Part 3

1. Part 3

2. Outline • Why preach from Deuteronomy? • How to understand Deuteronomy? • What to preach from Deuteronomy? • Flow of Book • Preaching Priorities Hidabroot.com

3. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 1, 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

4. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

6. Sad stories • Prodigals • “My son is a homosexual” • “nones” • Growing • Young

7. Something’s Missing • Children not getting core message • Not enough to be in church

8. Heart • Soul • Might

9. Merisms • Figure of speech • Several synonyms for the same • Hook, line, and sinker • High and low • Lock, stock, and barrel • Search every nook and cranny

10. Radiating Love • Heart, soul, might • Be on your heart • Teach them diligently to your children

12. “If I sharpen [shanan] My flashing sword” Dt. 32:41 • Just as God sharpens His sword of justice • We sharpen hearts of children

13. “When my heart was embittered, and I was pierced (shanan) within” Psa. 73:21 • Just as enemy’s sword made his heart bitter • We must pierce our children’s hearts with God’s love.

14. Shanan Children • Heart, soul, might—with everything you have • Sit/walk/lie down/rise up—everything you do • Hand/forehead—all you are • doorposts/gate—everywhere you go

15. Core Issue If God gets the heart of our children, He gets our children

16. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 7, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

17. One of the first times that love is ever discussed in human history is Deut. 7 • Border between slavery and freedom • Old generation to new generation • Fears • Worried about enemy nations, hostile culture • Then comes Moses with description of a radical love

19. Deut. 7 6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth… The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but because the LORD loved you…, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, …

20. 9 "Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation…12 "Then it shall come about, …that the LORD your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. 13 "He will love you and bless you and multiply you…”

22. Three Hearts of Love • Set his Love – loves the unattractive, accepting Love • Love you – love based on the lover not the loved, graced Love • Steadfast Love – love that won’t let go, loyal Love

23. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

24. Deuteronomy 8 Sandwich • 4 layers of bread: • Obey—1, 6, 11, 18-20 • 3 layers of meat: • Case 1—2-5 • Case 2—7-10 • Case 3—12-17

25. 1 "All the commandment which I command you this day you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothing did not wear out upon you, and your foot did not swell, these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 6 So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him. 7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills, 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. 11 "Take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes, which I command you this day: 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them, 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. 17 Beware lest you say in your heart, `My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.' 18 You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day. 19 And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you this day that you shall surely perish. 20 Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

26. Deuteronomy 8 • 4 layers of bread: Obey—1, 6, 11, 18-20 • Issue • Beyond keeping rules • Do you trust me? • Live by bread or my word?

27. CS#1: 8:2-5 • Suppose there was a place where you had nothing, but you survived. • God was in control

28. CS#2: 8:7-10 • Suppose there was a place where you had everything given to you. • God provided it all.

29. CS#3: 8:12-17 • Suppose there was a people who had everything? • Amnesia

30. What happens to the affluent? • Forget the source • Trust their own power • Think they are alone • Depend on own business savvy

31. What’s the Point? • Control • Who’s in charge? • Who do we trust? • Who has the power? • Who calls the shots?

32. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

33. Bibleinpictures.com

34. “What does the Lord your God require of you?” (10:12) • Fear the Lord (twice in 10:12, 20, mentioned earlier in 4:10; 6:2, 13, 24; 5:29) • Walk in His ways (10:12, mentioned earlier in 5:33; 6:14 and later in 11:22) • Love the Lord (10:12, mentioned earlier at 6:5 and later in 11:1, 13, 22) • Serve the Lord (twice in 10:12, 20, mentioned earlier in 6:13; 10:8 and later in 11:13)

35. “What does the Lord your God require of you?” (10:12). • Keep the commandments and statutes (10:13, mentioned earlier in 4:6, 40; 6:1; 8:6, 11 and later in 11:1, 8, 13, 22). • Circumcise their hearts (10:16). • No longer stiffen your neck (10:16). • Love the alien (10:19). • Cling to the Lord (10:20, mentioned later in 13:4). • Swear by his name (10:20, mentioned earlier in 6:13).

36. Hebrew Body Language https://www.pinterest.com/pin/547820742156576567/

37. www.truebibleteaching.com

38. Owner of heaven, the highest heavens, the earth and all its contents (10:14) God of gods (10:17) Lord of lords (10:17) Great (10:17) Mighty (10:17) Awesome (10:17) http://biblicalworship.com/blog/2018

39. One who set His heart in love upon the fathers (10:15) One who chose Israel above all peoples (10:15) Not partial (10:17). Takes no bribe (10:17) Executes justice for the orphan & widow (10:18) Loves the alien (10:18) Done great and awesome things for Israel (10:21) Made Israel into a multitude (10:22)

41. Deut. 10:21 He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900013055

42. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Blessing—Deut. 1, 11, 28 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

43. Deut. 1:11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you! Deut. 11:26-27 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am commanding you today.

44. He Blessed them (Gn. 1:28) What does God do? What does that mean? How do we usually read it?

45. Over 400 times, 44 of 66 books Often translated “worship” 2 words in Hebrew, 2 words in Greek Synthetic use: comes from knee, to kneel Used of friendliness & greeting Refers to passing on to the next generation Means passing on the good of life, acceptance, value, significance

46. Blessing occurs in every major part of the Bible • Creation—”and he blessed them” • Pentateuch—”through you all the world will be blessed” • Law—”blessings and cursing” • Wisdom—”blessed is the man who walks…” • Prophets—”blessed are all those who wait for him.” • Gospels—”blessed are the poor in spirit” • Acts—”it is more blessed to give than receive” • Epistles—”God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance” • Revelation—”Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

48. Preaching Priorities • Nature of God—Deut. 6, 10 • Violence of God—Deut. 25 • Remaining Faithful in Hostile Culture—Deut. 7, 8 • Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation—Deut. 6 • Concern for the Vulnerable—Deut. 10, 15, 16, 24, 25 • Godly leadership—Deut. 16-18 • Power of Teaching—Deut. 4, 5, 31

49. Two Critical Biblical Themes #1—You can’t love the God you can’t see if you don’t love the people you do see #2—Community relationships are only as good as the way the community treats its weakest members chain is no stronger than its weakest link

50. Tracing the Two Themes Deuteronomy How to form the ideal human community Special interest in the most vulnerable people TC1-4 and TC4-10—vertical depends on horizontal Laws protect the vulnerable: Dt. 10, 14,15, 16, 24 Tithes to weakest: orphans & widows (14:29) Save seats at PO for O/W (16:11) Set up courts to protect O/W (24:17) Why?