"God's Syllabus"
BIBLE
READING: Deuteronomy 28-29
For the last 16 years, I have had the privilege of teaching
Bible at our local Christian high school.
On the very first day of class, I have always presented the students
with a syllabus. A syllabus is simply a
document that a teacher gives their students that explain what the class will
be about; but it also contains a list of the expectations that the teacher has
for the student by way of assignments.
For instance, if the student completes assignment A, B, C and D, they
will receive a 100 for their grade.
However, if the student only completes assignments A and B and fail to
do assignments C and D, they will receive only a 50 for their final grade. Every year I will always have a few students
that procrastinate and not pay attention to the syllabus by failing to complete
all the assignments. When I ask them why
they did not follow the directions, their reply is always something to the
effect of “I had no idea I was required to do that”. When I read today’s Bible
passages I am reminded of that syllabus.
In Deuteronomy 28, God is handing out one to the nation of Israel. God lays out in the first fourteen verses
what He expects them to do concerning being obedient to Him. While in the remaining fifty-three verses He
outlines a warning of what will happen if they do not do what He expects of
them. Why so little on the obedience and
so much on the warning against not being obedient? Maybe because many of us are just like some of
those students; we don’t pay as much attention to the teacher. God’s warning against disobedience serves as
an emphasis for them to make sure they follow instructions. Let’s just make
sure we heed those warnings.
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