Blessings on Obedience
1 “Now it shall come to pass, aif you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God bwill set you high above all nations of the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and aovertake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
3 a“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be bin the country.
4 “Blessed shall be athe fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 a“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 “The Lord awill cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Deuteronomy 28:3.
Deuteronomy 28:1-13
Is that not very clear? God holds out the expectation of reward. That is a part, a very clear part of one of the elements of His childrearing practices. He is rearing us.
I think that we would have to admit that as He reared Jesus Christ, He did an awfully good job. He trained up His Son in the way that He should go. And when He was older, He never departed from it. God knows that holding out the carrots, giving a child the expectation, the hope, of reward, is not wrong. It is a right principle.
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