In verse 9 He tells them (& us) to know therefore:
- that the LORD, ADONAI, YHWH is God
- and He keeps His covenant...
with those who LOVE Him and KEEP His commandments.
It's conditional, we must LOVE & KEEP His commandments....
Keeps struck me when I read through about 2 weeks ago preparing my mind for my next Kid's Church lesson. The Hebrew word is shamar which means to hedge in protect, preserve, to watch, keep safe. Its what Adam was placed in the garden to do cultivate & KEEP it.
For a long time now we have focused on loving. We undertand how to fullfill His Law-by loving Him and His people. Dt 6:5 and Lev 19:18
I believe He is giving us a warning/reminder to keep, protect and guard His Law as we get ready to take our next step Echo. How will we guard this precious Law? How will we ensure we keep watch over it and preserve it for ourselves, each other and the generations to come?
There are many instructions about how to KEEP/SHAMAR His Law/Words in the book of Deuteronomy.
Take note as we are finishing the last book of Torah, how will we (ECF) KEEP?
2 comments:
Dt 8:6 warns us to take care to keep His commandments because if we don't keep His commandments we will forget the Lord Himself!
WOW- Who says we don't need the Law? Only those who don't know how it connects us to Him and His love.
Dt8:19 Tells us tat if we foreget Him we will perish (literally die). There is no life w/o Him.
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