Episode notes
By Pastor Jason Lim
Deuteronomy 13:1–14:21 expands the 3rd commandment on honouring God’s name (between commandments 2 and 4), showing what it means to honour Him.
1. DEDICATION
Israel must stay loyal to God by rejecting and removing every enticement to idolatry, just as the New Testament calls the church to guard against false teachers through discipline.
2. DISTINCTION
Israel’s distinct food laws reinforced their holiness and separation from pagan practices, and while these laws don’t bind Christians today, the call to be holy and distinct in a sinful world remains.
Though Israel couldn’t keep the Law, Jesus obeyed perfectly and died to give believers His righteousness, so we are forgiven, cleansed, and saved.