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Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Deuteronomy 4:29-49
Even though it has even greater responsibility than Israel, Christendom has lived up to what has been expected of it no better than that nation. Since the time of the apostles it has been in decline. But in the midst of this downfall of the professing Church God has traced a path for the believer which meets with His approval: that of individual obedience. Notice that when speaking of the decline the collective word "you" is used (vv. 25, 28). That is what is done as a responsible body of people. But for the awakening (vv. 29-31) it is the individual "thou" which is used. It is up to each person to listen to this voice which is speaking personally to the individual. Paul speaks to Timothy in this way in the troubled days of his second Epistle. He says, as it were, This is what has become of Christendom as a whole, but thou, continue in the things which thou hast learned (2 Timothy 3:14). God takes care to jog our memories with these things. "Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them . . . " writes Peter. (Read 2 Peter 1:12-13; 2 Peter 3:1-2). Let us not be surprised to find numerous repetitions in the Bible. Going through Deuteronomy we will come across many, starting with the law itself, repeated in ch. 5 and which justifies the name of this book (Deuteronomy = the second law).
