DAY 33 Read Exodus 17 through 20.
Today's reading covers various adventures encountered by the wandering Isrealites. When they arrive at Mount Sinai, the Lord appears in awful majesty to speak to His people.
Memory gem: "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" (Exodus 20:2).
Thought for today:
God's law was not put into written form until the days of Moses, but that holy law was for all men not only from Adam to Moses, but from Moses to Christ, and throughout the gospel dispensation.
Jesus was faithfully and perfectly obedient to all His Father's commandments, for He said, "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love" (John 15:10).
And then notice these words of the apostle John: "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him" (1 John 2:4).
God's law is for God's remnant people in the last days, and they will keep it under great difficulties, even under the attacks of Satan.
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 12:17).
They will keep the law of God and have the faith of Jesus. This proves that they are Christians and are living by faith.
Sometimes it is said that no man can keep the law; however, this is but half-truth. The full truth is that no man in his own strength can keep the law and satisfy God's holy demands. Our righteousness is not of ourselves, but of Him, not of our works, but His.
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
And so, friend, will you not by God's grace be one of those who follow the path that leads to the city of God--one of those who "keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus"?
Today's reading covers various adventures encountered by the wandering Isrealites. When they arrive at Mount Sinai, the Lord appears in awful majesty to speak to His people.
Memory gem: "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" (Exodus 20:2).
Thought for today:
God's law was not put into written form until the days of Moses, but that holy law was for all men not only from Adam to Moses, but from Moses to Christ, and throughout the gospel dispensation.
Jesus was faithfully and perfectly obedient to all His Father's commandments, for He said, "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love" (John 15:10).
And then notice these words of the apostle John: "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him" (1 John 2:4).
God's law is for God's remnant people in the last days, and they will keep it under great difficulties, even under the attacks of Satan.
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 12:17).
They will keep the law of God and have the faith of Jesus. This proves that they are Christians and are living by faith.
Sometimes it is said that no man can keep the law; however, this is but half-truth. The full truth is that no man in his own strength can keep the law and satisfy God's holy demands. Our righteousness is not of ourselves, but of Him, not of our works, but His.
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
And so, friend, will you not by God's grace be one of those who follow the path that leads to the city of God--one of those who "keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus"?
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