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Deuteronomy 4:39
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37 And because aHe loved your fathers, therefore He chose their1 descendants after them; and bHe brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,  
38 adriving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.  
39 Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that athe Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.  
40 aYou shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that1 it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may2 prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”  

Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan

41 Then Moses aset apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,  
42 athat the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:  
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What Does Deuteronomy 4:39 Mean?



Deuteronomy 4:39

The Bible declares quite clearly that God is not only well aware of what is taking place, but He also has the power, wisdom, and love to either stop it at any time or let it run its course. In fact, Scripture plainly shows God actively—indeed proactively, not merely permissively—involved in earthly matters. God has not gone "way off somewhere," letting things simply proceed naturally.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Is God to Blame?



Deuteronomy 4:39-40

Among this world's versions of what is commonly called "Christianity," keeping God's commandments is considered with varying degrees of suspicion, at the least, all the way to some being outright hostile, almost as if keeping them were some kind of a curse. Yet, God Himself urges His children to keep them "that it may go well with [them]." He does not say that keeping them will produce spiritual salvation, but that they will produce a pattern of life that results in stability, safety, and enjoyment in personal and community life.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Fifth Commandment

Related Topics: God's Commandments Produce Enjoyment | God's Commandments Produce Safety | God's Commandments Produce Stability | Hostility to God's Law | Keeping Commandments | Keeping Commandments Regarded with Suspicion | Regarding God's Commandments as Curse




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