King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Privileges Of God
Date: Thursday March 01, 2012
Today's Chapters: Deuteronomy 29

Hello My Friend,

Religious people often think of themselves as holy people, regardless of the religion they think they are entitled to the privileges of God by right, while being ungrateful, rebellious, and unrighteous. Religion does not save a person, all must realize that all are under the judgment of God the privileges of God will be according to our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone. “Who will render to every man according to his deeds:.Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;..In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” - Romans 2:6,9-12,16.

Moses had repeated most of the commands which the children of Israel and the stranger among them were to observe as part of the covenant, which God made long ago to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. God's promises and warnings in which He would follow His part of the covenant were also repeated along with some incredible prophecies. Moses urges Israel to keep the words of the covenant with them always.

“And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day...Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God...Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: ” - Deuteronomy 29:2-4,6,9-12.

As born again believers we need to never forget the promise God made with us and to keep the words of that covenant, which He made with us through Jesus Christ, with us always. Those who do not even acknowledge God after they get saved truly have no idea who God is, let alone Jesus, many barely even remember that they got saved. The flesh is weak and unless we have God's Word with us always the flesh will always win and take us right back where we were. “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.” - Romans 8:2-5.

God is not a respecter of persons, from the beginning, although He chose Israel as the people to make known that He is the only living God, He welcomed anyone who wasn't of the tribes of Israel to join them as long as they accepted the covenant with God as well (made Him their God and followed the commands and statutes of the law). Just as Israel was subject to the law should they accept God, so was the stranger, should they reject it the same fate was given them as well. Moses explains this further.

“Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.” - Deuteronomy 29:14-20.

Jew, Gentile, Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon, Muslim, Atheist, whatever you call yourself, unless you have accepted the covenant with God, that is salvation through the Jesus Christ alone, than your name will be blotted out of God's Book of life and cast into hell and the lake of fire. “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever...And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” - Revelation 20:10,14,15.

Moses encouraged all to accept the covenant with God, reminding them that God is good, righteous, and just, but also reminding them that if they go against the covenant, particularly idolatry, then all nations will know the wrath of God and question His motives for such actions.

“Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.” - Deuteronomy 29-24-29.

God reveals enough information for us through His Word to be saved, to know of His work, and to live according to His Word. The world loves to call out and play God, but time and time again God proves them wrong. The world opposes everything God and will do everything it can to discredit Him while making themselves a god and sadly all over the world we see God's anger unfold as nations try to take God out of existence. This is only the beginning of what Jesus said would happen, “And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.” - Mark 13:7,8.

I was glancing over an article the other day that came up about Homeland Security targeting Christians. The article quoted, “Anti-government conspiracy theories and “end times” prophecies could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons.” Simply put, any Christian who believes in the end time prophecy of the Second Coming of Christ who stores food would be labeled as a terrorist. I have even heard of Christians telling people not to speak of these things going on today as relating to the prophecy. The truth is God is in control of all the things going on in the world today, He is warning every nation the same things He warned Israel and look at Israel even today. We need to heed His warnings and reach as many people with the Gospel as we can because Jesus is coming. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” - 2 Peter 3:9.

Today's Psalm: 27:1 - “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Today's Proverb: 20:22 - “Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.”

Today's Prayer: God, as we faithfully serve You it is not for our fulfillment, but for the fulfillment of the Great Commission that the Gospel message be delivered at home and to other family and friends. No matter what our Christian service, whether great or small, when it is offered in Your name it brings great rewards, often visible here and now, but at times unseen by the human eye. Help us to speak the Gospel of Christ with confidence as we walk in obedience to Your commands. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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