Deuteronomy 5:22 says, These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. Verse twenty-three adds, And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; Moses said that when the people of Israel heard the Voice out of the fire, all the heads of the tribes and the elders came to him. When we hear the Voice of God calling us today, we don't have to go to someone else but can go directly to Him. Of course, we need to pray that our leaders hear and respond to Him as well. Verse twenty-four continues, And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. The leaders of Israel said that they now had seen the glory of God and heard His voice, and realized that God could talk to people and they could still live. God is not some all powerful being that we cannot approach, but He is a God of love Who desires a personal relationship with us. Verse twenty-five asks, Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. Though professing that they could hear the Voice of God and not die, they now questioned if they would not die if they heard God’s voice too much. God does not call us to a personal relationship with Him and then destroy us if we call on Him too much. He wants to hear from us and for us to hear Him at all times as followers of Christ, which is why the Holy Spirit lives within us. Verse twenty-six adds, For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? They then asked Moses who had heard the Voice of God out of the fire and lived. The fact that they had heard God’s Voice and were still alive should have answered their question. I believe they still did not truly understand the nature of God, and if we see Him as a God looking to destroy us today, neither do we. Verse twenty-seven continues, Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. Thay then asked Moses to go near to God, and for him to hear and speak to them what God said. We today as Christians, or simply as someone looking to enter into a relationship with God as their personal Savior and Lord through faith in Jesus Christ, do not need anyone to stand between God and us. We can go directly to God. Verse twenty-eight concludes, And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. Moses said he heard the Voice of God telling him that He had heard the voice of the people and that they had spoken well. God chose to speak to the people of Isreal through Moses at that time and continued to speak to people through through prophets and religious leaders until Jesus Christ came, and since then we do not need anyone to go to God for us. If we have accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we have direct access to God. Verse twenty-nine declares, O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! God said that it would be good for the people of Israel and their descendants if they would fear, or respect Him and had a heart to keep His commandments. I believe that we as followers of Christ should always have a great respect for God and understand how awesome He is, but I don't believe that we should ever be afraid of God. Verse thirty adds, Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. God told Mose to tell the people to go to their tents again. Verse thirty-one continues, But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. God then told Moses to stay there and He would give him all His commandments, statutes and judgments to give to the people of Israel. Once more, we today have direct access to God, and do not need anyone else to go to God for us since Jesus Christ removed all barriers between God and us. Verse thirty-two states, Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. God told Moses that once He had given him His laws, that the people of Israel nor Moses himself were to deviate from them at all. We cannot follow God and at the same time attempt to change His laws and commandments. Verse thirty-three adds, Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. God told Moses that if the people of Israel obeyed His laws that it would go well with them, and it still will for Christians today.
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