Deuteronomy 17:18-20 Sin will keep you from the Bible!

 18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. 19It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes. 20Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

“It is striking to think of the king of Israel, laboring over parchment with a pen, making a personal copy of the law of Israel. This shows how greatly God wanted the word of God to be on the hearts of His rulers; God wanted every king to also be a scribe.” (Guzik)

“It is striking to consider that reading a book – the Great Book, the Bible – can keep a person from sin. We may not understand all the spiritual work behind the word of God, but staying in the word will keep one from sin. It has been well written in many Bibles: “This book will keep you from sin. Sin will keep you from this book.”” (Guzik)

“The Scriptures, diligently read and studied, are a powerful and probable means to keep him humble, because they show him that, though a king, he is subject to a higher Monarch, to whom he must give an account... sufficient to abate the pride of the haughtiest person in the world, if he duly consider it.” (Poole)

These verses are rich in wisdom. This morning they convicted me on two counts.

1. I was considering stopping my devotional because of time constraints and because few read, enjoy and comment about them. But I know and was reminded by these verses that if I do I will fall back into sin, not that I’m sinless, that I’ll sin more. Reading and studying the Bible helps keep me from sin.
2. Our king or as in our country we call the president is godless. It’s evident from the laws he doesn’t enforce, from the actions he takes, from the inactions he doesn’t and from the institutions and freedoms he’s trying to destroy. I am fully aware the Lord allowed him to be the president and it should scare the hell out of us because we are in a period of judgement from the Lord for our country’s godless and sinful ways. 

Are you contributing to our country’s godless and sinful ways?

Search your heart, mind and soul and ask yourself, who or what are your gods?

Blessings