'Ye shall not add unto the Word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God...'
(Deuteronomy 4:2).
Moses was urging and seriously warning the new generation of Israelites, to obey the commands of God and not to add or take away from the commands he was giving them, as did their fathers before them. They had seen what God can do, as he manifested his great powers. And whenever Israel demonstrated their faith and carried out God's instructions, He saved them from destruction or their enemies. When they kept His commandments, He blessed them, but when they disobeyed, he punishes them. When we disobey or murmur against God, we suffer the consequences. However, when we choose to obey God's commands we are blessed. Our God is a loving, patient and longsuffering God, but there will be a time when he will say enough is enough. We ought to exercise faith in Christ and be obedient to God as we seek to find him while he can be found. A time will come when He will not want to see the faces of those with unbelief, those who outrightly reject or rebell against Him. Some of the Israelites who came out of Egypt didn't make it to the Promised Land, except for Caleb and Joshua, God's faithful ones. If we are not faithful and obedient to God, we too will be left out of the Promise Land - eternity with Christ. No matter what your circumstances may be, trust God and have faith in him, live your life by faith so you might be save eternally. Let us not add or take away from what the Word of God states, so we may keep his commandments and live. Revelation 22:18-19 tells us that, if any man shall add unto the what is prophesied in this book of Revelation, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in there. If they take away anything, God will take away their part out of the book of life and out of the Holy City. Let us be warned and take heed!
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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and
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