Moses reminded Israel of the commitment they’d made to serve God. “You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statues and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice. And the Lord has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments… and that you shall be a people holy to the Lord your God.“
This is the hope that Paul also proclaimed to the Gentiles. He was so passionate about this message that he was prepared “not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus“. This level of passion and commitment to God is an example for us, to live as people holy to God, constantly preaching by word and example.