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loves to bless you. He has even declared that “blessings shall come
upon you and overtake you”. This means that you can’t run fast enough to
escape them! When you turn one corner, there is a blessing waiting for
you. When you turn another corner, you run smack into another blessing! |
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Now, you may think that you don’t qualify for God’s blessings because
of the preceding verse which says that these blessings will come to pass
only if you diligently obey God’s voice and keep all
of His commandments. You know that no matter how hard you try, you just
cannot keep all of God’s commandments. In fact, the Bible says that if
you fail to keep just one commandment, you fail to keep all. (James
2:10) |
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| My friend, I have good news for you: Jesus is the one who qualifies us for every single blessing because He
has kept all of God’s commandments. When He died for us on the cross,
He not only fulfilled all of God’s commandments, He also redeemed us
from the curse of the law. (Galatians 3:13) Note that He did not redeem
us from the blessings of the law, so the blessings are still ours today! |
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As you read the list of blessings in Deuteronomy 28, starting with
“Blessed shall you be in the city… in the country… the fruit of your
body… your basket… when you come in… when you go out…” (Deuteronomy
28:3–13), I believe that Jesus is saying to you, “Like the blessings?
Then take them by faith!” |
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You may say, “But I don’t deserve them.” Yes, you don’t deserve them,
but you still get them because of Jesus. That is God’s grace! The law
says, “You must deserve the blessings.” But the law is no longer here.
Grace is here. So take the blessings by grace through faith. Believe God
for the blessings. |
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Today, it is no longer a question of how much or how well you have kept
God’s commandments. It is a question of how much you can believe
God for His blessings. All the promises of God in Christ are “Yes”, and
because you are in Christ, you can say “Amen!” to His blessings! (2
Corinthians 1:20) |
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