DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20
15:SEE I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU TO DAY LIFE AND DEATH AND GOOD DEATH AND EVIL
16:IN THAT I COMMAND YOU TODAY TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD TO WALK IN HIS WAYS AND TO KEEP HIM COMMENTS HIS STATUTES AND HIS JUDGMENT THAT YOU MAY LIVE AND MULTIPLY AND THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL BLESS YOU IN THE LAND WHICH YOU GO TO POSSESS
17:BUT IF YOUR HEART TURNS AWAY SO THAT YOU DO NOT HEAR AND ARE DRAWN AWAY AND WORSHIP OTHER GODS AND SERVE THEM
18 I ANNOUNCE TO YOU TODAY THAT YOU SHALL SURELY PERISH YOU SHALL NOT PROLONG YOUR DAYS IN THE LAND WHICH YOU CROSS OVER THE JORDAN TO GO IN AND POSSESS
19:I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH AS WITNESSES TODAY AGAINST YOU THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH BLESSING AND CURSING THERE FORE CHOOSE LIFE THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY LIVE
20:THAT YOU MAY LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT YOU MAY OBEY HIS VOICE AND THAT YOU MAY CLING TO THE LENGTH OF YOUR DAYS AND THAT YOU MAY DWELL IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS TO ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB TO GIVE THEM

even back then we were told if we did not choose to obey his commandments his statutes his way of judgment if we turned away from him things would happen take place
© carolyn L Barbe