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Standing Before the LORD

Text: Deuteronomy 29:10-19
8 October 2019

STANDING BEFORE THE LORD

1. Leaders   (Deuteronomy 29:10-11)

2. Tribes

3. Elders

4. Officers

5. All the men of Israel

6. All the little ones

7. All the wives

8. All the strangers in the camp

i) Cuts the wood
ii) Draws the water

INVITATION

1. All may enter into this Covenant   (Deuteronomy 29:12a)

2. Oath must be taken   (Deuteronomy 29:12b)

3. The Covenant was to be given afresh   (Deuteronomy 29:12c)

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COVENANT

1. That He may establish the Covenant   (Deuteronomy 29:13a)

2. As a people to Himself   (Deuteronomy 29:13b)

3. That He may be God to the people   (Deuteronomy 29:13c)

4. Just as He had spoken   (Promised)

a) To Abraham
b) To Isaac
c) To Jacob   (Deuteronomy 29:13d)

COVENANT WITH THE PRESENT GENERATION AND BEYOND

1. Covenant and oath   (Deuteronomy 29:14a)

2. Not with this generation alone   (Deuteronomy 29:14-15)

3. Also with those who were not there   (Deuteronomy 29:15)

IMPORTANT MEMORIES THAT MUST BE KEPT

1. The abominations/ the idols of Egypt   (Deuteronomy 29:16-17)

2. Idols made of wood/ stone/ gold/ silver   (Deuteronomy 29:17)

3. Watch the heart

a) The heart that turns away from the LORD   (Deuteronomy 29:18a)
b) To serve the gods of these nations (Canaan)   (Deuteronomy 29:18b)
c) Root bearing bitterness/ wormwood   (Deuteronomy 29:18c)
d) Self-deception
i) Ignoring the curses
ii) Calls the curses as blessings   (Deuteronomy 28:19a)
iii) Believing that he has peace
iv) Even though he follows the dictates of the heart   (Deuteronomy 29:19b)
v) The drunkard and the sober are not the same   (Deuteronomy 29:19c)