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When God deals with His children He doesn’t forget discipline.  When we break His law, that law will break us.  Obedience keeps us in the place of blessing.  This is portrayed in the history of the Hebrew people.  Vital questions we all face in life are an...

We have now read the first five books of the Old Testament, and the first book of the New Testament.  As Jesus commissioned His disciples even so Moses passed the baton on to Joshua in the closing chapters of Deuteronomy. Joshua, like the disciples, was in...

In our last two visits we focused on Christ’s death and resurrection.  Matthew wanted to clearly present the facts surrounding the death and burial of Jesus Christ: the cross and the tomb. But he wanted to point out something else. He wanted us to know tha...

When you read the final chapters of Matthew it will be clear that Matthew was concerned about describing the events clearly and specifically. What he recorded could be checked out to verify it or render it incorrect. This was especially true during those e...

As you read and reflect on Matthew’s record of Jesus’ life you find more and more hinted at, and then, clearly stated about the death of Jesus Christ. In Matthew 16, after Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, Jesus explains t...

Watch!  Watch out.  Keep watch.  Be ready.  These are the imperatives sprinkled throughout the Olivet Discourse, found in Matthew 24-25.  These two chapters are Jesus’ answer to the disciples question in chapter 24, verse 3, “Tell us, when will this happen...

In our last visit we discovered an impact thought: input determines output.  What we put into our minds and hearts will determine what comes out of our lives.  We’ll be known by our fruit. Jesus taught by using parables.  Normal means of input, seeing and ...

I’m a novice when it comes to computers, but you don’t need to understand very much about computers to know that output is based on input.  Jesus said the same is true in the computer of our minds. In Matthew 12:33 and following He says, “a tree is recogni...

In our last visit we started a topical study of “authority” as found in the book of Matthew. We looked at references that mentioned authority: Matthew 7:29; 8:9; and 9:6, 8.  In Chapter 10:1 you find Jesus delegating authority to his disciples. Only one wh...

As we continue to read through the Bible, two chapters a day, we’ll gain a new appreciation of the wisdom and grace of God. When thinking of Jesus Christ as the king above us, as presented in the book of Matthew, it’s not surprising to find the word “autho...

It has always intrigued me to notice some of the people included in the genealogy found in Matthew 1. Consider the women listed. The fact that women are mentioned at all is unusual. Tamar is mentioned first. She played the role of a prostitute and became p...

In our last visit I suggested we start reading the gospel of Matthew as a change of pace from the Old Testament reading we’ve done so far this year.  I hope you’ve started reading Matthew. It isn’t like it used to be for Kings.  Today, few of them really r...

We’ve been reading and studying the first five books of the Bible, the first leg of an adventure, which will expose us to all that God had holy men of old write for us in what we call the Word of God, the Bible. These first five books have given us glimpse...

After presenting the song we’ve studied in Deuteronomy 32, Moses gave the people and Joshua a message of encouragement and hope.  This set the stage for Moses’ final experiences before his death. God allowed him to see the Promised Land, but he couldn’t en...

We’ve been doing a chapter study of Deuteronomy 32.  We gave the chapter the title, A Faithful God, and the Key verse was 39.  A significant truth: God will fulfill His plan for His people without compromising Himself.  He will judge sin while always looki...

In our last visit we began a chapter study of the song of Moses found in Deuteronomy 32.  We identified the title: A faithful God.  The key verse was 39.  We wrote a significant truth and identified some cross references. Next, write down any problems or q...

On a number of occasions Moses composed songs to celebrate victories, to worship God and to impress on the minds and emotions of the Israelites truth to be remembered. The song of Moses and Miriam celebrated the victorious escape from the Egyptian army at ...

What you do first with whatever is entrusted to you indicates where you are in your relationship with God. That’s why the Israelites were instructed in Deuteronomy 26 to take some of the first-fruits of all that they produced from the territory God had giv...

When God gave Israel final instructions before they entered the Promised Land He shared truth about marriage.  Marriage and the family are strategic in any society. Deuteronomy 20:13-30 affirms the sacredness of marriage.  Maintaining virginity till marria...

I was fascinated by the instructions Moses gave in Deuteronomy 20:1-9 to prepare an army for going to war.  Let’s do a “4 S” study of this. First, spread the information on the subject before you.  For example: war is not for the faint hearted.  War is for...

One of the things that interested me in my reading of Deuteronomy is found in chapter 17, beginning with v. 14.  Moses anticipates a day, after Israel conquers the Promised Land, when they will say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us...

Have you noticed how often Moses reminds the Israelites to “Remember” in the Book of Deuteronomy.  They are to remember God’s promise, His provision, His faithfulness and grace.  They’re also to remember the awesome things God did for them:  their delivera...

In Deuteronomy 9 Moses reaffirms God’s promise to go before the Israelites into the Promised Land to dispossess, through them, nations greater and stronger than they are.  He warns them to not brag, saying, ‘The Lord has brought me here to take possession ...

In Deuteronomy 6 you’ll find how to walk with God.  We’ve already seen in our last study that where God guides He provides.  How can we order our lives in such a way that His provision of what we need is realized? Verses 4-9 spells out a sure plan to follo...

I have been encouraging you since the beginning of this year to take up the challenge of reading through the Bible over the next two years, reading on average two chapters a day.  If you’ve done this so far this year you should be ready to start reading th...