Deuteronômio 3

Deuteronômio 3

Morgan - Life Applications from Every Chapter of the Bible To these people fearlessness was a duty. Over and over again this command was laid upon them. They had no right to be afraid. Moses now argued for this by reminding them of how in the cases where already they had been at war, they had been victorious. But the supreme note in his argument was that contained in these words. The reason for these victories, and the reason therefore why they should be without fear, was that it was Jehovah their God Who fought for them. This needs to be understood. We must be careful to recognize that it does not so much mean that God was on their side, as that they were on the side of God. God would not have fought for them, if their cause had been unrighteous. It was because in their warfare they were carrying out His will, that He fought for them. This is an important distinction of perpetual application. Lincoln was once asked if he thought God was on his side, to which he replied that it had never occurred to him to ask such a question, but that he was persistently anxious to discover whether he were on the side of God. In no conflict have we any right to ask or-expect that God will fight for us, save as we know we are with Him. When we do know that, we have equally no right to be afraid. Fear is disloyalty; it questions the supremacy of righteousness and the power of God. Fear is paralysis; it cuts us off from contact with the forces of righteousness, for it cuts us off from fellowship with God. Deuteronomy 3:23 "I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, 2Co 12:8,9 Deuteronomy 3 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries MOSES BEGS GOD I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying - Pleaded is rendered by Young's Literal as "entreat for grace." It conveys the idea that Moses begged Yahweh. The Septuagint renders it with deomai which means to ask urgently or to beg. It is the verb the man freed of demons used "begging (Jesus) that he might accompany Him." (Lk 8:38+). Here is the point - it is not wrong to ask God to relent from a previous judgment. Paul had a thorn in his side and ask God to remove it and as a result learned one of the most encouraging truths recorded in the New Testament... Concerning this (2 Cor 12:7) I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. (2Co 12:8-10+) Pleaded (made supplication, pity)(02603) chanan is verb meaning to be gracious toward, to favor, to have mercy on. Generally implies extending "favor" neither expected nor deserved. David