W. Robert Godfrey

It's not true.

Be careful how you worship.

That's the message of the Scripture all the way through.

Worship is a lot simpler in the New Covenant than it was in the Old, but it's no less serious.

God is no less serious, and the relationship He wants with His people is no less serious and profound.

And so, here is one of the many places in Deuteronomy where we hear an echo in the New Testament that really deepens our understanding of that New Testament teaching itself.

And then we get down to verse 25, and here too is an important part of Deuteronomy, an important teaching of Deuteronomy.

When you father children and children's children and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly, that really should be translated, when you act corruptly.

It would be nice if it were if, if this were uncertain.

But really, this is not what Moses is teaching here.

This is not the instruction that Moses is giving here.

And we'll see that picked up in more detail in Deuteronomy 28 when we get there.

But Moses is really saying, I not only know the history past of God's people, but I know the history future of God's people.

And I know what kind of a people you are, and I know the danger you're going to be in.

And I have to warn you.

that when you act corruptly in future generations, there are going to be terrible consequences.

And the terrible consequence is you're going to lose the land.

There's going to be an exile.

That's not a surprise that's going to come into the life of Israel.

It's prophesied right here by Moses, and that prophecy will be reiterated and expanded in Deuteronomy 28.