Deuteronomy 8 - You will be tested. Scriptures prove it. 2023

Due 13:1-3 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,’ 3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Gen 22:1-2 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2And He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

Prov 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. 2016

Elohim is reminding the people to obey all His commandments. If we are obedient, He says they will live and multiply and possess this land that was promised to their forefathers. He reminds us that this land was promised to their forefathers. If He promised it to them, why didn't they get it? The fact is, Elohim owed those people nothing. He delivered them from bondage in Egypt through no merit of their own. He promised them the most beautiful, fertile, and abundant land in the world. But the people put Elohim to the test ten times (Num. 14:22-23). They saw His glory and His signs and they still did not repent. Sadly enough, there is no amount of signs and wonders that will make most people be faithful to Elohim and His ways. When Yeshua told the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, the rich man wanted a miraculous sign to be given to his five brothers in order that they might repent. But he was told that if they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, then no miraculous sign would help them (Luke 16:19-31). Come join us as we study Deuteronomy chapter 8 and start with a popular parable from Luke that has always been horribly misconstrued!