“See, I have taught you statues and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that has statues and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?” Deuteronomy 4:5-8
“Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples…” I am here reminded of the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:24, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Keeping and doing the word of God by faith is a manifestation of godly wisdom. As far as I can tell, it has been from the very “beginning” that God has desired for man to keep His Word. The man who abides in God’s Word will never be shaken.
“For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?” The people who make the Word of God their dwelling place will be a city set on a hill that will shine forth the light, love, and wisdom of God to a famished and dying world.
But what really? What religion on earth has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is near to us? Among the world’s religions who can dare ask in faith? Who can dare come before the throne of God with boldness? Who can pray anytime and in anyplace? What religion can offer the indwelling of God’s Spirit. There is no other God who saves, who transforms, who loves, who judges in truth and mercy, who comforts the downcast, who cares for the widow, the orphan, the naked, the thirsty, and the hungry. Who is like our GOD?
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