Prepare
Opening Prayer
Thank God for the day, his Word, and the blessing of hearing from him, and ask him to teach and give understanding.
Read
Scripture Passage
Deuteronomy 11:26-32
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
The Mosaic covenant set blessing before Israel for obedience and a curse for turning aside to other gods; the people later enacted this covenant sign at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal.
B — Best Verse
Which Verse Best Summarizes the Passage?
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
Bryan explicitly selects verses 26 and 27, then adds verse 28, because together they state the covenant's blessing for obedience and curse for disobedience.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do & Christ Connection
Love God and walk in his ways, trusting in Jesus, who perfectly kept every command and bore the covenant curse so that his people receive blessing.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
Well, good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions. We have our newest member of the coffee club here. Judah. And this morning we're going to be at Deuteronomy chapter 12, the second half of the chapter, the Deuteronomy chapter. No, no, no. I'm sorry. Chapter 11 versus 26 through 32. So Deuteronomy chapter 11 versus 26 through 32 is about the curses and the blessings in the covenant. So do you want some coffee? No. OK, I'll have coffee. I need coffee with you. Let's have some coffee.
We'll pray and get into God's word. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for this day. Thank you for your word. Thank you for the blessing it is to get to read your word and to hear from you. Lord, we pray that you please help us understand. Please teach us, God, in Jesus's name. Amen. Alright, so Deuteronomy chapter 11 verses 26 through 32.
And behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today. And the curse if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God. But turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
Now it shall be when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal. And they, are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Mora, for you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it, and you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today. Well Judah, when we read the Bible and we do coffee and devotions, we ask ourselves three questions. This is the ABCs of Bible study.
A. What is this about?
B. What's the best verse to summarize this? And C. What are we called to do? So what is this about? There's blessings and curses. In the Mosaic Covenant, so Moses is the one speaking. God made this covenant with his people through Moses. He's the mediator, so we call it the Mosaic Covenant. And he tells them when they go into the land. When they go into the land of Canaan, when they cross over the Jordan River, there's going to be two mountains. right next to each other and there's going to be a valley in between. There's going to be Mount Ebal on one side and Mount Gerizim on the other. And he tells them when they get there, they're going to read the blessings on Mount Gerizim and the curses on Mount Ebal.
And you know what? They did it. In Joshua, chapter eight, they did just like God commanded. They did conquer the promised land and they read the curses on Mount Ebal and the blessings on Mount Gerizim. It was assigned the covenant because a covenant always has or normally has blessings and curses. Yeah, so that's what this is about.
What's the best verse that summarizes? Well, I have verse 26 and 27 before I sit. Behold, I set before you today as a blessing and a curse, the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I command you today. Verse 28 also. And the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord, your God. It's a blessing versus. Yeah, there's blessings and there's curses. Okay, let's quickly wrap this up. Let's see. See, calling. We're called to love God.
But guess who kept all the commandments? Jesus did. Jesus kept every commandment. He was perfect. Yeah, we're not perfect, but Jesus is perfect in every way. And so we get all the curses or all the blessings because Jesus took all the curses for us. Yeah. He who knew no sin became sin for us. That we might be the righteousness of God. Yeah. So you. Should love Jesus. You ready to pray? Let's pray. God, thank you so much for Jesus Christ. Thank you for the blessing of letting us follow you. Lord, we pray that we would still walk in your ways, that we would know you and walk in holiness in Jesus's name. Amen. Alright, well, thanks so much for inviting and welcoming little Judah into the new coffee club. We'll see you next time. Bye