When people say, “I just want love; I don’t want hate,” they haven’t thought things through. One reason God selected His Son for the throne of the universe was this: “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness” (Heb 1:9). They say a good gardener must not only love flowers; he must also hate weeds. Deuteronomy […]
There are three longings in God’s heart toward you—for honesty, loyalty, and intimacy. If we were going to squeeze the Old Testament into just four words, what would they be? We might select “The Lord is God,” or Jehovah is the El. Sometimes the plural form Elohim is used, not speaking of many gods but […]
The subject of fearing the Lord appears 13 times in this book—a baker’s dozen for good measure. Maybe you’ve heard it said that the Bible contains 365 occurrences of the command, “Fear not!” or its equivalent. I could only find about 109! Of course that should be more than enough instances to get the message. […]
Is it true that the more the Lord is giving, the less is our thanksgiving? May it never be! We’ve already noticed a major theme through this fifth book of Moses. Its very name, Deuteronomy, points to the idea that repeating something helps us remember. But there’s a special warning in chapter 6 we must […]
Read More… from November 30, 2022 — The Irony Of Getting & Forgetting
God thinks we can never have too much of His Word practically applied to our family lives. We’ve seen that the first responsibility of parents is to communicate to our children the importance of knowing and loving God. Do the Hebrew Scriptures know nothing of the Trinity? We saw in our last study that God’s […]
Read More… from November 29, 2022 — Families Who Go By The Book
When God said, “Let Us make man in Our image” (Gen 1:26), to whom was He speaking? We have now arrived at Deuteronomy 6, one of the most important passages for believing parents. Remember that this book is based on the premise that one generation dies, and the next generation needs to learn God’s ways […]
It’s futile to hear God’s Word preached, then go away and act as if He had nothing to say to us. Right after the Lord had arrived on the mount, revealing “His glory and His greatness” (Deut 5:24), a contingent of Israel’s leaders, in fact “all the heads of your tribes and your elders” (v […]
Carving the Decalogue into stone is a fairly strong hint that God wasn’t going to change His mind. Moses begins his second address to the nation in Deuteronomy 5. He takes them back in their memories to Mount Sinai and God’s awesome visit to planet Earth. How could he ever forget it? “The Lord our […]
Imagine how it would feel for a fugitive to step within the walls of a city of refuge. Safe at last! When we last considered the six cities of refuge (Num 35), we didn’t think about the meanings of their names. Do they point to Christ? Remember, He’s the perfect place for those “who have […]
Read More… from November 23, 2022 — Cities That Speak Of The Savior