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COMPASSION ON HIS SERVANTS

Text: Deuteronomy 32
7 February 2021

A LONG LIST OF SINS

Moses listed a long list of sins of the children of Israel in Deuteronomy 32. The following may be highlighted:

  1. Forsaking the Lord     Deuteronomy 32:15
  1. Scornfully esteemed Him     Deuteronomy 32:15
  1. Turning to idolatry     Deuteronomy 32:16-17
  1. Forgetting God     Deuteronomy 32:18
  1. Perverse children     Deuteronomy 32:20
  1. No understanding     Deuteronomy 32:28

WARNING FROM THE LORD

God graciously warned the children of Israel concerning Divine judgment.

  1. They would be spurned by God     Deuteronomy 32:19
  1. He would hide His face     Deuteronomy 32:20
  1. Divine anger     Deuteronomy 32:21-22
  1. Disasters     Deuteronomy 32:23-24

i) Pestilence

ii) Destruction 

COMPASSION OF GOD

Despite the many sins of the children of Israel, the Lord would still show them His lovingkindness and tender mercies!

“For the Lord will judge His people

And have compassion on His servants,

When He sees that their power is gone,

And there is no one remaining, bond or free.      Deuteronomy 32:36

  1. Divine Judgment

a) This will occur

b) God has to judge because of His divine laws

  1. Compassion promised

a) He will still show compassion to His servants

b) He knows that the children of Israel had come to the end of their powers

APPRECIATING GOD AFRESH

Let us appreciate the Lord for who He is. Let us draw nearer to Him in both awe and appreciation! It is amazing that despite all our sins, He would still show compassion.