This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you to understand, and it is not beyond your reach.
It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?’ It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?’
No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.
“Now listen!
Today I am giving you a choice between life and death,
between prosperity and disaster.
For I command you this day to love the LORD your God
and to keep his commands, decrees,
and regulations by walking in his ways.
If you do this, you will live and multiply,
and the LORD your God will bless you
and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
“Today I have given you the choice
between life and death, between blessings and curses.
Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.
Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!
You can make this choice by
obeying him,
and
This is the key to your life.
And if you love and obey the LORD,
you will live long in the land the LORD
swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?’ It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?’
No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.
“Now listen!
Today I am giving you a choice between life and death,
between prosperity and disaster.
For I command you this day to love the LORD your God
and to keep his commands, decrees,
and regulations by walking in his ways.
If you do this, you will live and multiply,
and the LORD your God will bless you
and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
“Today I have given you the choice
between life and death, between blessings and curses.
Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.
Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!
You can make this choice by
loving the LORD your God,
obeying him,
and
committing yourself firmly to him.
This is the key to your life.
And if you love and obey the LORD,
you will live long in the land the LORD
swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 30:11 NLT
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