Deuteronomy 27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
In Deuteronomy chapters 27-28, Moses gives us a long list of curses and blessings that will come upon us according to whether we have obeyed or disobeyed the Law given by the Lord in the Ten Commandments. A blessed or cursed life is directly dependent upon the degree of obedience to the Law. Behavior, whether in thought, word, or actual deed, has consequences, positive or negative. This principle is built into the universe by the Creator God. It cannot be changed or challenged.
Even the lives of godless unbelievers are affected by the Law of Blessings and Curses. However, living an upright and moral life cannot produce or earn the blessing of God’s spiritual and eternal life living in us, since no one is holy. The Blessing can only come to us through the merits and mercies of Jesus Christ, who obeyed perfectly. We who repent and believe in Jesus have by faith obeyed the voice of the Lord. For Christ’s sake we enjoy the abundant blessing of Life today and forever.
“Blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.” The obedience of faith is the perfect keeping of the Voice of the Lord. Since Jesus did it all for us and obeyed perfectly, believers can respond by claiming the blessing of God, especially the deep, rich, abundant, and eternal blessings of the Father, earned by the Son, and granted by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel.