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  • D.C. al Coda – Deuteronomy – But IF..

    D.C. al Coda – Deuteronomy – But IF..

    :אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה

    Devarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1a

    Devarim – “These are the words..

    But IF we do not remember or believe or obey, what then?

    • Then Moses said, “What if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
      • – Exodus 4:1
    • And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people be disrespectful to Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst.
      • – Numbers 14:11

    God said! Moses said. Scripture said..

    We’re sceptics, aren’t we?

    And it’s more than just Satan tempting man, misquoting Scripture and asking, ‘Did God really say..?’

    blessing of curse you can choose

    We make a promise or covenant with the LORD.

    God says that HE will do this, BUT then we go and do THAT – that which the Lord God says NOT to do.

    Man sins even knowing the CURSE of GOD, even as we expect the BLESSING of God given for obedience.

    Deuteronomy 9{7 Jordan river crossing

    God calls on us to remember
    BOTH blessing and curse.

    Remember your sin of the past which led to curse, so that you will not fail to obey and receive the LORD’s blessing.

    Scriptures

    Deuteronomy 30

    1 Samuel 1,2,12 excerpts

    1 Kings 9

    Original talkofJesus.com post

    But if…
    Original post July 19, 2014 – Topic: Conditional Blessing
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  • D.C. al Coda – (Deuteronomy Calls out the Ending)

    D.C. al Coda – (Deuteronomy Calls out the Ending)

    Da Capo al Coda

    For those of you who are not musicians: D.C. al Coda directs us to GO BACK to the BEGINNING then where indicated, GO towards the ENDING. (It’s new music resolving into an eventual final ending.)

    Now you ask, what does that have to do with Scripture?

    ANSWER: Scripture frequently takes us back to what we ought to have already known to interpret what will happen in the ending soon before us.

    Deuteronomy Calls out the ending

    Deuteronomy 9{7 Jordan river crossing

    Chosen or Not – Blessed or Cursed?

    THE LORD warned us through Scripture (time and time again):

    IF you do this, then you are blessed.

    HOWEVER if you do that, then you are cursed.

    History bears witness to God’s word

    וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה בְּקוֹל אֵלִיָּהוּ וַתָּשָׁב נֶֽפֶשׁ־הַיֶּלֶד עַל־קִרְבּוֹ וַיֶּֽחִי׃

    And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

    1 Kings 17:22

    We continue our look back at Summer Scriptural Reruns asking questions and providing answers to life and death questions.

    Although recent focus has been on Jews who ought to have known better from Scripture, today in the first of three reruns, the Messiah Jesus also points us to other examples in Scripture.

    Who will save you from DEATH?

    Scriptures

    “But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah.. and yet Elijah was sent to none of them..

    Luke 4:25a,26a NASB20

    The Messiah Jesus tells us to go back to Scripture if you want to understand meaning. D.C. al Coda Read it again, then skip ahead from the Cross to the end.

    1 Kings 17

    Matthew 25

    Original talkofJesus.com post

    Three Widows & a Widower
    Original post April 10, 2014 – Topic: Faith after death
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  • Obituary 3: Searching for Purpose for my life

    Obituary 3: Searching for Purpose for my life

    Questions of meaning

    We’ve been asking our SELVES in this series the questions of life, as well as questioning our purpose memorialized at our own funeral.

    Songs mentioned in previous posts resound in our thoughts from time to time – limited time in this fragile mortal frame. Some ask of meaning while others speak of a purpose driven life.

    Is God that purpose?

    Does you life have meaning in the eyes of the Eternal Lord God?

    Scriptures

    Hebrews 9

    Jeremiah 1:9

    Ephesians 5 & 6

    1 Corinthians 2 & 11

    Gospel of John excerpts

    Original talkofJesus.com post

    Is that all there is (of my life)?
    from July 3, 2014 – topic: God’s purpose
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