S4:048 Deuteronomy 24-25

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Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean for the Israelites to blot out the memory of Amalek, but not forget? In today’s episode, Watermark’s staff member Emily Hope and JTJ staff Lauren Atkinson discuss the purpose of the law in revealing God’s character and regulating the Israelites’ behavior to protect them and help them flourish. Later in Deuteronomy 25, God tells the Israelites to remove the presence of the evil Amalekites. It was an ethical cleansing, not an ethnic cleansing that revealed God’s holiness and character. Like them, we are also before a holy God in dire need for Christ to cover our sins.

Additional Scripture Referenced:
Exodus 17:8-16 – Amalek and his men attack the Israelites
1 Samuel 15:9 - Saul preserves the Amalekites – He does not obey God’s full command
1 Samuel 30:17 – David obeys God’s command to wipe out the Amalekites, but some escape
1 Chronicles 4:43 – Hezekiah completely wipes out the Amalekites
Exodus 34:6-7, “That is, the Lord passed in front of Moses and said, “Yahweh, the Lord, is a kind and merciful God. He is slow to become angry. He is full of great love. He can be trusted. He shows his faithful love to thousands of people. He forgives people for the wrong things they do, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. Not only will he punish the guilty people, but their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren will also suffer for the bad things these people do.”

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/15MR5uMD3ayvfI8cdZRPQG?si=16a8d652726241b2

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Jenny Allen. Something big is happening, and we want you to be a part of it.
0:04.7	Gather 25 is happening February 28 through March 1st. It's an historic gathering of the global church.
0:11.4	Never before has it been possible to live translate into this many languages. And we're going live
0:17.7	from every continent to every continent in the world.
0:21.9	We're going to pray, worship, repent, commission the church to reach those that don't know Jesus.
0:27.9	This is going to be one of those things that after it's over, you're going to wish you had been there in the beginning.
0:32.6	To pray together for God to move in a powerful way, to hear the stories of revival that are currently
0:39.2	happening on every continent. You will not want to miss this. It will be the most encouraging
0:45.3	25 hours you've ever seen. So come on, bring whoever for as long as you can, wherever you
0:51.4	are. We do not want you to miss this. Go to gather25.com and join this story and bring your people and tell everybody you know.
1:02.8	All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never
1:08.0	too late to start and we're in this together. This is the Join the Journey podcast.
1:15.0	Thanks for joining. My name is Lauren Atkinson and today I am in the podcast studio with another member of the Watermark
1:23.3	equipping team, Emily Hope. Hey everybody. Emily, it's so fun to have you on here, and we get to work
1:30.2	together pretty frequently. So I know you well, and your story is on the podcast already, so we will
1:35.9	link that. But why don't you tell us a little bit more about what you do at Waterwork?
1:39.8	Yes, I'm the women's equipping director. So I'm over women's Bible studies to just have the
1:44.6	chance to write a curriculum, lead our teaching team, and just lead that ministry. And so I love
1:49.7	that we just have so many women coming to study God's Word together. And so this year we are
1:54.3	walking through First and Second Kings. And it's been a great time, even though, you know,
1:59.0	can be tough at times through that story.
2:04.2	Totally. So you all meet Wednesday mornings, Thursday evenings, right? Yes. And then we have groups that meet all over the city of Dallas in their homes.
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