Deuteronomy. This is more than a refresher on the Ten Commandments. It is a word picture of the possibilities if God's people will completely follow Him and teach succeeding generations to do the same. It includes the need to resist temptation. God was setting Israel up as His people through whom the whole earth could know about Him. They failed. Will we?
A stern warning comes in Chapter 7. God's people need no fear the evil influences around them, but must be diligent to destroy the power of those influences. In the Old Testament, that including wiping out the nations who would bring them down. The New Testament, especially the Epistles, tells us to deal severely with the power that invades through our flesh.
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