and in holiness and love.
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