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Reverence and Commitment: An Injunction from Samuel
Samuel exhorts the nation to revere God and serve Him wholeheartedl… (visit YouTube for more)
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Samuel gives this injunction to the nation, to the people. Hold God in reverence fear and serve him faithfully, diligently, conscientiously, with your whole heart. Not thinking, oh, I don’t really want to serve God. There are other things I’d rather do. No committing your whole heart to it.
And why should they do that? Because of all the great things God has done for them. Starting with giving them life, giving them a planet to live in. Including the deliverance that they’ve seen, that they’ve witnessed. The way that God has fed them and given them water and clothed them and made them a nation.
And we now, who benefit from the New Covenant sealed in Christ’s blood, have so much more reason to reflect on the great things that God has done for us.