Who Is My Father?

[Sung Psalm" 84]

We've seen in this series that Deuteronomy 6-26 follows the general order of the Ten Commandments. And so – not surprisingly – after the section on the fourth commandment applied the Sabbath principle to the feasts and the sabbatical year, in chapters 17-18 Moses applies the fifth commandment to all superiors.

It's worth noting that Moses does not promise that the judges and priests will always be right. Sometimes they will get it wrong – but if everyone does what it right in his own eyes, then chaos will ensue!

Sometimes you just have to submit to those in authority – not because they are right, but because they are those whom God has placed in authority over you!