Acts 20:28
“This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” (Deuteronomy 30:19-20)
As Moses was getting ready to turn over his leadership of the Israelites to Joshua, He challenged them to choose life – to choose to obey God and they would continue to have His blessings on their life. God doesn’t force us to obey Him, He allows us to choose – to follow Him or to reject Him. And Moses made it clear, long before Jesus came, this decision is a life-or-death decision. God wants us to choose life. Daily, we must choose to follow Him. If we choose to allow Jesus into our hearts, be willing to follow Him, we will have eternal life. To not follow Jesus, to reject His offer of forgiveness and grace, is to choose death – an eternity away from Him. Pray, ask Jesus to live in your heart and choose life! Pray for those who don’t know Him, to know Him and choose to follow Him.
Deuteronomy 30:11-20 “The People Must Choose”
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25
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