Why God chose Israel

Tonight's reading in Deuteronomy 7.

God chose Israel because:

7:6-8, "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt"

The responsibilities of being chosen: (vs 11) "Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them."

The blessings of obedience: (vss 13-14) "And He will love you and bless you and multiply you ... You shall be blessed above all peoples"

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