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God gives Israel a promise of blessing.
The first is the blessing of produce (verse 13).
Humans sweat and work hard to produce results, but unless God blesses them, they cannot enjoy the fruits of their sweat. It is God's blessing that you can enjoy the fruits of your hard work. So let us be thankful that today we can enjoy the fruits of our hard work and sweat.
Second, He promised the blessing of prosperity (verse 14).
Whether a person or an animal is born or not born depends on God. Because the Lord of life is God. Therefore, being able to open the door to the womb and produce life is a work done by God's providence and is a blessing from God.
God promises to open the door of this womb and make life ceaselessly prosperous.
Third, He promises to keep all diseases away from you (verse 15).
The development of medical science in the world conquers many diseases, but the more diseases are conquered, the more diseases become more numerous, and most of the people living in the present age are suffering from diseases.
It is truly a blissful thing that a person can live a life free from disease through physical health, mental health, and soul health throughout his life.
However, liberation from this disease can only be done by God. No matter how hard people struggle, new diseases take over the world and torment people.
Therefore, man must depend on God, who gives freedom from disease.
Because God has promised to set the people free from disease.
Fourth, He promises to set you above all nations (verse 16).
God will hand over all nations to Israel.
In fact, Israel exerts its influence around the world in this day and age, and it has a powerful influence on all countries. Its influence transcends areas such as politics, economy, culture and education.
Therefore, you are fulfilling the promise of making Israel outstanding among all nations.
This is not limited to Israel. He is adding such blessings to the people of the Lord who believe.
However, there is one condition. That is, if you hear all these laws and obey them, the proviso is attached.
There is not a single person in the world who does not want to be blessed. However, not everyone is blessed. The reason is that they want to be blessed, but are passive about paying the price. In other words, the responsibility and duty to receive the blessing is to avoid it.
So, why do these things happen?
1. It is because of the awareness that God's promises will not be fulfilled immediately.
Man must obey and obey God's law. There will be no saints who do not know this fact. Nevertheless, I was not active in following the law because of my complacent attitude to do it later, not now.
The early church members knew that Jesus, who ascended into heaven after the resurrection, would come again at any moment.
Therefore, they were spiritually armed and always awake. However, as time passed, Jesus did not come again, and people's hearts began to feel at ease.
This is also true of the saints today. In the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot warned his sons-in-law of destruction, but he did not listen to Lot and did not listen to Lot and was intoxicated with real life. It becomes cumbersome to follow.
2. It is not possible because of the environment.
In verse 18, God tells Israel not to be afraid. This was because they feared that Israel would be weighed down by what they saw, and that they would falter in striking their enemies (see v. 17).
Therefore, God tells us not to look to the environment, but to God.
God did many things to lead Israel out of Egypt. God commanded us not to forget the work, but to look to the Lord God who did it.
When we look at God in this way, we obey God's will and move forward, but when we look at the real environment that lies in front of people, it is impossible.
3. Because you give up.
People are fragile, so giving up is too easy. Therefore, the seemingly difficult and difficult task of following God and obeying that law is easy to give up.
But our Lord invites us to enter through the narrow gate. It is difficult to enter that road because it is narrow and narrow, but it is the road to salvation in the end. Because that's the way to victory. Because it is the way to be blessed.
However, no matter how good the future may be, if the reality in front of you right now is difficult and difficult, you will soon give up.
But God doesn't want to give up. No matter how difficult and difficult the road may be, He wants you to finish it with patience, and He wants you to follow God's law. And he wants to give them the blessing God has promised.
4. Because you can't give up what you have to give up.
Knowing that a person must obey and obey God's law, he tries his best and tries his best, but I can understand the words of those who say no. Because it's human.
However, if you think about it, the idea that no matter how hard you try, no matter how hard you try, is not God's idea.
That is, it is the opinion of the person who said it.
This fact speaks to the fact that the human mind is still alive.
That is, the self is alive, the lust is alive, the lust is alive, the covetousness is alive, and everything is alive.
Our Lord says that anyone who wants to follow me must deny himself.
Denying yourself may be mistaken for giving up on yourself, but it is actually the best way to protect yourself.
If you give up your will and put Jesus Christ in its place, give up your greed, fill in the humility of Jesus in its place, and give up your lusts and put the sacrifice of Jesus in its place, that person is a person created by God. It is the result of restoring the original image, that is, the image of God in the person, and maintaining it. So denying yourself is the best way to protect yourself.
However, people do not know this fact, so they feel sorry for giving away what they have, and they cannot give up their regrets.
If you don't give up on yourself, you can't follow God's law.
Therefore, you must decide to give up on yourself.
conclude the word.
Dear brothers and sisters, I sincerely pray that God's promises will surely be fulfilled and come to the people as a blessing, so that you may fulfill your duty and live a life where you can receive and enjoy the blessing.