This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. DEUTERONOMY 33:1Chapter 33 gives us the last recorded words of Moses. The whole chapter is full of blessing. Moses...

“The things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever.” DEUTERONOMY 29:29How do you make your way in a world where God has kept so much secret? You live with what God has kept secret by trusting wh...

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God.” DEUTERONOMY 29:29Faith lives with unanswered questions. Grasp this and it will help you when you are having trouble making sense of life. Here are seven secrets that ...

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” DEUTERONOMY 29:29All of life is divided into two ...

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” JOHN 10:27When you know who Jesus is, you will see what it means to follow Him.1. Jesus is the true prophet. Following Him mean...

“He has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.” REVELATION 19:16Even the greatest king in the Old Testament, David, failed in his calling and found himself hanging on the mercy of God. This is the positio...

“It shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes.” DEUTERONOMY 17:19The king will have his ...

“When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law.” DEUTERONOMY 17:18Nobody else in Israel was required to write out the book of the law by hand. But the king was g...

“Let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.” 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12If God has given you a position of authority and responsibility, you must be particularly aware of these temptations, because these ...

“The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.” DEUTERONOMY 17:12God’s p...

“You may... set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose.” DEUTERONOMY 17:15Leaders are to be qualified in character and ability. Moses gives us seven marks of a godly king, and all of them are reflected ...

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession. 1 PETER 2:9We live in a fallen world where even the best leaders are sinners in the process of being redeemed. So, when...

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. ROMANS 13:1God gives leaders to His people. Here are four offic...

“You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days.” DEUTERONOMY 16:13The Feast of Booths reminded God’s people that when they came out of Egypt, they lived in tents or booths in the desert for forty years. You’re livi...

We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. MATTHEW 5:6In New Testament times, the Feast of Weeks was known by another...

“Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.” DEUTERONOMY 16:9The Feast of Weeks was the day when people brought the first sample of the harvest as a gift to the Lord...

And when the hour came, [Jesus] reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, ‘I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer’... And he took br...

“Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God.” DEUTERONOMY 16:1The story of the Passover is in Exodus 12. God’s people were slaves in Egypt, and it had been like that for over 400 years. Th...

“You shall rejoice before the LORD your God... at the place that the LORD your God will choose.” DEUTERONOMY 16:11What we celebrate says a great deal about us. You can tell a great deal about a family, a church, or...

“For there will never cease to be poor in the land.” DEUTERONOMY 15:11Our Lord referred to these words when Mary poured an expensive jar of ointment over Him. Judas protested, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold, and the...

“I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’” DEUTERONOMY 15:11Moses gave two commands: first, to grant a release from debts at the end of every seven...

“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbour.” DEUTERONOMY 15:1-2God cares about the needs of the...

“But there will be no poor among you; for the LORD will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”DEUTERONOMY 15:4When God’s people entered the Promised Land, each family was given a portion of la...

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:11As we study the book of Deuteronomy, it is important to remember that the particular applications ...

“Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’” DEUTERONOMY 8:17Moses was describing a person who is locked into the circle of pride, but here’s how you break fr...

“Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required.” LUKE 12:48When you move into a new home, there is a temptation for you to face. When you graduate with a degree, there is a spiritual danger for you ...

“Take care lest you forget the LORD your God.” DEUTERONOMY 8:11When you experience the blessing of the Lord, the second thing that can happen is that you forget the Lord. That’s the circle of pride, and it will hav...

“You shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.” DEUTERONOMY 8:10When you experience the blessing of God, one of two things will happen. The first thing that can happen is that God’s blessing...

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land... then take care lest you forget the LORD.” DEUTERONOMY 6:10, 12This was the warning given to God’s people who were entering the Promised Land. Watch out! You’re go...

“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egyp...