Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
In other words, if a person were to give up on their former way of life, to link up with God’s people, and were to espouse the uniqueness of God’s kingdom, he/ she, in most cases should not come up short, in any aspect of life, because the tenor of the Gospel, and the principles, and laws of God’s kingdom are greatly superior to those espoused by the popular, secular majorities.
The Scriptures are clear, and unequivocal in stating that every law, and instruction pertaining to God’s kingdom would put the believer on a significantly higher plane of existence, when the principles laws and statutes are incorporated into our everyday experiences. If this were not the case, then persons could point to the Gospel as being malicious, for if one were to surrender their former life for the Scriptural ways of doing things and then become worse off than they were before, then the abundant life Christ spoke of would be a mere figment of the imagination.
That this is absolutely not the case, is made clear in the Bible, for the tenor of the Gospel is to elevate, not to depreciate, to build up, not to tear down, to make better, not to make worse. In other words, at the end of the day, the bottom line of the Gospel is that individuals should absolutely be better off, on every level than they were before.
Deuteronomy 4: 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land whither you go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!