Date: May 8, 2016
Text: Deuteronomy 10:12-21 & 30:6, 15-20
Sermon Audio (link)
The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, c. 1511-1512, public domain
below is the handout referenced in the sermon:
God As Law-Giver
Oh, how I love Your
law!... sweeter than honey to my mouth. Psalm 119:97,103
Structure: 2nd Millennium BC
ANE Suzerain/Vassal Covenant
(also Exod 20; Josh 24)
(also Exod 20; Josh 24)
1.
Preamble, introducing the suzerain (1:1-5)
2.
Historical prologue, previous relations of the
parties (1:6-4:49)
3.
Stipulations: basic, then detailed (5-26)
4.
Curses and Blessings (27-30)
5.
Witnesses to the covenant (31:28)
6.
Document clause: where it will be stored, when
it will be read (31-34)
Deuteronomy
10 & 30:
·
What does God ask of you? Why?
·
How can we keep God’s law? What will it do for
us?
·
What does the law tell us about who God is?
Why
Did God Give Us The Law?
·
To show the world how great God is: Deut 4:1-8; Psalm 19; 119; 2 Sam 7
·
To show us we can’t keep the law: Deut 28-29; Rom
3:19-20; 5:12-21; 8:1-4; James 2:10-11; Gal 3-5; Psalm 119; Matt 5; Rom 9:30-32
·
To lead us to Christ: Deut 30:6; Jer 31:31-34; Ezek 36:22-32; Gal 3-5;
Matt 5
Jesus
Summarizes the Law: Matthew 22
·
Love God & Love Others: Deut 6; Exod
20; Matt 5; 22; Lev 19; Gal 5; Rom 13:8-10; Gal 5:14; Rom 9:30-32
·
What does this tell us about God? What does it tell us about our relationship
to God?
Why
Love?
·
Love fulfills the Law: Rom 8:3-4; 13:8-10; Gal 5:13-15; John 3:16;
James 2
·
Love is the Fruit of the Spirit: Gal 5:22-26; 1 Cor 13; Col 3:12-17
·
Love is how we reflect God: 1 John 4:7-20; James 2:1-13; John 13:34-35
Me
as Law-Follower:
·
He is the Lord; I am the Vassal: Deut 10:12-22; Hosea 2; Eph 5:22-33
·
I belong to God: Deut 4; 10; 1 Cor 6; 1 Pet 2:9; Titus 2:14; Col 1:21-22; Eph 5
·
If I belong to God, I will obey His commands: John 14:15-21; Psalm 103:18; 1 John 2:3-5;
3:22-24; 2 John 6
·
If I belong to God, I will love: 1 John 4:7-20; James 2:1-13; John 13:34-35; Gal
5:22-26; 1 Cor 13; Col 3:12-17
Daily Devotion Follow Up
Monday: Read Psalm 119:9-16
& 73-80
·
How can people stay pure?
·
What does it mean to hide God’s word in your
heart? Have you done that? Do you do that?
·
Why does the Psalmist say we should love and
follow God’s law?
·
Do you feel this way about God’s law? Why or why
not?
·
How can you learn to love God’s Word? Consider
asking someone who does have a passion for the Word how/why they do.
Tuesday: Read Galatians 3:15-25
·
Who is the ‘seed’ promised to Abraham?
·
How are we saved?
·
Then why was the law given? What is our
relationship to the law now?
·
What parts of God’s law do you have a hard time
understanding? What parts do you have a hard time following? Why?
Wednesday: Read Deuteronomy 10:12-22
·
What does God require of us? Why can He expect
that of you?
·
How can we keep His law and love Him?
·
How does this passage describe God? Does any of
this description surprise you? Why or why not?
·
How would you describe God? His commands? His
love?
Thursday: Read Romans 8:1-8
·
Why is there no condemnation for those who are
in Christ?
·
Why was the law powerless? How did Christ
fulfill it?
·
What is the difference between living by the
spirit and by the flesh?
·
How can we live according to the flesh?
Friday: Read 1 John 4:7-20
·
How did God show His love for us?
·
Why should we love one another?
·
How can we love one another and the world?
·
Are there people in your life who are hard for
you to love? How can you love them like God does?
Saturday: Read 1 Corinthians 13
·
How important is love? What are our ‘deeds’
without it?
·
Look over that list of character traits of love.
Pray over that list. Which ones come naturally for you? Which ones are a
struggle? How can you love ‘better’ in those areas?
·
What does it mean you to that God is all of
those things for you?
·
How can you show love to a neighbor, friend,
family member, co-worker, enemy, or stranger today?
"God As..."
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