“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” (Romans 12:3-5 ESV, passage continued next week)
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Deuteronomy 5
Haven't we heard these before?
~If we go back to the basic purpose for the book of Deuteronomy we see that it was designed as the second presentation of the Law and also to show Yahweh as holy. Is there not a better way to present him as holy then to go over the Ten Commandments again?
~When Moses opens up the chapter he summons everyone to gather around and hear. He reminds the people gathered that the covenant that God made with them wasn’t just with their fathers that ended up dying in the wilderness- it was a binding covenant made with them as well.
~Moses also reminds that that the Lord appeared to them face to face and not in cryptic visions or through mediums and seers.
~If we go back to the basic purpose for the book of Deuteronomy we see that it was designed as the second presentation of the Law and also to show Yahweh as holy. Is there not a better way to present him as holy then to go over the Ten Commandments again?
~When Moses opens up the chapter he summons everyone to gather around and hear. He reminds the people gathered that the covenant that God made with them wasn’t just with their fathers that ended up dying in the wilderness- it was a binding covenant made with them as well.
~Moses also reminds that that the Lord appeared to them face to face and not in cryptic visions or through mediums and seers.
Haven't we heard these before continued...
~Because Yahweh did the teaching face to face the people were able to hear and interpret it themselves.
~Covenants and treaties are only as good as the parties they are made between. Claiming the Ten Commandments were only made between the Lord and the Fathers would be diminishing the power of the All-Powerful. Remember that we have a God whose name is El-Shaddai (God Almighty).
~All of the Commandments are the same as when they were first delivered in Exodus 20 except for the commandment about the Sabbath. Here it reminds the people about their being led out of Egypt and needing the Sabbath as rest whereas in Exodus 20 it talks about the seventh day being the 7th day of Creation.
~Covenants and treaties are only as good as the parties they are made between. Claiming the Ten Commandments were only made between the Lord and the Fathers would be diminishing the power of the All-Powerful. Remember that we have a God whose name is El-Shaddai (God Almighty).
~All of the Commandments are the same as when they were first delivered in Exodus 20 except for the commandment about the Sabbath. Here it reminds the people about their being led out of Egypt and needing the Sabbath as rest whereas in Exodus 20 it talks about the seventh day being the 7th day of Creation.
Deuteronomy 6
Shema Israel
~When Moses summoned the people to come near and listen to the re-teaching of the Ten Commandments he told them to “Hear” the statutes and laws.
~In Deuteronomy 6 when Moses goes to teach more statutes of law to the new generation he repeats his command to hear, meaning that hearing is the most important part.
~In the New Testament when Jesus is asked what the most important commandment is he responds with “Love the Lord your God with all your heart” (which comes from this chapter of Deuteronomy) and “Love your neighbor as yourself) which came from Leviticus 19.
~Deuteronomy 6:4 is a famous verse of the Bible that Jews still recite to this day. It is called the Shema (which means “hear”).
~When Moses summoned the people to come near and listen to the re-teaching of the Ten Commandments he told them to “Hear” the statutes and laws.
~In Deuteronomy 6 when Moses goes to teach more statutes of law to the new generation he repeats his command to hear, meaning that hearing is the most important part.
~In the New Testament when Jesus is asked what the most important commandment is he responds with “Love the Lord your God with all your heart” (which comes from this chapter of Deuteronomy) and “Love your neighbor as yourself) which came from Leviticus 19.
~Deuteronomy 6:4 is a famous verse of the Bible that Jews still recite to this day. It is called the Shema (which means “hear”).
Shema Israel continued
~“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
~You shall love the 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 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. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
~Although you weren’t supposed to literally write them on the door posts and the fence and tattoo it inside your eyes, you were supposed to recite it so many times that it was imprinted on your brain.ž~Jews to this day will recite the Shema twice a day while covering their eyes (which is to symbolize having them on your eyelids).
~Verse 16 is also quoted in the New Testament by Jesus. When Jesus is being tempted in the wilderness by Satan he tells Satan, “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.”
~When we get to verse 20 we are given the entire reason for all of the laws and statues of the Old Testament:
~“We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes.
~And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.”
~The basic gist of this passage is that because Yahweh is gracious and loving he brought the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land.
~Yahweh remembered the promises he made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and how he would keep them safe, and give them land, and multiply their family so as a total fulfillment he loved them so much that he gave them the law and the statues that were to set them apart from the rest of the barbaric world.
~You shall love the 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 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. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
~Although you weren’t supposed to literally write them on the door posts and the fence and tattoo it inside your eyes, you were supposed to recite it so many times that it was imprinted on your brain.ž~Jews to this day will recite the Shema twice a day while covering their eyes (which is to symbolize having them on your eyelids).
~Verse 16 is also quoted in the New Testament by Jesus. When Jesus is being tempted in the wilderness by Satan he tells Satan, “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.”
~When we get to verse 20 we are given the entire reason for all of the laws and statues of the Old Testament:
~“We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes.
~And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.”
~The basic gist of this passage is that because Yahweh is gracious and loving he brought the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land.
~Yahweh remembered the promises he made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and how he would keep them safe, and give them land, and multiply their family so as a total fulfillment he loved them so much that he gave them the law and the statues that were to set them apart from the rest of the barbaric world.