Now the final blessings and curses. This time through, I am struck by the warning about the sin of presumption in vv. 29:16-29 - "I will be safe even though I persist in going my way" - this after swearing an oath to follow the covenant with God. Moses warns - you will not be safe. We can apply this today to people (hopefully not yourself) who claim a salvation experience and then give no thought to actually doing what God commands. A salvation experience includes repentance - a change of mind - understanding that we are free from the bondage of sin. Staying bound by sin is a pretty good signal that the salvation "experience" wasn't real.
v. 30:11 is a very key verse in Scripture. God is saying that His laws are very doable - they are not too hard for us to follow. The real problem is that we don't want to follow them. We are the ones with a problem! God is the one with the solution - Jesus and a real salvation experience.
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