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VITAL LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

Text: Deuteronomy 8
19 July 2020

VITAL INSIGHTS GIVEN

Moses sought to teach Israel by giving them important insights about faith and life. If these lessons were learned well, then the nation would be greatly blessed indeed.

  1. The commandments of God

a) They were to be understood

b) They were to be obeyed     Deuteronomy 8:1

2.The place of the Word of God

a) Man shall not live by bread alone

b) Man must live by the word of God given     Deuteronomy 8:3

  1. There were things to be remembered

a) They are to remember how God led the people for 40 years    

b) They were to remember all the lessons God had taught with humility

i) He fed them with manna

ii) Their garments did not wear out

iii) Their feet did not swell     Deuteronomy 8:2-4

c) God’s power and protection

i) In the terrible wilderness

ii) There were fiery serpents

iii) There were scorpions

iv) There was scarcity of water

v) God provided for them     Deuteronomy 8:15-6

  1. God’s testing and chastising

a) To humble the people

b) To learn how to relate to God as their Father who chastens     Deuteronomy 8:5

  1. The danger of forgetting God

a) God can be forgotten amidst the blessing of wealth

b) His word can also be forgotten all too easily     Deuteronomy 8:11-14

APPROPRIATE RESPONSE

This is so very necessary. If we have been so blessed, we must make appropriate response!

  1. We must bless the LORD     Deuteronomy 8:10
  1. We must actively remember God     Deuteronomy 8:2, 18
  1. We must keep His laws     Deuteronomy 8:6a
  1. We must walk in His ways     Deuteronomy 8:6b

5. We must ever fear Him     Deuteronomy 8:6c