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Introduction and Deuteronomy 5: Covenant and Commandments 0:09 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Didn't I tell you the book of Deuteronomy is a powerful book? Alright. Today, we're looking at chapters 5 through 7. If you're new to this journey, let me encourage you. Text0:21 the word bible to 6 7 7 4 2. Bible to 6 7 7 4 2. I'll send you a link which will give you access to lots of free resources to help you on this journey.0:33 Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 7. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise.0:46 Hear, learn, and do. Now those instructions remind me of, Parent Teen Ranch, age ranch that I've taken all of my, children to in their early teen years. And there's a there's a motto. It it0:58 and it goes like this. I heard and I forgot. I saw and I remembered. I did and I understood. Hear, learn, and do. So we we we not only need to be in the word of God. The word of God needs to1:09 be in us. We must abide in Christ so that we are unified with Christ, which is then seen in who we are and what we do. In chapter 5, Moses restates the1:21 10 commandments, so we're not gonna go through all of this, but let me read a part of it. Verse 2, the lord our god made a covenant with us at Horeb, that is Mount Sinai. Not with our fathers did the lord make the1:32 covenant, this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain out of the midst of the fire while I stood between the lord and1:44 you at that time, kind of mediator, again, a type of Christ, to declare to you the word of the lord, for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said, I am the lord your god1:55 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. So let me stop right there. I I want you to see in verse 9, there is this residual effect of2:07 disobeying God. Look at verse 9. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the2:19 third and fourth generations of those who hate me. But mercy flows to those who love him and keep his commandments. Look at verse 10, but showing2:30 steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. And then jump down to verse 29, which I believe expresses the heart of2:42 God. He is for us. Look at verse 29. Oh, that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments that it might go well with them and with their2:54 descendants forever. You know, God wants the best for you. He wants you to to to succeed. And we talk about succeed not according to worldly standards, but to3:06 abide in him and have the abundant life that Jesus provides. That's the promised land. That's the the equivalent is that we're living in the abundant life that3:18 Jesus has acquired for us. Alright. Let's go to chapter 6, which is, I think, 1 of the most significant passages in the Old Testament. Verse 1. Now this is the commandment, the statutes, andDeuteronomy 6: The Shema and Parenting with Purpose 3:29 the rules that the lord your god commanded me to teach you that you may do them in the land to which you are going over to possess it, that you may fear the lord your god, you and your son and your3:41 son's sons, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. Hear therefore, oh Israel, and be careful to do them that3:53 it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the lord, the god of your fathers, has promised you in a land flowing with milk and honey. Now don't4:05 miss the connection here between obedience and the fullness of life, that it may go well with you. It's restated here. We see this quite frequently.4:17 Natural and supernatural benefits or blessings flow from obedience to god. Now let me be very clear. We are not saved by4:29 our obedience or good works because we can never measure up, but we are saved to obedience and to good works. We're not saved by grace to live as we please. That4:40 as Dietrich Bonhoeffer defined as cheap grace. We are saved to live unto the lord. Verse 4. Hear, oh Israel, the lord our god, the lord is 1. You shall love the4:52 lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall5:04 talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk, by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall5:15 write them on the doorpost of your house and on your gates. This is the Jewish Shema. In in in in the this is the Judaism's basic confession of5:27 faith. And in in Shema is the first word in the verse verse 4, hear. Now this is a few things about this. The a declaration5:39 this is a declaration that there is no other god but Yahweh. He and he alone should be the object of our worship and devotion, and we are to be consumed.5:51 Alright. Listen to this. We are to be consumed with teaching our children to do the same. When we sit, walk, lie down, and rise up, god is telling us here to6:03 that to that teaching our children to know god is not a pastime. It is our purpose. Now let me repeat that because I6:15 think it's 1 of the most important spiritual principles that has application to us today that we find in the book of Deuteronomy. God is telling us here that teaching our children to know god is not6:27 a pastime. It is our purpose. Parents, grandparents, this is to be our focus. Alright? Our focus is not not teaching them how to play baseball, not, you know, all these and and6:38 nothing wrong with baseball. I I used to be a baseball fan, but, you know, teaching our kids to play sports, it has its place, but it's not the primary purpose. We6:50 should be teaching our children to know God and to obey God. Verse 10, and when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to7:02 Jacob, to give you with great and good cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards, and olive trees which you did not plant.7:13 And when you eat and are full, then take care. Alright? Be careful, lest you forget the lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. This is a warning7:25 about becoming soft, or what I like to call being intoxicated with the blessings of God, which causes us to forget God. And this is the reality of7:36 many many Christ followers in America today. You know, difficulties strengthen us because it draws us closer to the lord. We're we're dependent upon him. We're looking to him. But success7:49 and prosperity often causes us to drift thinking our needs are met, and we're all set. And so we have to be diligent to abide in Christ. And here's how we prevent it. Verse 13, is8:01 the lord it is the lord your god you shall fear. Him you shall serve, and by his name you shall swear. Fear god and serve him. Fear GodDeuteronomy 7: No Compromise, Holiness, and Blessings 8:12 and serve him. We talk about fear. It's reverence. Reverence God and serve him. Now this continues over into chapter 7 verse 1. When the lord your god brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of8:24 it and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,8:36 and I would throw in the Mesquiteabites, 7 nations more numerous and mightier than you. 7 strong nations occupied that land.8:48 But guess what? God's bigger. Verse 2. And when the lord your god gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them9:00 and show no mercy to them. Now, again, we see these instructions that jar our so called righteous sensibilities, but I can remind you, the Old Testament speaks to the physical where the New9:11 Testament speaks to the spiritual. We cannot compromise with that which is counter to the word of God, the truth of God. We cannot cohabitate with immorality.9:24 Why? Look at what happens. Verse 3, you shall not intermarry with him giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, for they would turn away your sons from following9:36 me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. Is this not what is happening morally9:48 and culturally in our country today? The church has adopted the ways of the world, and as a result, the church has lost its power and its influence. Verse 6, for you are a people9:59 holy to the lord your god. The lord your god has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession out of all of the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Now this is exactly what Peter wrote about about10:11 the church in the New Testament. First Peter chapter 2 verse 9, but you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession that you may proclaim the excellencies of10:23 him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now, lest we become confused and think that we did this, look at verse 7. It was not because you were10:35 more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all people. And because you listen to these rules and keep and do them, the lord your god will keep10:47 you will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love that he swore to your fathers. He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and10:59 the fruit of your ground, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herds, and the young of your flock in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.11:11 You shall be blessed above all people. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock. Another passage underscores11:23 in greater detail the prosperity that comes with obedience to God's command. There there are even health benefits here. Look at verse 15, and the Lord will take away from you all sickness and none of the evil diseases of11:34 Egypt, which you which you knew will he afflict on you, but he will lay them on all those who hate you. Now let me wrap up with this great reminder in verse 21. You shall not be in11:46 dread of them, for the lord your god is in your midst, a great and awesome god. And, you know, Paul said it this way in Romans 8 31. What then shall we say to these things if god11:58 is for us? Who can be against us? What a great what a great passage today. Father, we thank you for your word, and and I pray, Lord, that we would listen. We12:10 would hear. We would listen, and we would do. We would obey your word. That we'd lord, not just hear it and let it kinda roll off, but lord, may may it begin to saturate us, may it begin to sanctify12:22 us as we live out a a life as a a set apart, holy. Lord, holy unto you, that you would use us to advance your kingdom and12:34 your message of hope and freedom and love to the world around us. Holy Spirit, we thank you for leading us on this journey. Continue to show us how to apply these this this truth to our lives in the world in which we12:46 live. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning, and until next time, keep standing on the word.12:56 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, you13:08 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 Introduction and Deuteronomy 5: Covenant and Commandments3:20 Deuteronomy 6: The Shema and Parenting with Purpose8:03 Deuteronomy 7: No Compromise, Holiness, and Blessings93.9K followers
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