Deuteronomy 7:11 says, Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. Moses told the people of Israel, God's chosen people, that they were to keep God's commandments, statutes and judgments. They were to keep them by doing them. We todays as followers of Christ, God's people today, are to do the same. Verse twelve adds, Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: Moses said that if they would listen to and keep God's judgments, or laws, that God would keep His covenant with them, but they didn't. This is why it was necessary for Jesus Christ to come and fulfill it for them, and us. We are all guilty of sin at some point in our life, but by faith in Jesus Christ we can have the covenant relationship with God restored. Verse thirteen continues, And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Moses said that if they kept God's laws that He would bless and multiply them. It was by their obeying God's laws that the people of Israel received His blessings and benefitted from His love, and it is by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord and living by the leadership of the Holy Spirit that we do today. Verse fourteen states, Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. Moses said the people of Israel were blessed above all people, and so are we as Christians today. Still, this is not manifested by any material thing, but simply by the fact that through faith in Jesus Christ we have everlasting life with God. Verse fifteen adds, And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. Moses said that if the people of Israel kept God's commandments that He they would not suffer from any of the evil diseases that He sent on the people of Egypt. These were sent on the people of Egypt for their being unwilling to listen God. We are not exempt from diseases as followers of Christ today, but if we suffer them, they will never be a punishment from God. Verse sixteen continues, And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. Though we are not to destroy all the people who do not put their faith in Jesus Christ, as the people of Israel were told to destroy all the people that did not obey God, we are not to follow after any of their gods. As followers of Christ, we are to reach out to them with the gospel instead.
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