Father, we ask that you give us a passion for the truth and not merely a hatred of falsehood. Keep us concerned for the spiritual health of people but open to your own rebukes from your mighty Word.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive.

Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership.

The wise Christian will learn from the spiritual blunders of others.

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

Theological error is the most pernicious of errors; it strikes at man's center and separates him from his Creator and Redeemer. God insisted not only that Israelites should judge their own hearts and cast aside falsehood about Him but that they should also confront it wherever it emerged.