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Deuteronomy 13 | Guarding Faith from False Voices

charlie mitchell

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You're listening to the Dope Daily Audio Bible, and I'm your guy, pastor Charlie Mitchell, and today we're looking at Deuteronomy chapter 13. Let's roll. If a prophet or someone who has a dream arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, let's follow other gods which you have not known, and let's worship them. Do not listen to that prophet's words or that dreamer for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul. You must follow the Lord your God and fear him. You must keep his commands and listen to him. You must worship him and remain faithful to him. That prophet or dreamer must be put to death because he has urged rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the place of slavery to turn you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to walk. You must purge the evil from you if your brother, the son of your mother Your son or daughter or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you saying, let's go and worship other gods, which neither you nor your ancestors have known any of the gods of the peoples around you, near you, or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other. Do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity and do not spare him or shield him. Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. All Israel will hear and be afraid, and they will no longer do anything evil like this among you. If you hear it said about one of your cities, the Lord your God has given you to live in, that wicked men have sprung up among you. led the inhabitants of their city astray and said, let's go and worship other gods, which you have not known. You were to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly if the report turns out to be true, that this detestable act has Has been done among you. You must strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, completely destroy everyone in it as well as its livestock. With the sword you are to gather all its spoil in the middle of the city, square and completely burn the city. And all it spoiled for the Lord your God. The city is to remain a mound of ruins forever. It is not to be rebuilt. Nothing set apart for destruction is the remain in your hand so that the Lord will turn from his burning anger and grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as he wo to your ancestors. this will occur. If you obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commands, I'm giving you today doing what is right in the side of the Lord your God. Let's pray. Dear Lord, you call us to love you with an undivided heart, even when there are other voices that sound very convincing. I pray that you would give us discernment to recognize what pulls us away from you, no matter how familiar or appealing it may feel. I pray that we would be aware of what's happening. Teach us to measure every voice and every influence that is against your truth. strengthen our loyalty to you when following you costs us something. Help us to choose faithfulness over comfort and truth over compromise. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.