If you do "abc", Then (and only then) will God do "xyz". If you do not do "abc", Then God will not only not do "xyz", but will follow through with the consequences outlined. So often folks look at the promises of God without looking at the if/then of those very promises. His promises are only upheld, if we do what He stipulates as our end of the promise.
Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God); He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He sware unto them.
These are the promises based upon God's people doing their part of the covenant (contract ... agreement). Deuteronomy 4:23-28 gives the flip side of this promise and that if not done, the consequence is that God will "call heaven and earth to witness against you."
God's promises are never empty. His covenants (all of them) have been and will be fulfilled based on our actions and us keeping our part of the contract. God has also provided the consequences to us not honoring our contract, and has proven those to have been fulfilled accordingly as well. Leviticus 26 outlines poignantly both the if/then promises and the if not/then consequences (consequences start with the "But" in verse 14).
Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God); He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He sware unto them.
These are the promises based upon God's people doing their part of the covenant (contract ... agreement). Deuteronomy 4:23-28 gives the flip side of this promise and that if not done, the consequence is that God will "call heaven and earth to witness against you."
God's promises are never empty. His covenants (all of them) have been and will be fulfilled based on our actions and us keeping our part of the contract. God has also provided the consequences to us not honoring our contract, and has proven those to have been fulfilled accordingly as well. Leviticus 26 outlines poignantly both the if/then promises and the if not/then consequences (consequences start with the "But" in verse 14).
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