08/09/22 KEEPING GOD'S MORAL CODE

08/09/22 KEEPING GOD'S MORAL CODE

Just a reminder. We can keep God's (moral) commandments, no matter what the devil tells us. In fact, God requires and expects and enables us to keep His commandments. We are capable, responsible, accountable before God to turn from sin to righteousness and to live according to His enlightenment and empowering. We have a choice. Don't excuse yourself by following sinning religion.

(Matthew 19:17) And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

(John 14:15) If ye love me, keep my commandments.

(John 15:10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

(1 John 2:3) And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

(1 John 3:22) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

(1 John 5:2) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

(1 John 5:3) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

(Revelation 12:17) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

(Revelation 14:12) Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Oh, let me add the Old Testament passages, since it is the word of God and since the principle is applicable to followers of Christ. I know that some folks don't believe we can keep God's commands and I know they have all kinds of excuses not to obey God, but for those who are interested in what God says, consider all of these verses, Old and New Testament. The many times that this truth is repeated indicates how important this truth is.

(Exodus 15:26) And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
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Though this was directed to Israel, upon their exodus from Egypt, the passage indicates that Israel was able obey God's directives.

(Exodus 16:28) And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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God points out that failure to keep God's commandments and laws was a matter of choice, refusal, which the Israelites could decide.

(Exodus 20:6) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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It is clear that great numbers of people were able to keep God's commandments.

(Leviticus 22:31) Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
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God requires and enables the keeping of His commandments.

(Leviticus 26:3) If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
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Keeping God's statutes and commandments were valid possibilities.

(Deuteronomy 4:2) Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
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It is a crime against God to add to or to take away from His commandments.

(Deuteronomy 4:40) Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
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Obedience to God's rule is not only possible, it is an indicator of salvation.

(Deuteronomy 5:10) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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Repeat from earlier passage.

(Deuteronomy 5:29) O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
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A right relationship with God is manifested through the keeping of God rule, from generation to generation.

(Deuteronomy 6:2) That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
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Blessing and life depend on submission to God's rule.

(Deuteronomy 6:17) Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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Keeping God's commandments requires diligence. It is an ongoing proof of a right relationship with God.

(Deuteronomy 7:9) Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
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God keeps covenant with those who love Him and obey Him.

(Deuteronomy 7:11) Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
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Keeping God's commandments is a matter of doing His will.

(Deuteronomy 8:2) And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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Obeying and following God is the manifestation of walking with God.

(Deuteronomy 8:6) Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
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Repeat from earlier passages.

(Deuteronomy 10:13) To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
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Keeping God's commandments is not only obligatory it is beneficial for our own good.

(Deuteronomy 11:1) Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(Deuteronomy 11:8) Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
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Keeping God's commandments leads to other victories in the life of His children.

(Deuteronomy 11:22) For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
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As in other passages, love is the motivation for keeping the commandments of God, which is stated clearly in the New
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(Deuteronomy 13:4) Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
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Walking indicates a life which is dedicated to following God's rule.

(Deuteronomy 13:18) When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
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Repeat from earlier passages.

(Deuteronomy 19:9) If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
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Loving and cleaving to God is the secret to keeping His commandments

(Deuteronomy 26:17) Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
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Again, a repeat of earlier passages.

(Deuteronomy 26:18) And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
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Keeping God's commandments is a Divine condition for the believer to receive God's blessings.

(Deuteronomy 27:1) And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(Deuteronomy 28:9) The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
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Being holy is the result and the evidence of obedience.

(Deuteronomy 28:45) Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
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There is a Divine price to pay for rebelling against God's rule.

(Deuteronomy 30:10) If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(Deuteronomy 30:16) In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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Jesus said this was the greatest commandment.

(Joshua 22:5) But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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God repeats His revelation and standard concerning love and obedience.

(1 Kings 2:3) And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(1 Kings 3:14) And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(1 Kings 6:12) Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(1 Kings 8:58) That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
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We are to incline our own heart, we are to follow His ways, we are to keep His commandments. It is our responsibility. 

(1 Kings 8:61) Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
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Jesus and the New Testament points out that perfect love obeys God.

(1 Kings 9:6) But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
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It is possible and eternally costly to turn back from loving, trusting, obeying God.

(1 Kings 11:38) And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(2 Kings 17:13) Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
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God expects us to turn our hearts, our ways, our lives from disobedience to His commandments.

(2 Kings 23:3) And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(1 Chronicles 28:8) Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
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Obedient love and faith must be passed on from generation to generation.

(1 Chronicles 29:19) And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
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Whether we believe or follow God's will is our own choice, but our choice seals God's determination concerning us.

(2 Chronicles 34:31) And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
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Repeat of earlier passages.

(Nehemiah 1:9) But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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God's relationship with His people is determined by faithless, loveless disobedience or faithful, loving obedience.

(Psalms 78:7) That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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Keeping God's commandments has a continuity in the life of the believer.

(Psalms 103:17-18) 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
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God offers mercy to those who fear God and His righteousness and extends it to those who keep God's covenant and His commandments.

(Psalms 119:60) I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
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We need to prioritize obedience to God.

(Psalms 119:115) Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
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Believers must separate themselves from the rebellious.

(Proverbs 3:1) My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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The keeping of God's rule starts in the heart.

(Proverbs 4:4) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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Keeping God's commandments is a heart condition, not simply a duty to authority.

(Proverbs 7:1) My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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Keeping God's commandments is relations, not simply judicial or governmental.

(Proverbs 7:2) Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Obedience is the proof of the love relationship.

(Ecclesiastes 12:13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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A mile post in the believer's life.

(Daniel 9:4) And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
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Repeat of earlier passages.