The Choice of Life or Death
“This
command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is
not beyond your reach. It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you
must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it
and obey?’ It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask,
‘Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?’
No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your
heart so that you can obey it.
“Now listen! Today I am giving you
a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. For I
command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his
commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do
this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you
and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
“But if your
heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to
serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that you will
certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land
you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.
“Today I have given you
the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I
call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you
would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can
make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and
committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if
you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord
swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
1. The message is very ........................................................
2. It is on your ..........................................................
3. You have a choice between ...........................................................
4. Between ..................................................................
5. What is the command?
6. If you do this ............................................................
7. What will happen if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen?
8. Choose ............................ so that you .......................................
9. What is the key to your life?
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