the guidance is only as good as our obedience to the guide
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.”
– Deuteronomy 30:15
If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
– Deuteronomy 30:16
Deuteronomy
Hebrew
“HADDEBHARIM”
“The Words”
Septuagint
“DEUTERONOMY”
“Second Law”
Deuteronomy
chapters 1-5
two key themes
Rescue from Slavery
Protection against Culture’s Influence
DEUTERONOMY 6:1-3
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
– Deuteronomy 6:4-5
THERE’S A PREVAILING COMMAND THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THE STATUTES AND PRECEPTS
love God
above all else
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
– Deuteronomy 6:6
god’s word is meant to be internalized
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.
– Deuteronomy 6:7
DAVID WADE VIDEO
WHEN YOU SIT DOWN
WHEN YOU WALK
WHEN YOU LIE DOWN
WHEN YOU RISE UP
entering our culture
requires that we give
perpetual reminders
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
– Deuteronomy 6:8-9
god’s instructions to us are meant to be visible, present in our minds, and a part of our daily surroundings
two key themes
Rescue from Slavery
Protection against Culture’s Influence
RESCUE FROM SLAVERY
Proverbs 5:22; John 8:34
Romans 6:1-6, 16, 18-22
Galatians 5:1
protection
against culture
Psalm 37:1-9
1 John 2:15-19
Romans 12:1-2
counter-culture
GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
SELFLESSNESS / SACRIFICE / LOYALTY
GOD’S EXPRESED STANDARDS OVER THE PRACTICES OF THE LAND
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
– 1 Peter 2:11-12
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
– Psalm 119:105
the guidance is only as good as our obedience to the guide
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.”
– Deuteronomy 30:15
If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
– Deuteronomy 30:16