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Therefore Choose Life

Therefore Choose Life

Introduction:

Some choices we make are over and done with.  We choose to eat a hamburger for lunch as opposed to a salad.  Other choices are ones where we must continue to choose because our choice requires constant attention.  Choosing to raise a family involves countless choices throughout life.  Choosing to go to heaven and be with God is the type of decision that requires daily choices.

In Deuteronomy 30, God is going back over the covenant with the children of Israel.  He is reminding them of the importance of choosing life, life with Jehovah.  Read Deuteronomy 30:11-20.

Text:  Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Body:

I. Love the Lord Your God

·   Note Matthew 22:37-38.  Your love and your affection for the One who gave you life should be greater than your love for anyone or anything else.  Period!  Choose to always love God the most.

·   When you love someone, you care about what is important to him.  Because I love my wife, what she wants is important to me.  So what is important to God is what should be important to me.  Things like holiness, truth, justice, integrity, and righteousness matter.  (Psalm 93:5, Psalm 33:4-5)

·   Are you allowing things of the world [job, hobbies, sports, entertainment. . .] to crowd out time with God?  Do you ever not do what God wants you to do in order to do what you want instead? 

II.  Obey His Voice

·   His voice   (Romans 10:17)   His voice is preserved for us in His Word.  (Joshua 24:24-26)  We must have the right heart and be willing to listen to His voice.  (Mark 4:12)  Are you too busy to listen to His voice?  Are you earnestly seeking God’s will?

·   Obedience follows listening.  (James 1:22-25)  (Luke 6:46)

·   The inspired writer, James, links obedience with one’s faith.  (James 2:17-18,24) 

III.   Cling to Him

·   Hold fast.  Glue yourself to Him.  Be inseparable. (Deuteronomy 10:20)

·   Many things in this world will try and separate you from God.  (Romans 8:38-39)  One such thing is your family; another is your friends.  (Matthew 10:37)

·   One must be firmly committed to the Lord, not be lukewarm.  (Psalm 37:5, Revelation 3:15-16)

·   If you cling to Him, then whatever He says, you will do.

Conclusion:

You and I have the power to choose life.  Love Him, obey Him, and cling to Him forever! 

Bobby Stafford     

November 24, 2013


 

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Granby, Mo. 64844
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