PART 2: A Lamp - Continued -If you're reading my blog for the first time or have never read my previous posts, I recommend starting at the beginning.

      There is great reward in observing God’s statutes and great distress in not doing so.  Let’s see more of Moses’ instructions to God’s people: “But you were loyal to the LORD your God and are still alive today. I have taught you laws and rules as the LORD my God commanded me.  You must obey them when you've entered the land and taken possession of it. Faithfully obey these laws.  This will show the people of the world your wisdom and insight.  When they hear about all these laws, they will say, ‘What wise and insightful people there are in this great nation!’  What great nation ever had their gods as near to them as the LORD our God is near to us whenever we pray to him?  Or what other great nation has such fair laws and rules as all these teachings I am giving you today?  However, be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you don't forget the things which you have seen with your own eyes.  Don't let them fade from your memory as long as you live.  Teach them to your children and grandchildren.  Never forget the day you stood in front of the LORD your God at Mount Horeb.  The LORD had said to me, ‘Assemble the people in front of me, and I will let them hear my words.  Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live on earth, and they will teach their children the same thing.’”   Deuteronomy 4:4-10, God’s Word for the Nations.

      “Today I'm giving you the choice of a blessing or a curse.  You'll be blessed if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I'm giving you today.  You'll be cursed if you disobey the commands of the LORD your God, if you turn from the way I'm commanding you to live today, and if you worship other gods you never knew.  …  be careful to obey all the laws and rules I'm giving you today.”           Deuteronomy 11: 26 – 28, 32, God’s Word for the Nations.

      It is well established in Scriptures that our Heavenly Father, Creator God, has pre-ordained a specific path for each of us to follow through life.  He will show us the way, illuminate the way, and make provision for that way.  It is our responsibility to learn what it is and then to walk in it.  Keeping in mind that Jesus is God’s Word, made flesh, consider His words as recorded in John 12: 46:  “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.”

This concludes PART 2.  My next post will begin  PART 3: "That I Might Not Sin"