#414 – The Goodness of God (Leviticus 27:34)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

God is gracious in giving us His Word. His commandments are just and right. His commands are for our good.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.0	Leviticus chapter 27 verse 34.
0:09.2	These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
0:17.0	Thus ends this book of Laws and Commandments.
0:22.0	Leviticus 27,
0:24.0	verse 34 is the last verse in Leviticus,
0:26.0	and as I reflect on it,
0:28.0	I am so overwhelmed by the goodness of God in giving his
0:35.3	commandments. I was thinking just this morning about God's grace and
0:40.2	giving his word. That's what he later says in Deuteronomy chapter 4,
0:45.0	I mean, what nation has a God like this
0:49.0	who gives laws and commands for our good.
0:55.0	Who does not leave us in the dark on how to experience good, how to experience life.
1:02.0	Oh, when you see the book of Leviticus,
1:04.7	don't see a book, I hope that your conclusion
1:08.3	after even walking through some of these podcast episodes
1:11.6	in the book of Leviticus that you don't walk away thinking
1:14.6	oh these commands from God are hard and they're stiff and they're not helpful that you would see
1:20.8	no these are good and they're gracious and they're wonderful yes
1:25.5	they're serious but they're serious because God is serious about our good
1:30.2	oh God help us to see this. You and I have been given commands from God for our good.
1:38.0	The laws of God are not for our bad, they're for us to experience life that God has spoken to us that he's graciously
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