{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Deuteronomy 28-31","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4370,"description":"Faithful and “careful” obedience – not perfection, is: 1) what God expects in relation to His commands (28:1), 2) a condition of our salvation (28:1 – “If you faithfully obey…”; Evangelical view = There are no conditions other than faith).\n \nIf we “faithfully obey the voice of the LORD (our) God” and are “careful to do all His commandments” then He promises to cause “all these blessings to overtake (us)” (28:2): 1) prosperity: we will prosper in our work, endeavors and investments (28:3-6, 8, 11-14), 2) protection: our enemies will be “defeated” and unable to unify/gain strength against us. They will also be “afraid” of us (28:7, 10; “flee before you seven ways” = A strategy in war. You route/scatter the enemy so that they cannot unify their forces against you.), 3) pardon: we will be made “holy” which implies the forgiveness of our sins (28: 9) (See Mat 6:9-13; 2Co 1:20).\n \nIf we do not (faithfully) “obey the voice of the LORD (our) God” and are not “careful to do all His commandments and His statutes”, then He promises to cause “all these curses to come upon (us) and overtake (us)” (28:15): 1) poverty: we will experience “confusion and frustration” – and ultimately failure, in our work, endeavors and investments (28:16-20, 22b-24, 38-46), 2) sickness: we will be “consumed” with “pestilence”, “extraordinary afflictions” “sicknesses grievous and lasting”, “every sickness and every affliction”, “diseases…of which (we) are afraid”, diseases of the brain and mind (28:21-22a, 27-29a, 35, 58-61), 3) tragedy: we will be constantly distressed, doubting dreading and deceived as we are given over to defeat, oppression, robbery, false religion, enslavement, rape and other ruinous acts or atrocities (28:25-26, 29b-34, 41, 47-57, 62-68) (Consider again 2Co 1:20 w/Heb 13:8 and Heb 10:30-31; In re: to false religion see 2Th 2:11-12).\n \nIf we are being cursed by God then: 1) we need to realize there is unfaithfulness in some area of our life (28:46 = Curses are a “sign” of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}