Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions. This morning we're at Deuteronomy chapter 25, 17 through 19. We're going to talk about Amalek. So, those are people who attacked the Israelites, didn't like God. So, let's have some coffee, we'll pray, and we'll get into God's word. Okay, can I have some of my coffee? Oh, you didn't even drink any. Okay. Thank you very much. Kick on your watch. Let's try not to kick the desk, okay? Cuz the camera shakes. All right, you ready to pray? God, we thank you so much for this day, and we thank you for your word. Lord, we pray that you would please help us as we read your word. That we would understand it. And that we would be blessed by it, and that we would Lord, that we would walk in your ways. Help us, Lord, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, so we are in Deuteronomy chapter 25. And Ellie, we're going to read verses 17 through 19. You ready? Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt. How he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, as the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God. Therefore, it shall be when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around in the land which the Lord your God has given you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget. So, we got to ask ourselves three questions. A, what is this about? B, what's the second best verse to summarize? And C, what are we called to do? Called to do. So, A, what is this about? So, the people, when they were coming out of Egypt, when God had redeemed them, they wanted to go through the land of of Amalek, and they said, "Hey, we want to go through your land, but we promise you we're not going to take your stuff. We're We're not going to We're not going to harm your houses or your fields, anything like that." And you know what they did? Do you think the Amalekites said, "Oh, yeah, sure. Go ahead and come on through. We'll be good neighbors." No. Mhm. No way. They came and they attacked them. They chased them, and they chased them. They were tired, and they were weary. And the people of Amalek didn't fear God. Instead, they killed people. Yeah. And so, God says, "When you go into the land, remember what they did. Remember how they didn't love me. Remember how they hated me and attacked your people." And so, they attacked the king's people and and his Who is the king? God. God. And so, is God going to put up with that? No. He says, "Mhm. They might get away from it for a while, but are they going to get away from it forever?" No. Mhm. Nope. So, he says that when you have have rest in your land, uh then you're to blot out their remembrance. What do you think that means when it says that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek? You ready for it? This is a hard one. Kill them all. Go to war. No, no, no. Please don't. Go to war. And it's total warfare. Is that pretty hard? But that's embarrassing. That's embarrassing. I don't think it's embarrassing. I think when we understand that they created they committed treason against God, What is treason? Treason means that they went against the king. Right? They They went against the king. And so, what's the punishment if you hate the king and you're going to go against him? Well, uh in Elsa, they said it was treason when she was not doing anything wrong. Yeah, in Elsa, but she wasn't doing anything wrong in that in that part. Right? So, the point here is that they did do something wrong. They attacked God's people. They didn't listen to the Lord. They didn't let They didn't want to let the Israelites through. And so, I think the best verse to summarize this And this is a hard one. It's probably going to be verse 19. Uh but, here's what I'm going to say, right? What's going to happen when Jesus comes back? And there are his enemies that didn't love him and follow didn't follow him and hated his people and even attacked them. Is he going to let them get away with it forever? No. No, even the martyrs in heaven and the angels say, "How long, oh Lord? How long?" Right? When will you vindicate us? What is vindicate? Yeah, when when are you going to repay them for the evil that they did? When he comes back. When he comes back, he will. Yeah, when he comes back, right? And so, even today, I think Christians can know that God God remembers those who hated him. And he's going to come back, and he's going to judge someday. And so, we don't need to repay evil for evil now. Right? Actually, God tells us that vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I will repay. And so, now, as Christians, do we need to go to war? No. Nope, not like that. Mhm. And so, uh we trust that God will repay. At the last great day, he'll be the one who does it. But thank God, we were once his enemies. But what did he do to our hearts? Changed them. Yeah, changed our hearts. So, instead of hating him and hating his people, he makes us love him and love his people. Pretty pretty big grace, isn't it? Yeah. Hey, you ready to pray? Mhm. Okay. Lord, we thank you so much that though we were once your enemies, you have now made us your friends. Lord, we thank you that you have turned our hearts from the way of death and judgment and turned it to rejoicing and to love. Lord, we pray that you would please help us to follow after you. Lord, we thank you that you Lord, you took us from being your enemies and you made us into your allies. And we pray, Lord, that we would now trust in you. That we wouldn't be hell-bent on our own revenge, but Lord, that we would trust you. That you will repay. And so, make us patient. Make us loving, Lord. We pray that we would even love our enemies and love those who do us harm and pray for them. Because you even loved us when we were your enemies. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. May God bless you. May you walk in the joy and peace of Jesus Christ, and we'll see you next time. And say goodbye. Did you just eat a booger? Ew. All right, we'll see you next time. Bye.