DAY 77 Read Deuteronomy 29 through 31.
Today's reading: Moses foretells the conditions that would come as a result of obedience or of disobedience.
Memory gem: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil" (Deuteronomy 30:15).
Thought for today:
Are there things in the Bible hard to understand? That is the way it ought to be. If the Bible were a common book, we would read it through once and understand everything in it. In Deuteronomy 29:20 we read: "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever."
Sometimes young people go through a stage in which they feel confident of success in attacking any problem. They have an idea that things are different now from what they have ever been before. Of course, this is really a good thing, or they wouldn't have the faith and courage to tackle many great problems, to bring fresh viewpoints and energy to the task before them. This doesn't mean, however, that they are always wise and can settle every question. There is a great mysterious world around us which can be known only by revelation, and that from God. So it is good in youth to accept the Word of God and to find in it the answers to all life's problems.
Oh, friend, open up the Book of God and go deeper down for the truth and the light. From the dark unknown comes the light. In the beginning God caused the light to shine out of darkness (see Genesis 1:3). So in this great Book you will find where man came from--God created him. You will find where is going--to heaven or hell. You will find how he should live--in the way of God's commandments. You will find how he may be saved--"by grace...through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8).
Today's reading: Moses foretells the conditions that would come as a result of obedience or of disobedience.
Memory gem: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil" (Deuteronomy 30:15).
Thought for today:
Are there things in the Bible hard to understand? That is the way it ought to be. If the Bible were a common book, we would read it through once and understand everything in it. In Deuteronomy 29:20 we read: "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever."
Sometimes young people go through a stage in which they feel confident of success in attacking any problem. They have an idea that things are different now from what they have ever been before. Of course, this is really a good thing, or they wouldn't have the faith and courage to tackle many great problems, to bring fresh viewpoints and energy to the task before them. This doesn't mean, however, that they are always wise and can settle every question. There is a great mysterious world around us which can be known only by revelation, and that from God. So it is good in youth to accept the Word of God and to find in it the answers to all life's problems.
Oh, friend, open up the Book of God and go deeper down for the truth and the light. From the dark unknown comes the light. In the beginning God caused the light to shine out of darkness (see Genesis 1:3). So in this great Book you will find where man came from--God created him. You will find where is going--to heaven or hell. You will find how he should live--in the way of God's commandments. You will find how he may be saved--"by grace...through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8).
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