I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
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… with one clear commandment ringing through them all. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live. So that's my proof text. Thank you, Mimsy. Choose life. It's not always our choice to make, and some lose their lives guarding the lives of others. But when it is within our power, we're commanded to choose life, that we and all our planetary descendants may live. So what does that mean? Choose life. It sounds like one of those commandments, you should really just leave alone. it's so full of meaning, it would be a shame to decide on one meaning instead of many. So what I did instead was to think about what nourishes life, the vitalities that can bring it back to life. When any kind of death is banging on the door, spiritual death, sure, but also the physical kind, the emotional kind, the communal kind, the global kind, I can't make anyone else's list for them. …
But if your heart turn away, and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you're crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants. How do you do that? By loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, by holding fast to Him, for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which I have sworn to give to your fathers. Obedience is going to bring you into blessing. This is an affirmation that God expects the people to obey His Word. The prophets were the mouthpiece of that, and they repeatedly were calling on the people to be obedient even in the midst of their disobedience. …
… behold, I set before you this day life and death, and you must choose. I set before you life and death. And what is life? Life is to do God's will. Life is to love the Lord your God so deeply that you form yourselves by His will and life. That's what life is that is really life. Choose life that you and your children may live. But there's an interesting little wrinkle here. the difference between what this speech appears to be and what it actually is. Let me get at that this way. This is President's Weekend, and if you have seen the 2012 movie, Lincoln, you know that it is the inspiring story of how our 16th President of the United States, states, Abraham Lincoln, right at the end of the Civil War, managed to push through a resistant Congress the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and then on to the states for ratification. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was the one that abolished the practice of slavery, our nation's original sin. …