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DeuteronomySecond Law – Summing
Up the Law Given at Sinai
Moses’ Farewell Speeches – Preparation
for Promised Land
The SettingPlains of Moab
Wilderness Wanderings Over
Entry into the Promised Land lies just
before them!
ContentRemember the Past (Ch.1-4)No Other God (Ch. 5-28)Covenant Renewal (Ch. 29-30)Epilogue (Ch. 31-34)
RememberGod’s Deliverance from EgyptGod’s Care in the WildernessGod’s Invitation to Relationship and shared life - Covenant
ShemaDeuteronomy 6:4-5Israel’s Great Confession The Church’s First and Greatest Commandment
The ShemaHear, O Israel, the
LORD is our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul (being), and with
all your might.
How do we live this out?
Deuteronomy 10:12-22Fear God
Walk in God’s WaysLove God
Serve God whole-heartedly
Keep God’s Commandments
Pilgrim Festivals
Passover/Unleavened Bread Deliverance From Egypt
Feast of Weeks /Pentecost Giving of the Law on Sinai
Feast of Booths/ Tabernacles Provision in the Wilderness
Covenant Renewal
To promote loyalty, allegiance, and devotion to God
God’s promise to his people – the
circumcision of the heart
Blessings (for obedience) and Curses
(for disobedience)
Covenant Renewal
Deuteronomy 30:15-20I have set before you today
life… and death…If you obey… you shall live…If you turn away… you shall
not…
CHOOSE LIFE… that you may live!
Deuteronomy’s Theological
Themes1. FAITHFULNESS
All the promises God made to Abraham (land, people, and blessing) are now about to come true as the people enter into the Promised Land
Deuteronomy’s Theological
Themes2. REMEMBER Everything God has done
– deliverance from Egypt, covenant at Sinai, provision in the wilderness is to be remembered annually in our festivals of worship – lest we forget
Deuteronomy’s Theological
Themes3. COVENANT Our life with God is one
of covenant relationship – I will be your God, you will be my people. God is tenaciously loyal to this relationship and asks us to be loyal as well.
Deuteronomy’s Theological
Themes4. SHEMA Our faith response to
God is to love God with all our heart, to fear and serve God with all that is within us, and to pattern all of our life after the character of this God of love.
Deuteronomy’s Theological
Themes5. LIFE God’s gift to us is LIFE –
It is God who created life, redeemed life from bondage, cared for life in crisis, and invites us into shared life forever. CHOOSE LIFE!