DEUTERONOMY 22
"You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself from them....."
This week we will read the rest of 21 and part of 22, mainly focusing on verses 22:1-4.
"A call to the needs of our neighbor." Last week, God‘s word told us that, even if our hands were clean, we would have to give an account and need atonement for the sins of our land. We saw that the sins of our land were our problems to address and prayer for. We were told that there was a responsibility and accountability that went past just our individual call to faith, but also in the faithfulness and sins of others. This is where the people would come together and pray for atonement and pray for God to forgive their people. Remember our sending out verse last week when Daniel cried out to God for the sins of others. "God forgive US."
This week, in the same vein, Moses calls the people to take care of the needs of their neighbor. That there would be a day that they have to give an account not just for the sins of the people around them, but also their day-to-day needs.
This isn’t a similar message that we’ve heard before concerning taking care of God’s church, or the poor, but this is taking care of the people we come across every single day during their natural struggles of life. God said that we will be called to give an account of how we take care of the people around us.
God‘s word says that, "to where much is given, much will be required". If born again, the people of God have been given more than anyone else walking the Earth! In this truth, we are called to take care of the people around us because He has taken such good care of us.
Let us love well, shepherd well, forgive well, and serve well the people that God has put in our path to help.
Stay faithful church,
Pastor Hunter
"A call to the needs of our neighbor." Last week, God‘s word told us that, even if our hands were clean, we would have to give an account and need atonement for the sins of our land. We saw that the sins of our land were our problems to address and prayer for. We were told that there was a responsibility and accountability that went past just our individual call to faith, but also in the faithfulness and sins of others. This is where the people would come together and pray for atonement and pray for God to forgive their people. Remember our sending out verse last week when Daniel cried out to God for the sins of others. "God forgive US."
This week, in the same vein, Moses calls the people to take care of the needs of their neighbor. That there would be a day that they have to give an account not just for the sins of the people around them, but also their day-to-day needs.
This isn’t a similar message that we’ve heard before concerning taking care of God’s church, or the poor, but this is taking care of the people we come across every single day during their natural struggles of life. God said that we will be called to give an account of how we take care of the people around us.
God‘s word says that, "to where much is given, much will be required". If born again, the people of God have been given more than anyone else walking the Earth! In this truth, we are called to take care of the people around us because He has taken such good care of us.
Let us love well, shepherd well, forgive well, and serve well the people that God has put in our path to help.
Stay faithful church,
Pastor Hunter
SCRIPTURE TO GO WITH THE MESSAGE
Read Luke 10 on the good Samaritan as this will be referenced during the sermon.
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