Before we can begin to contemplate this clear call to obedient living, we must remember this appeal for the people to “obey” His voice came three months into their journey—only after their deliverance from Egypt—just as His appeal to us comes after we have received His forgiveness for our sins by placing faith in Christ and being delivered from our own slavery. Holiness was not a requirement for their deliverance. That had already been given. The call to live holy came after they’d been made free by the One who loved them most. No one is expected to be good enough to earn salvation. No one. No
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