Deuteronomy

(9/23/01)

Deuteronomy 15:12-18

¹² If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free. ¹³ And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. ¹⁴ Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you. ¹⁵ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
¹⁶ But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, ¹⁷ then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.
¹⁸ Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because their service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.




Bondslave
1. Debt we owe is great
2. Payment is eternal death OR our perfect savior
3. Prophetic picture of Jesus as a slave shows us how we should live
4. Our personal choice of who to serve

• Christians are truly free by serving God)

5. If we choose to still serve God after Jesus paid our debt God no longer considers us a slave or servant, He considers us as a friend.




(10/21/01)

Deuteronomy 25:17

 ¹⁷ Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.


1. Remember the Amalekites
2. Just like the Israelites on the way out of Egypt on the way to the Promised Land... you will be attacked by the enemy while you are seeking God. They will attack your weakest position just as the Amalekites did to Israel.
Solution: Strengthen yourself in the Lord. Victory will come through prayer and praise.




(10/28/01)

Deuteronomy 26:5-15

⁵ Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. ⁶ But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. ⁷ Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. ⁸ So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. ⁹ He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; ¹⁰ and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. ¹¹ Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.
¹² When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. ¹³ Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them. ¹⁴ I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me. ¹⁵ Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”


Prayer of Thanksgiving
1. Remember who we were - like Paul said, "I am the chief of all sinners".
2. Remember how much we knew we needed God and how we cried out for Him to save us.
3. Remember what God did to save us.
4. Remember what He is personally doing for you - you are in the midst of God's plans.
5. Remember what you are to do - acknowledge God for what He has done for us:

• Thank Him!
• Give (see verse 12) - as a cheerful act of worship
• Worship
• Rejoice
• Obey

(11/11/01)

Deuteronomy 31

1. God chose Joshua
2. We are not irreplaceable on Earth




(11/18/01)

Looking back at Moses's resume*

*things God took note of.


1. He rejected the enticements of the world
2. He embraced suffering rather than sin
3. He traded earthly treasures for eternal riches
4. He left Egypt not fearing what others might think
5. He endured because he saw the invisible
6. He endlessly kept the Passover

• 1 Corinthians 5:7

⁷ Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.