DEUTERONOMY 6
4 Outlines
Deuteronomy 6:1-15
LOVING GOD
Does it sound trite if I
say, "God loves you"?
It's a statement you
have heard often.
It's a statement that
you usually don't reflect upon when you hear it.
But nonetheless, it is a
true statement!
God's love appears in
the first verse of the Bible!
Genesis 1:1- "In
the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
It is God who loved us
enough to create the world in all its beauty.
It is God who loved us
enough to create every living creature, including you and I.
If God didn't love us,
we would be here.
God's love doesn't stop
with creation. Every man and woman, boy and girl has disobeyed God. We've all
blown it! In His love, God sent His Son to pay for the sins that we have
committed. In paying for our sins, God made it possible for every person to
have forgiveness of sin, and everlasting life! John 3:16
Now, must of you hearing
this message have already experienced forgiveness of sin, and are on your way
to heaven. God's love continues towards you.
Because God loves you as
His child, He has promised to never leave or to forsake you. Hebrews 13:5
Because God loves you,
He answers your prayers. Matthew 7:7-11
Because God loves you,
He, through the Holy Spirit, lives inside of you. Romans 8:9
Because God loves you,
we are promised that nothing can separate us from that love in Romans 8:38-39.
Now, if you are saved
and know that you are going to Heaven, what is the logical response to God's
love? WE ARE TO LOVE HIM IN RETURN! 1 John 4:19
How can we go about
loving God? Deuteronomy 6:1-12 shows us
how.
Vss. 4-5 give us the central theme of the passage preached by Moses
before the Children of
Vs. 4 reminds us that
there is but one God.
What does the existence
of one true God mean to you and I as Christians?
He alone is to be
worshipped in our lives.
He is to be considered
first when we make a decision.
Pleasing Him should be
the most important thing in the world.
After all, he is God! What
does it matter what anyone else thinks?
Anyone else is just
human like you!
Vs. 5 - Love for God is
to a total commitment. All that is inside of me, the real me, heart and soul,
is to love God. All my strength is to go into loving God.
If you love God, He will
be the principle part of your decision making process. You will want to please
Him, want to talk to Him, want to talk about Him, want
to spend time with Him. You will want to read His love letters, the Bible. You
will want to understand His word. You will want to listen to music about Him,
and music dedicated to Him. You will want others to experience the same love
relationship that you have experienced.
This kind of love for
God is impossible without God's help.
It is the Holy Spirit
who will assist us. When the Spirit of God fills us, we will be successful in
loving God the way He wants to be loved. Ephesians 5:18-20
When we love God as
Verse 5 tells us to, with all our heart, soul and might, certain things will be
true of us.
THE ONE WHO LOVES GOD,
FEARS GOD - Vs. 2
If I love God with all
my heart, soul, and strength, I will reverence Him. I will respect Him. I will
be afraid to displease Him.
If I love Him, He will
have the reverence of my praise.
If I love Him, He will
have the reverence of respectful approach to Him in Jesus' name.
If I love Him, He will
have the reverence of my speaking well of Him. Nobody can take the Lord's name
in vain and truly claim to love Him.
If I love Him, His Word
will be respected.
If I love Him, I will
realize that disobedience hurts Him, and is a show of disrespect.
If I love Him, I will
realize that I am accountable to Him, that He is my judge, and disobedience
breaks his Heart.
If I love Him, there is
only one sentence necessary from the mouth of my master, "Well done thou
good and faithful servant."
THE ONE WHO LOVES GOD,
OBEYS GOD - Vs. 2
We do not keep commands
in order to earn our way into Heaven or to stay saved. Hebrews 10:14
We keep his commands
because we love Him.
Much of the Old Testament
Law is no longer necessary for us to keep, such as the sacrifices and keeping
of holy days. This is because Christ has fulfilled these things.
But Jesus did say,
"If you love me keep my commandments." John 14:15
And Jesus did say,
"Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:14
1 John 5:3 says,
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous."
THE ONE WHO LOVES GOD
REMEMBERS GOD'S WORD - Vs. 6
The words that Moses was
giving the Israelites were the Words of God.
These were words worth
remembering. These were valuable words. We try to remember important things,
like dates, instructions, appointments, and valuable sayings. What could be
more valuable than remembering the Word of God? Hiding God's Word in your heart
is very valuable, not only because God tells us we should, but because of what
it will do for you.
Hiding God's Word in
your heart will:
Keep you from sin. Psalm
119:11
Lead you to obey. -
Joshua 1:8
Help you to pray. - John
15:7
THE ONE WHO LOVES GOD
TEACHES HIS CHILDREN VS. 7
Your goal should be to
train you children in the things of God!
Your God is the true
God. Your children need to know that!
They will see God as you
live the Christian life before them.
They will learn of God,
as you talk about the Word of God at the table and at appropriate places in
your travels.
When God answers a
prayer, tell your children.
When God shows you
something special in his Word, show them.
When God gives you a
special blessing, tell them.
When God takes care of
you during a trial, share it.
And be sure to read the
Bible together as a family!
Also be sure to apply
god's word to the problems and successes that your child is experiencing.
THE ONE WHO LOVES GOD KEEPS
GOD'S WORD IN VIEW Vss. 8-9
God's Word is not
something to be forgotten,
It is something that
should be in our view, and the view of our families.
We can literally place
it in front of our eyes with plaques.
We can literally put it
into our hands and read it!
We can literally put it
before our minds eye through memorization.
THE ONE WHO LOVES GOD
TAKES PRECAUTIONS TO REMEMBER GOD Vss. 10-12
The Israelites were
warned that God's goodness would lead to their complacency. They had to be
careful not to get so comfortable in their new land, that they forget the Lord
and slip into idolatry.
In Verse 12, the
Israelites are not to forget
They were not to forget
the bondage.
They were not to forget
the slavery.
They were not to forget
that God had delivered them!
We are to do the same.
We are to never forget
what god has delivered us out of.
We must never forget the
slavery that sin causes, and the great victory that Jesus gave us.
We must continually
remember that it was the grace of God that delivered us.
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Deuteronomy 6:4-9
EXCLUSIVE
EXCLUSIVE GOD
Deuteronomy 6:4 - Hear,
O
EXCLUSIVE LOVE
Deuteronomy 6:5 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
EXCLUSIVE MEMORY
Deuteronomy 6:6 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
EXCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Deuteronomy 6:7-9 - And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
up. [8] And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes. [9] And thou shalt write them upon the posts
of thy house, and on thy gates.
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Deuteronomy 6:4-9
NARROW-MINDED!
Generally, we do not
like the thought of being known as narrow-minded. We think of narrow-minded people
as less than gracious, not accepting the opinions of others or the thought of
change.
However, when it comes
to the things of God, there is a good kind of narrow-mindedness. Jesus was
narrow-minded when he spoke of the way to Heaven. (John 3:1-7, John 14:6), The Christian is to
be narrow-minded in his devotion to God, as shown in our text.
The Christian is to
have:
1. ONE LORD Vs. 4
2. ONE LOVE Vs. 5
3. ONE LESSON (God's Word)
Vss. 6-9
In our hearts Vs.
6
On our lips Vs. 7
Before our eyes Vss. 8-9
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Deuteronomy 6:4-9
SOMETHING SPECIAL
The people of
SOMETHING TO HEAR - Vss. 1-4 - The Word of God
SOMETHING TO HEED - Vss. 1-4 - Not only are we to hear the Word of God, but we are to obey it.
SOMETHING TO HIDE - Vs. 6 - God's Word is to be hidden
in our hearts.
SOMETHING TO HONOR - Vss. 7-9 - We honor God's Word by
teaching it to our families, and displaying it in our homes.
SOMEONE TO HOLD - Vs. 5 - We are to cling to the Lord
our God with a complete love.
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Deuteronomy 6:10-19
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROMISED LAND
A DELIGHTFUL PLACE - Vss. 10-11
The Promised Land would be a terrific place to live.
A DANGEROUS POSSIBILITY - Vs. 12, 14-15
The dangerous possibility was forgetting and/or
forsaking the Lord and receiving His Judgment.
A DEVOTED PEOPLE - Vss. 13, 16-18
They were to fear the
Lord. Vs. 13
They were not to tempt
the Lord. Vs. 16
They were not to obey.
Vs. 17
They were to do what was
right and good.
A DELIGHTED PEOPLE -
Vss. 18b-19
It would go well with
them.
They would possess the
Land.
They would cast out the
enemies.