Have
you ever read the entire Bible? Maybe you have, but it’s been a while since you
read through the entire Bible. I’ve been part of in-depth Bible studies for
years, but it’s been a while since I’ve read certain parts of the Bible.
Recently, as I was studying II Samuel, I felt God challenge me to re-read the
Bible start to finish in a short amount of time. God re-iterated that challenge
through re-reading Joshua and reading some articles on the Biblical illiteracy
of professing Christians.
As we
saw the last few weeks with Joshua and the Israelites, knowing and remembering
God’s commands is vital. With the defeat at Ai (after Jericho) and Achan’s
disobedience, Joshua stops to re-read and re-write God’s commands to Moses.
Joshua
8:30-32, 34-35
30 Then
Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, 31 as
Moses the servant of the Lord had
commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book
of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool had
been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt
offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings. 32 There,
in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua
wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses…
34 Afterward, Joshua read
all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in
the Book of the Law. 35 There
was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the
whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners
who lived among them.
If
you haven’t ever read the entire Bible, I challenge you to consider listening
to it to and from work. It will only take about half a year if you average a
20-minute commute. Or, there are great One Year Bibles (mine has an
O.T./N.T./Psalm/Proverb each day).
We
can’t truly love, honor and obey God without knowing Him and His Word!
Alice
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