Participants: Kelley Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000495
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00:17 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank you for joining again with me 00:21 to read the word of God. When we were last together, Moses had 00:25 gathered the Israelites together and was reviewing with them 00:29 their history and how God had freed them from Egypt, and 00:32 brought them through the wilderness. He was reviewing 00:35 both their disobediences and God's mercy and forgiveness and 00:40 protection and care all on that journey. 00:42 Before we pick up this story of Moses and the Israelites, 00:45 Let's pray together, Dear Lord, Thank you for 00:48 your guidance and protection in each of our lives and thank you 00:51 that your counsel is as alive as is a two-edged sword for 00:56 us to day to bring us safely to the land of promise 01:00 in heaven with you soon. Please be with us now as we read. 01:03 We love you so much and thank you for loving us. Amen 01:06 When we were leaving off last time it was in Deuteronomy, 01:12 chapter 2, and we're going to pick up there in the middle of 01:15 the chapter, starting with verse 25. 01:18 This is the King James Version. 01:19 This is Moses speaking to the children of Israel. 01:23 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and 01:29 the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the 01:31 whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee and shall tremble 01:34 and be in anguish because of thee. And I sent messengers 01:38 out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon 01:41 king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, Let me pass 01:44 through thy land: I will go along by the high way, 01:47 I will neither turn right unto the right hand nor to the left 01:50 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; 01:53 and give me water for money that I may drink: 01:56 only I will pass through on my feet; 01:58 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites 02:02 which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan 02:06 into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 02:08 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: 02:12 for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart 02:16 obstinate that he might deliver him into thy hand, 02:20 as appeareth this day. And the Lord said unto me, 02:23 Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: 02:27 begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 02:31 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people to fight 02:36 at Jahaz. And the Lord our God delivered him before us; 02:40 and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 02:43 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly 02:46 destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones 02:49 at every city, we left none to remain: Only the cattle 02:53 we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil 02:55 of the cities which we took. >From Aroer, which is by the 02:59 brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by 03:02 the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city 03:06 too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us: 03:11 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon 03:14 thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, 03:18 nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever 03:21 the Lord our God forbad us. Continuing in 03:25 the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 3, and this is the King James 03:28 Version. Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: 03:32 and Og, the king of Bashan came out against us, 03:35 he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said 03:40 unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, 03:43 and all his people, and his land into thy hand. 03:46 and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon, 03:50 king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 03:52 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands, Og also, 03:57 the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until 04:00 none was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities 04:04 at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them 04:07 threescore cities, all the region of Argob, 04:10 the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these cities were fenced 04:13 with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns 04:18 a great many. And we utterly destroyed them, 04:21 as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying 04:25 the men, women, and children of every city. But all the cattle, 04:29 and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 04:33 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings 04:36 of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, 04:40 from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; (Which Hermon 04:45 the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 04:49 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, 04:54 unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 04:59 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant 05:03 of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; 05:07 is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? 05:10 nine cubits was the length thereof, 05:13 and four cubits the breadth of it, 05:15 after the cubit of a man. And this land, which we possessed 05:19 at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, 05:22 and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the 05:28 Reubenites and to the Gadites. And the rest of Gilead, 05:32 and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, 05:34 gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of 05:39 Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 05:43 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob 05:47 unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them 05:52 after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, 05:55 unto this day. And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 05:59 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from 06:03 Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, 06:06 and the border even unto the river Jabbok, 06:09 which is the border of the children of Ammon; 06:11 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, 06:15 from Chinereth even unto the sea of the plain, 06:18 even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. 06:22 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God 06:26 hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over 06:31 armed before your brethren the children of Israel, 06:33 all that are meet for the war. But your wives, and your little 06:38 ones and your cattle, 06:41 shall abide in your cities which I have given you; until the Lord 06:46 have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, 06:49 and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God 06:53 hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return 06:56 every man unto his possession which I have given you. 06:59 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have 07:04 seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these 2 kings 07:08 so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms 07:12 whither thou passest. Ye shall not fear them: 07:15 for the Lord your God he shall fight for you. 07:19 And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, O Lord God, 07:23 thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, 07:27 and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven 07:30 or in earth, that can do according to thy works, 07:32 and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, 07:37 and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, 07:40 that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 07:41 But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, 07:46 and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, 07:49 let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 07:53 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes 07:59 westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, 08:03 and behold it with thine eyes; for thou shalt not go over 08:07 this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage him, 08:13 and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, 08:17 and he shall cause them to inherit the land 08:20 which thou shalt see. So we abode in the valley 08:24 over against Bethpeor. 08:26 Continuing in Derteronomy chapter four. 08:29 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto 08:35 the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, 08:39 that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord 08:44 God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word 08:48 which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, 08:51 that ye may keep the commandments 08:53 of the Lord your God which I command you. 08:56 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: 09:00 for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God 09:03 hath destroyed them from among you. But ye that did cleave 09:08 unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. 09:11 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, 09:15 even as the Lord my God commanded me, 09:18 that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 09:22 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom 09:27 and your understanding in the sight of the nations, 09:29 which shall hear all these statutes, and say, 09:32 Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 09:35 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh 09:40 unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call 09:45 upon him for? And what nation is there so geat, 09:48 that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, 09:52 which I set before you this day? Only take heed to 09:56 thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget 10:00 the things which thine eyes have seen, 10:02 and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: 10:05 but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10:09 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God 10:13 in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people 10:16 together, and I will make them to hear my words, that they may 10:20 learn to fear me all the days that they shall live 10:23 upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 10:26 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; 10:30 and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, 10:33 with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 10:36 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: 10:39 ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; 10:43 only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, 10:48 which he commanded you to perform, even 10 commandments; 10:51 and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 10:54 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes 10:57 and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go 11:00 over to possess it. Take ye therefore good heed 11:04 unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day 11:08 that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst 11:11 of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make 11:15 you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, 11:18 the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast 11:21 that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl 11:23 that flieth in the air, the likeness of anything 11:26 that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that 11:29 is in the waters beneath the earth: 11:30 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, 11:34 and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, 11:38 even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship 11:40 them and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided 11:45 unto all nations under the whole heaven. 11:47 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth 11:51 out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, 11:54 to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 11:58 Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and 12:03 sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should 12:07 not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth 12:10 the for an inheritance: But I must die in this land, I must 12:15 not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess 12:18 that good land. Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the 12:22 covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and 12:26 make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, 12:29 which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord 12:32 thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 12:36 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, 12:39 ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt 12:43 yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness 12:46 of anything and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God 12:49 to provoke him to anger: I call heaven and earth to witness 12:53 against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish 12:56 from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; 13:00 ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly 13:04 be destroyed. And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, 13:08 and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, 13:11 whither the Lord shall lead you. And there ye shall serve gods 13:15 the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, 13:19 nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. But if from thence thou shalt 13:25 seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him 13:30 with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 13:33 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come 13:36 upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord 13:40 thy God and shall be obedient unto his voice; 13:45 he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, 13:49 nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto 13:53 them. For ask now of the days that are past, 13:57 which were before thee, since the day that God created man 14:00 upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven 14:02 unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing 14:05 as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 14:09 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst 14:13 of the fire, as thou hast heard and live? Or hath God assayed 14:18 to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation 14:21 by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, 14:24 by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, 14:26 and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God 14:30 did for your in Egypt before your eyes? 14:32 Thank you for being with me today. |
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