God's Promises in Deuteronomy I

 God made solemn promises to the Israelites in Deuteronomy, and God never fails to keep His promises.

In Deuteronomy 5:29, God informed the Israelites that if they would acquire a heartfelt desire to obey "all my commandments always," then He would keep them and their children alive forever. The key word in this verse is the word "all." God gave the Israelites His Ten Commandments for them to obey, but He also gave them the sin offerings and the burnt offerings for them to offer through their priests for their forgiveness of their sins whenever they inevitably failed to keep His Ten Commandments. Deuteronomy 12:1-22; Leviticus 5:1-10 (KJB). The problem with these Israelites, and with the rest of religious humanity, was that they thought that they could obey God so perfectly that they could make themselves acceptable to God. This attitude happens to be symptomatic of excessive pride expressed through religion. If a person could practice a religion that would make that person good enough to be acceptable to God, then that person would no longer need God. Two of the most subtle lies from the Devil are that he will tell a person who has led a sinful lifestyle that they are so bad that God does not want them, and he will tell a religious person that they can make themselves so good that God will accept them, which lie puts the subtle idea in his mind that he will no longer really need God. God desires that humans humble themselves to Him, and confess to Him that they are hopeless sinners in need of the salvation that only God can provide. Then God will change their hearts and give them a desire to obey Him simply because they love Him, and He will give them a desire to do what is right toward others simply because they love everyone.

In Deuteronomy 12:1 and 12:28, God promises faithful Israelites that if they will obey "all His words," then He will preserve them and their children "forever." The key word again is the word "all." These Israelites should have had a heartfelt desire to keep God's Ten Commandments, but they should have also demonstrated humility to God by their sin offerings and their burnt offerings which would have symbolized their need for God's forgiveness whenever they failed to keep His Ten Commandments