Deuteronomy 30 - The Choice of Life or Death | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to Deuteronomy 30 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Deuteronomy 30 the speech of Moses is starting to wind down, even though there are still 4 chapters after this one. It now continues prophetically as the last few chapters have been. In verse 1-3 Moses talks about a future moment when in captivity, their thoughts turn back to God.
Much later the people that returned from the Babylonian exile were a different people to those just a hundred years prior. They had learned their lessons, and seemed to have been cured from their idolatry. Yet they were still tempted away from God by other things, and their hearts became proud in other ways, as Jesus would point out in Matthew 17 and other places.
Verse 6 is one of my favourite verses. “Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul…” It is a wonderful promise to us of what God will do for the penitent.
The Lord told a parable in Luke 18 about two people in prayer, the Pharisee and the tax collector. The former was proud and his prayer was not heard, but the latter humble and heard. This promise is for those who seek God with a humble and repentant heart. THe Lord hears and responds with grace. Verse 14 talks about having God’s word in our hearts.
The key is always to have God’s law in our hearts. Romans 10 also shows us that it is the person who ‘believes in his heart’ who is saved. This generation that Moses addressed did so and were greatly successful as the book of Joshua shows, but sadly they failed to pass on these things to their children as the book of Judges shows.
The chapter closes with Moses outlining their choice between life and death. Choices always seem simple when spelled out in this manner, but the heart so easily leads us away.