Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 112

Why I Believe What I Believe

Day 112

Biblical principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Truth: God takes seriously the acts of a man that undermine the order and structure of God’s laws of authority in our lives. The curse here implies a bitterness that comes when we rebel against God’s laws. When we seek to gain from the destruction of others, or to seek our own fleshly desires, it always leads to a bitter end.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26,  Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. ¹⁶Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁷Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁸Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁹Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁰Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²¹Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²²Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²³Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁴Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁵Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁶Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical principle:

Not only should we beware of our own flesh that would lead to a bitter curse, but we also should beware of those around us that seek their own pleasure. Stay away from those who only seek their own flesh fulfillment. When the curse of bitterness comes, you can be trapped in it with them if you do not get away.

Philippians 3:17-19, Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. ¹⁸(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: ¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)