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“Beware, Lest You Forget the Lord” Deuteronomy 6:12

“Beware, Lest You Forget the Lord” Deuteronomy 6:12. Danger Is Never Far From Complacency. Amos 6:1 “Woe to you who are at ease in Zion , And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!”

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“Beware, Lest You Forget the Lord” Deuteronomy 6:12

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  1. “Beware, Lest You Forget the Lord”Deuteronomy6:12

  2. Danger Is Never Far From Complacency • Amos 6:1 “Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!” • :7-8 “Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed. 8 The Lord God has sworn by Himself, The Lord God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore I will deliver up the city, And all that is in it.” • 2Kings 18:9-12

  3. The Israelites • They relaxed their upholding of God’s law • They gave into peer pressure • They were punished for forgetting God

  4. The Church • The church experienced quick and exciting growth! • Acts2:44-47, 42; 6:1,7; 8:3-4 • Many churches forgot the Lord • Galatians 1:6 “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel.” • 1Timothy1:6, some “strayed”

  5. Revelation • the church at Ephesus, had left their first love (2:4) • Pergamos had members who believed in false doctrine and practiced immorality (2:14-15) • Thyatira also in believing false doctrine and practicing immorality (2:20) • Sardis was “dead” even though it appeared alive (3:1-6) • Laodiceans became comfortable in this world with things and were lukewarm (3:16-18)

  6. Nature Abhors a Vacuum • 1John 5:21 “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” • Philippians 3:18-19 “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.” • 1Corinthians 10:14 “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”

  7. God Knows We Need Reminders • He left instructions for us. • Jude 3 “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” • Acts 20:32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” • James 1:21 “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”

  8. God Knows We Need Reminders • He left memorials to remember Him by. • Assembling with the Brethren-Acts 20:7, Hebrews 10:24-25 • The Lord’s Supper-1Corinthians11:23-26 • Baptism-Romans 6:4

  9. God always will care and provide for His people, AS LONG AS THEY REMEMBER HIM! • Hebrews 2:1-3 “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.”

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