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Worship Through the Feasts 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Our journey this morning takes us to Deuteronomy chapter 16 through 19, worship, right and wrong, kings, priests, prophets,0:22 and justice. A lot to cover today. Verse 18 of chapter 18, I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I0:33 command him. So chapter 16 provides more instructions for the feast, the feast of Passover, the feast of weeks, and the feast of booths. Let's jump right into it. Verse 1. Observe the0:45 month of Abib and keep the Passover to the lord your god. For in the month of Abib, the lord your god brought you out of Egypt by night. Therefore, you shall sacrifice the Passover to the lord your god from the0:57 flock and the herd in the place where the lord chooses to put his name. Now there would be a central place of worship, and that's made clear 6 times in this this chapter alone.1:10 The the place that the lord chose to put his name, and that would be Shiloh for nearly 369 years. So let's go to, the feast of weeks, verse 9. You shall1:21 count 7 weeks for yourself. Begin to count the 7 weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. Then you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a free will offering from1:33 your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you. Verse 11, you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant,1:45 the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you at the place where the lord your god chooses to make his name abide. And you shall remember1:57 that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. Now here's another phrase that has been repeated. You shall remember that you were a slave2:09 in Egypt. In fact, that phrase appears 5 times in the book of Deuteronomy. So what is the importance of that phrase? Well, it's a reminder of what God had done2:21 for them. We too we too need to be reminded where we once were and what God has delivered us from, the bondage of sin and death. And being reminded of what God2:33 has done for us helps us submit to what he is calling us to. As Paul reminds the Corinthians in first Corinthians chapter 7 verse 23 says, you were bought at a price. Do not become slaves2:45 of men. Alright? We were bought with a price. Christ paid a high price for us, his own life on the cross. Verse 16, 3 times a year, all your mail shall appear before the lord your God in the2:57 place which he chooses at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tabernacles, and they shall not appear before the Lord empty handed. So these 3 of the 7,3:09 all the males were required to travel to the tabernacle and later the temple for these feasts. Now here is a theme that we see a lot, which means it's important to God. Okay? VerseUpholding Justice and Rejecting Idolatry 3:20 18, you shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. I I've said this3:32 before, but we're gonna see it more and more, justice. Verse 19. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the3:44 words of the righteous. You shall follow what is altogether just that you may live and inherit the land which the lord your god is giving you. Justice is linked here to the ability3:56 to continue living in the land, possessing the land. Without justice, alright, look at this logical flow here. Without justice, lawlessness takes4:08 over, and stability, social stability is lost. Now the last 2 verses of this chapter connect to chapter 17, more warnings about idolatry. Verse 21, you shall not plant4:20 for yourselves any tree as a wooden image near the altar which you build for yourself to the lord your your god. So don't tempt yourself by even building those things or planting those things. You shall not set up a4:31 sacred pillar which the lord your god hates. Now notice this. God is not indifferent. He's not indifferent to idolatry. He hates it. Right over in chapter 17 verse4:43 2, if there is found among you within any of your gates, which the lord your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the lord your God in transgressing his covenant, who has gone and4:55 served other gods and worship them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire5:07 diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel, then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked5:19 thing and shall stone to death the man or the woman with stones. There was no turning a blind eye to idolatry because, eventually, everyone would pay the price for5:31 that because God's judgment would come upon the nation. Again, Old Testament speaks to the physical where the New Testament speaks to the spiritual. Verse 6, whoever is deserving of death5:43 shall be put to death on the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses, he shall not be put to death on the testimony of 1 witness. Notice this standard of justice, 2 or 3 witnesses, a very important principle that influenced our5:55 system of judgment. But, unfortunately, that standard is being lost in the name of so called justice. Only, only treason still requires 2 or more witnesses. First6:06 10, you shall do according to the sentence which they pronounce upon you in the place which the pronounce upon you in the place which the Lord chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they order you.6:17 According to the sentence of the law in which they instruct you, according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left from the sentence which they6:27 pronounce upon you. Now that man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the lord your god or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put6:39 away the evil from Israel. Verse 13, and all the people shall hear and fear and no longer act presumptuously. So to ignore a6:51 judicial ruling was a capital offense itself because it would foster what? Lawlessness. So that just is very7:03 important very important to, law and order and to the stability of society. Next provision, is for a king. It begins in verse 14. GodGuidelines for a Godly King 7:14 knew that 400 years later, they would want a king, so he gives guidance at this at this point at the very beginning. Number 1, that king has to be a native born, can't be a foreigner. By the way, that's in our7:25 constitution. Where do you think we got that from? From the Bible. Don't acquire horses from Egypt. This was a warning about, placing your confidence and pride in military strength. You know, David7:37 in, Psalm 20 verse 7, some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Unfortunately, Solomon didn't follow that as he acquired many, many7:49 horses and focused on his military strength. The third is don't acquire a lot of wives. They, they will turn your heart from God, another downfall of Solomon.8:01 So here is in verse 18 was the preventative. Look at this. Also, it shall be when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, this is the king, he shall write for himself a copy of this law8:13 in a book and from the 1 before the priest, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the lord his god and be careful to observe8:24 all of the law of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may8:36 prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel. Wow. I mean, consider how the word of God is impacting you on this journey through the8:48 Bible. Just think. Just think the impact the word of God would have if our leaders, our our civil our civic leaders, our our state legislators, our governors, our our9:00 congressmen, our president, if they were abiding in the word of God, the influence that that would have over their decisions. Alright. Chapter 18Levites, Abominations, and the Promised Prophet 9:11 starts with direction again on providing for the Levites, then it moves to not doing what the nations being cast out before them were doing. Verse 9, when you come into the land which the9:23 lord your god has given you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. Why? Look at verse 12. For all who do these things are an an abomination9:35 to the lord. And because of these abominations, the lord your god drives them out from before you. So what were they doing? What were they doing that was an abomination? Number 1, they were sacrificing their children.9:48 They were engaged in witchcraft and the occult. Alright. I'm moving along before we run out of time here. The next passage is clearly seen well, if you look at it if you look at10:00 it, it's a reference to Jesus. Moses is saying, I am leaving, but God will raise up a prophet like me from your midst. Verse 18. I will raise up chapter 18 verse 18. I will raise up from them a10:12 prophet like you from among their brethren and will put my words in his his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. Now how do we know this is a reference to Jesus? Well, both Jesus and Paul10:24 quoted this passage in John chapter 5 verse 45. This is Jesus speaking. Do not think that I shall accuse you to the father. There is 1 who accuses you, Moses, in whom you10:36 trust. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words? Paul quotes from10:48 Deuteronomy in Acts chapter 3 where he says, repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may10:59 send Jesus Christ who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since11:11 the world began. For Moses truly said to the fathers, the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things11:23 whatever he says to you, and it shall be that every soul who will not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. So Paul there quoting from Deuteronomy as well. So11:35 not only did this speak to Jesus, the ultimate mediator as Moses was between the people and God, but it also did set up the kind of the parameters for the11:47 office of prophet providing guidance to the people to to detect kind of a prophet detector, who is real and who is not. Verse 20, but the prophet who presumes to speak a word in11:59 my name, which I have not commanded him to speak or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die. Alright? And, verse 21. And if you say in your heart,12:11 how shall we know the word which the lord has not spoken? How how do we know if this is real or not? When a prophet speaks in the name of the lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which12:22 the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously, and you shall not be afraid of him. Alright. Then chapter 19 returns to the city of refuge,Cities of Refuge and Prayer for Justice 12:34 as they place the cities of refuge and also, once again, talking about the issue of justice as the call for 2 or 3 witnesses, is required. Father, thank you for your12:46 word. Thank you, lord, that your heart is for justice and for those who are vulnerable. And I do pray, lord, that we would be mindful of, number 1, our behavior, our our conduct before12:58 you, that we would be led by the Holy Spirit, abiding by your instructions, your direction, your guidance, your your commandments. That, lord, out of our love for you, we would obey you because that in itself13:09 has a stabilizing effect upon all of our society. Lord, we pray that you would restrain through the church the lawlessness of this age. Use us,13:21 Lord, for your kingdom and your purposes. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide us on this journey, opening our eyes and understanding to the truth of your word, its application to our lives in this world in which we13:32 live. For we pray and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning. And until next time, keep standing on the word.13:43 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you13:55 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Worship Through the Feasts3:18 Upholding Justice and Rejecting Idolatry7:14 Guidelines for a Godly King9:10 Levites, Abominations, and the Promised Prophet12:32 Cities of Refuge and Prayer for Justice
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