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Fear the LORD Your God

Text: Deuteronomy 5-6, 10-12
5 January 2020

THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY

1. It is in part, History

2. It is also in part, Law

3. Vital lessons are reviewed/ remembered

4. The Law is given a Second Time as Lessons are encapsulated

REVIEWING WHAT THE LORD HAD DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE

1. Success: The conquest of powerful kings

a) Sihon king of the Amorites   (Deuteronomy 1:4; 2:26-37)
b) Og king of Bashan   (Deuteronomy 1:4; 3:1-11)

2. Failure: Refusal to enter Canaan

a) Fear of Canaanites   (Deuteronomy 1:26)
b) Judgment: 40 years in the wilderness   (Deuteronomy 1:34-46)

IMPORTANT LESSONS

1. To hear God’s word   (Deuteronomy 4:10)

2. To learn to fear the LORD   (Deuteronomy 4:10)

3. Essentials:

a) No idolatry   (Deuteronomy 4:25-28)
b) Remembering vital things:
i) Trials
ii) Signs
iii) Wonders
iv) War
v) The mighty hand of God
vi) There is no other God   (Deuteronomy 4:34-35)

THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LORD

1. To fear the LORD your God

2. To walk in all His ways

3. To love Him

4. To serve the LORD

a) With all the heart
b) With all the soul

5. To keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes   (Deuteronomy 10:12-13)