Remember that God has given you the Holy Spirit who knows your weaknesses, convicts you of sin, and teaches you to remember God’s commands. A helpful reminder for you today if you need to feel his guidance.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And when you look at the Old Testament, it’s very clear God rewarded and punished the Israelites based on their behavior. If they obeyed? They had prosperous cities, women were fertile, as were the livestock, there were guaranteed military victories. But if they disobeyed? Deuteronomy records it: violence, crime, infertility, crop failure, disease, domination by foreigners. So, what resulted from this system of reward and punishment? The Israelites realized they could never keep up—and neither can we. But now, in this age of grace? All the punishment for sin and rebellion has been doled out on Jesus on the cross. All God’s got left for you and me is mercy and forgiveness, compassion, and loving kindness. Plus, he’s given us the Holy Spirit who knows our weaknesses, convicts us of sin, and teaches us to remember God’s commands. That is our reward.
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