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NASB | Exodus 23:25 "But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 23:25 "You shall serve [only] the LORD your God, and He shall bless your bread and water. I will also remove sickness from among you. |
Subject: Mitch, How is this promise for you (all) |
Bible Note: Greetings HisKid! Brad already addressed this point, but I would like to expand upon it some. Here are some of the commands and statements made in Ex. 23. If you are going to claim the 'healing', will you also live by the rest as well? 1) You are to only plow and plant your fields for six years, and then let them rest the seventh. 2) You will work six days and rest on the seventh. (Most of us only work five days!) 3) You will celebrate the three annual Jewish feasts, which also means that you (if you are male) must travel to Jerusalem. 4) God's angel travels before you in a pillar of fire and cloud, everywhere you go. 5) You must go into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites and demolish their idols. 6) As Brad mentioned, your borders will only include the promised land. Now, why would someone claim that the 'promises' of Ex. 23 still apply to us today, but fail to obey these commands or to have these signs as part of their life as well? ;-) We simply can't pick and choose in this manner. There are many promises that apply to us today, but Ex. 23 is not one of them. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |