Heralds Digest

““And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good?” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭ 10:12-13 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/deu.10.12-13.nkjv   Liberal hearts pride themselves in the freedom to make their own rules. Howbeit, they can hardly submit to the enforcement of their self-made rules. And in spite of the understanding of the clear motives of personal goods in God’s rules, divine rules and regulations are unacceptable ways of life to souls that are doomed on the self-destructive pathway. When Israel exhibited her passion for liberal lifestyles under the leadership of Aaron, even Moses paid a heavy price in order to re-subscribe for God’s rules and regulations for the stiff-necked children of Israel and the respect of God’s commandme...

“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you...You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭ 5:16 , 33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/deu.5.16,33.nkjv     The importance of loyalty and respect for constituted authority at home, workplace and the society is emphasized here in Moses’ review of God’s commandments. For an experience of long life and prosperity, the distinction between obedience and respect is however clarified. The call to obedience is to God, while the call to loyalty and respect is to our fathers and mothers or people in position of authority over us. And since both calls guarantee long life and prosperity, woes often seem to confront life at the c...