Deuteronomy 26:1 says, And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; Moses then told the people of Israel what God expected them to do when they went in and possessed the land He was giving them. God has given us something mich greater, everlasting life, if we accept it by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. Verse two adds, That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. Moses said that God's command was for them to put the first of all the fruit of the earth in a basket and bring it to the place that God chose to put His name as a place of worship. Of course, really the whole land belonged to God, just as everything we own as Christians belongs to Him today. Verse three continues, And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us. They were then to go to the priest who was there in that day and profess that they had come into the land that that the LORD the priest’s God had promised to their fathers, both the priests and theirs. When we first accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, He had been the God of other people, but when we accept Him, He becomes our God as well. Verse four states, And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. Moses then said that the priest was to take the basket and set it before the altar of God. I believe that we should take all our possessions and place them before God, and dedicate them for His use. Verse five adds, And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: Moses said that they were then to tell God that they remembered who they were. They came from a Syrian, Jacob, who was about to perish in a famine until he came to the land of Egypt to survive, and that in Egypt, they became a great and mighty nation, even though they didn't realize it at that time. Until we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we are about to die in a spiritual famine, and once we accept Him, we become a part of a great and mighty people, God's people, even if we don't always live as though we believe this. Verse six continues, And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: Moses said they were to tell God that they remembered that even though they were a great and mighty nation that they were enslaved by the Egyptians. Just because we as followers of Christ are a part of God's great and mighty nation does not mean that we are to always be in power in the world. Verse seven declares, And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression, Moses said they were to tell God that they remembered how they called out to Him in their oppression and that He remembered them. We should always remember how we called out to God in our time of oppression, and He remembered us, by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins, and we should always thank Him for doing so. Verse eight adds, And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: Mose said that they were to remember how God brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand and many wonders, and we should always remember that as Christians God brought us out of spiritual bondage by His mighty act of allowing Jesus Christ to die in our place to set us free from this bondage. Verse nine continues, And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. Moses said they were then acknowledge that God had brought them to this land flowing with milk and honey and gave it to them. Though they were now a great nation in numbers, they were only mighty when they put their faith in God. The same is true for us as followers of Christ today. Verse ten states, And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: They were to then tell the priest that for all God had done for them they now brought these firstfruits and offered them to God. We need to offer the best that we have to God as Christians today before anything else. Verse eleven adds, And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. Moses then said that they should rejoice for all that God had done for them. If we are a part of the kingdom of God today, we should always rejoice for all that He has done for us.
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