March 10 Readings

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The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan

Deuteronomy 10-12; Mark 12.1-27

Deuteronomy 10 Moses had to do the same things to get another set of stone tablets. he had to be on the mountain for forty days and nights. He reminded the people to fear God because He is the God of gods and Lord of lords. the great God , mighty and awesome who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

Deuteronomy 11 starts with the word love. The word love is mentioned some 21 times in the NIV. We must not forget that behind the Ten Commandments is the motive of love. If we love the Lord our God with all our hearts, soul and strenght, and our neighbor, we would not break the Ten Commandments. Notice the action words again Love the Lord (v.1); remember (2-7); observe (v.8); obey (v.13); be careful (v.16). These words are repeated over and over again for our benefit, because when it comes to the things of God, we are short-sighted. In verse 26 God said to the people, "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse".. everything mentioned from verse 26-32 and in Deuteronomy 27 and 28 is conditional on the word IF. What about us, we should pay attention to the action words we just mentioned and realize that some of the promises of God are conditional, based on a little word such as IF or BUT, etc.

Deuteronomy 12
God has said repeatedly that He is a jealous God, and He is the only one to be worshipped. In this passage, he told the people when they got into Canaan, they ere to destroy all the high places where idols are worshipped. He has warned them only to worship the Almighty God and not idols. Also to discourage idol worship, the people were to have one place of worship.


Deuteronomy 10 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deuteronomy 11 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deuteronomy 12 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
OT Gateway Links on Deuteronomy
Malik Introduction to Deuteronomy
Malik Argument of Deuteronomy
Israel's Covenant Renewal
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 3 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 4 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Spurgeon's Sermons on Deuteronomy
Biblebb.com Website
Stedman on Deuteronomy and Numbers

Mark 12:1-27 Commentaries, verse by verse

Mark 12.1-14 Jesus told the parable of the tenant. The meaning of the parable was Jesus prophesying against the Jewish rulers of how they treated the prophets who came before him and of His death and the Gentile church. He said they had rejected him like the capstone prophesied in Psalms 118.22-23.
Mark 12.13-17 The herodians try to trap Jesus by asking Him whether He should pay taxes to Caesar. He asked for a coin and asked whose inscription was on it. They replied Caesar. then He said give to Caesar the things belonging to Caesar and to God the things belonging to God. Jesus had paid the temple tax for Peter and Himself (Matt 17.24-27).
In Mark 12.18-27(Other references: Mat 22.23-33; Luke 20.27-38) The Sadducees,who did not believe in the resurrection came to Jesus and asked him the question of whose husband the wife would be married to after she had outlived seven of them. Jesus said that there was no marriage in heaven.


More Links in Mark
Dan Hill on Mark
Ray Stedman on Mark
Jeff Miller on Mark
Chadwick on Mark
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Mark by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermon's on Mark

More Links on Commentaries for the Old Testament
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes (for both OT and NT) is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader

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This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.