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COMMUNITY MESSAGE

COMMUNITY MESSAGE. Deuteronomy 4. Big Picture vv 1-2. Hear and follow God’s commands Don’t improvise or get fancy, just do exactly what I tell you to do If you do these things you will completely conquer the land, not be slaves in the land. Baal of Peor vv 3-4.

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COMMUNITY MESSAGE

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  1. COMMUNITY MESSAGE Deuteronomy 4

  2. Big Picture vv 1-2 • Hear and follow God’s commands • Don’t improvise or get fancy, just do exactly what I tell you to do • If you do these things you will completely conquer the land, not be slaves in the land

  3. Baal of Peor vv 3-4 • Remember the example that happened when they worshiped the Baal of Peor • Accepting Evites to party • Pigging out on their food • Bowing down to their idols • Getting busy with their women (Sexual Immorality) • So God got Mega Mad

  4. God commands a hit Exodus 25:1-13 (vv. 3-4) • Kill and expose the people who committed the sin, so that everyone does not have to die • A bold man brought a strange women into the camp and his own house to have sex • Phinehas saw this and drove a spear through both of them as they were getting busy • Phinehas was commended by God for being zealous for God’s honor • So the plague stopped after 24,000 men were killed, sin is expensive

  5. Importance of the Commands vv 5-14 • Witness to other nations – vv. 5-8 • Wisdom • Understanding • A close connected God • Laws that work to peoples benefit • Legacy to next generations – vv. 9-14 • Your experience and passion is always first • Then you pass what you know down to the generations that follow

  6. The Heavy Concern of Idolsvv. 15-20 • God did not show Himself in any form when He appeared to the children of Israel in the mountain. • So don’t make an earthly symbol that stands for God and worship it. • God demands our worship to Him alone always considering who He is and what he has done.

  7. Moses Messed up MissionNum 25:1-13 (vv. 21-24) • Peoples compliant against water outage! • You should have let us die in Egypt • Why in the “ ” did you bring us into the desert to die? • Moses & Aaron go frantic and face-down before God for answers • God answers with miracle water solution from a rock • Moses in anger called the people rebels took the glory from God, for the miracle

  8. The Heavy Punishment of Idolsvv. 25-31 • Don’t get soft and relaxed after you have been in the land for a while • If so, I will banish you from the land and scatter you to live in strange places • You will see how much your fake idols will do for you, or won’t do for you • Hopefully, that will spark you to repent so you can turn back to God • If so, He will have mercy and restore you to the land, I gave you at first

  9. Consider Past Favor, that has Gotten You to Present Blessingvv. 32-40 • Check out your history of blessing after blessing • The Lord is God alone and He loves you • Fully acknowledge him in your heart! • Experience fully the blessing of my total security blanket that covers my people

  10. Provision for Accidental Eventsvv. 41-43 • Cities for those who commit accidental murder • This provision keeps the injured party from taking vengeance • It keeps the accidental party alive and able to experience some level of life, out of the area of the injured party

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