DCLM Daily Manna December 22, 2016 by Pastor Kumuyi – One Good Turn Deserves Another
DCLM Daily Manna December 22, 2016 by Pastor Kumuyi – One Good Turn Deserves Another
Topic: One Good Turn Deserves Another
[December 22, 2016]
Text: Deuteronomy 10:12-22
Key Verse: "And now, Israel, what doth
the LORD thy God require of thee, but to
fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his
ways, and to love him, and to serve the
LORD thy God with all thy heart and with
all thy soul" (Deuteronomy 10:12).
The importance of Deuteronomy in the
Holy Scriptures is gleaned from the fact
that it is quoted about eighty five times in
the New Testament. The chief reason is
its being the nutshell of laws God gave to
the children of Israel in their forty years of
wandering in the wilderness as they
headed for the Promised Land.
If the book is Moses' parting address to
the Israelites as they prepared to enter
Canaan without him, it is also God's
reassuring recollection of His laws which
constitute life, comfort and spiritual food
to the soul if adhered to. Either way, the
book is unique as the last of Moses' five
books. God summarises His demand from
an Israel without Moses in the land
flowing with milk and honey. They were
not to lose their senses over this material
blessing God is giving them. But only a
purged heart can do so.
Circumcision is beyond what the eyes see.
Purity of the heart is what the Lord
Himself does to clean up saved souls and
wash it from carnal deeds. Like salvation,
it is not by work; it is a work of grace.
When accomplished, it makes the soul
submissive for service to God. Among the
sinful habits that disappear when
circumcision takes place is the stiff-
necked nature. We cannot love God
absolutely or serve Him sacrificially until
every residue of iniquity has been
purified. God's desire is that we live a
truly victorious life free of sin, either
inbred or Adamic.
Mercifully, God has provided for a
believer's entire sanctification in Christ's
substitutionary atonement. Let us heed
Hosea's counsel to "break up [our] fallow
ground...till he come and rain
righteousness upon us" (Hosea 10:12).
Thought for the day: It is God's laws that
guide the steps of the pilgrim.
Bible Reading in one Year: Malachi 1-4
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor
William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder
and General Superintendent of the Deeper
Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the
busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria
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