Why Obey God? | Torah | Leviticus 26

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

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What's with God's punishment in the Bible? Isn't God a God of love? Do you have to work to get into heaven? If you're already a Christian, why should you obey God? In today's episode, Jensen looks at Leviticus 26 to share the importance of obedience to God. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Leviticus 26

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.1	When you were a kid, did you ever make a bet with someone?
0:18.0	Like, did you ever look your sibling in the eye and say, I bet you can't eat that whole piece of cake in one bite.
0:27.0	If you didn't ever do anything like that, then I'm sorry because it's actually a lot of fun to watch someone try to eat a whole piece of cake in one bite.
0:33.8	But if you have, then you know the important part comes after you challenge someone.
0:39.0	You set the stakes.
0:40.6	Your sibling probably said, well what do I get if I win?
0:43.4	And you say something back like, if you do it,
0:46.3	I'll do the dishes for a week.
0:48.0	But if you can't, you have to do the dishes for a week.
0:51.5	And then you shake on it or something like that and you'd try to eat a whole piece of cake in one bite. Making a bet with a sibling is not serious stuff. But we still know how to go about it the right way. You make the proposal of what each of you will do, and then you set the terms on what happens if you fail or succeed.
1:11.0	In the times that scripture was written and Moses is in the wilderness with God's people, things weren't all that different. Just a little more serious.
1:20.0	When people would make a covenant with one another, you would go through and lay out the proposal part, the part where you say what each of you will do. You agree to be faithful to certain actions.
1:31.0	That's what we've seen so far in Leviticus as God
1:34.7	has laid out how Israel, as his chosen people, are to live. And then chapter 26 in
1:41.8	Leviticus is the terms part of the Covenant.
1:44.7	It was commonplace for there to be a section following the Covenant that laid out what would happen
1:49.8	if the parties were faithful or unfaithful to the covenant. It's a section of blessings and curses.
1:56.3	So the beginning section of chapter 26 lays out the blessings that will be given to Israel
2:01.7	if they are faithful to this covenant.
2:04.1	God says, if you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its
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