Student Choice Assignment

Choice 1- In Deuteronomy 20:17 the nations listed are Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. The Lord commanded that Israel destroy these nations because they were wicked because they were serving other gods and their altars and pillars were not of the Lord. Heavenly Father saw them as being unrighteous. We can protect ourselves from sin today by following God's commandments and by only being in the service of Him and those around us. When we do good unto others, we are ultimately doing good unto the Lord and when we serve others, we serve Him. I think that today's society seems to get caught up in serving "gods" which symbolizes material things of the world. I see a lot of people who are not focused on striving to live more Christ-like and are allowing worldy posessions to come before the Lord. I have noticed this a lot with money, greed, and selfishness. So many people in this world are too concerned with how much money they have or what they can do to get ahead, instead of loving life and enjoying all of the blessings God has given us. When we put God and our Savior Jesus Christ above everything else, we truly have it all and will understand and see all the greatness and blessings in our lives.