You Are Worthy Because of Jesus
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Deuteronomy 23:1-14. Let’s go!
Deuteronomy 23:1-3 (NIV)
1 No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation.
On verses 1-3: Moses lists different conditions that would disqualify a person from entering the assembly where people worship God. Notice that all these conditions were things that were generally beyond a person’s control — if a man’s genitals were mutilated (v1), or he was born out of wedlock (v2), or he was an Ammonite or Moabite (v3-5). Similarly, the Bible says that all of us have a condition that disqualifies us from God’s presence: our sin (see Romans 3:9 and Isaiah 59:2). But praise God that in love He sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross to pay the price for all our sins. Because of Jesus, regardless of our backgrounds or past history we all are invited to draw near to God. All because Jesus’ blood cleanses us of our sin, we are qualified to enter God’s presence and worship with His people.