THE SECRETS OF OBEDIENCE - Deuteronomy 6-7 (Part 2)

THE SECRETS OF OBEDIENCE - Deuteronomy 6-7 (Part 2)

Jesus was the “friend of publicans and sinners” (Matt. 11:19), and yet He was “holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners” (Heb. 7:26). Jesus had contact with the real world and its people but He wasn’t contaminated from that contact. True biblical separation is contact without contamination. We’re different from the world but not odd. When you’re different, you attract people and have opportunities to share the good news of Christ; but when you’re odd, you repel people and they slam the door on your witness. WARREN WIERSBE 

  The first motive Moses mentioned for Israel’s obedience was love for the Lord (6:1–9), because love is the greatest motive in life. “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15, NKJV). The second motive is gratitude (Deut. 6:10–25), for showing gratitude is one way of expressing love. We must never forget what the Lord has done for us. The third motive is separation from sin and unto the Lord (7:1–16), for we want to live up to all that God has called us to be. He’s called us to be a holy nation, a chosen people, a people to bring to bring glory to His name; and we can’t fulfill any of those honorable callings if we don’t separate ourselves from what is wicked and cleave to the Lord. - WARREN WIERSBE 

  God’s people don’t live on explanations; they live on promises. - WARREN WIERSBE