A Consuming Fire
- Deuteronomy 4:15-40
- Steve Hart
- Nov 7, 2010
- Series: Deuteronomy: God of Glory and Grace
As Moses' sermon rises to a climax, he describes the kind of relationship that God desires to have with his people. The word he uses is "covenant," a strong biblical word which means God has fully committed himself to his people, and desires their whole-hearted allegiance in return. The alternative to covenant with God, though, is not so much atheism as idolatry. According to Moses, our biggest problem is that we've covenanted with other things, and are now spiritual addicts. How can we be free, so that the consuming fire of a jealous God does not destroy us?