The statutes and instructions God gave Israel in Leviticus 26 and 27, illustrates four responsibility every Christian believer has toward the Lord
1) Obeying his commandments (Leviticus 26 vs 1-13) – four excellent reasons why we should obey the Lord, according to Moses
- Because of who God is (v 1)
- He is God of Israel
- The God and Father of Jesus Christ
- The true and living God
- Because of what God did (v 2)
- Because of where God dwells ( v 2)
- Because of what God promised (vs 3-13)
- Rain and fruitful harvests (vs 3-5)
- Peace and safety in their land (vs 5-8)
- To multiply their population (v 9)
- The presence of the Lord (vs 11-12)
2) Submitting to his chastisements (Leviticus 26 vs 14-39)
These can be summarized as distress (vs 16-17), terror, disease, drought (vs 18-20), famine (vs 27-31), defeat before their enemies, death from war (vs 23-260, animals (vs 21-22), plagues, destruction of the cities and nation, dispersement and exile among the Gentile nations.
3) Trusting His covenant (Leviticus 26 v 40-44)
God’s people may forget His law, but God remembers His covenant. He also remembers the land, because it belongs to Him (Leviticus 23, 25)
God gave the land to Abraham and his descendants, and He will not go back on His word.
4) Keeping our commitments to God (Leviticus 27 v 1-34)
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