Sunday Sermon.

Here are the bare bones of the sermon outline for this Sunday. May God give us the grace to apply.


Background: The Book of Deut was written by Moses close to the end of his life. The years of wondering were over and the people of God were preparing to enter the land of promise. The book is a recounting of the law of Jehovah to a new generation who would enter in and posses the land which there fathers would not enter because of unbelief. It is a series of discourses given by Moses to the people of Israel.


1 “Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’


Notice:

1st The purpose of the commandment - Obedience,
2nd The motivation for the commandment - Fear of the Lord.
3rd The result of the commandment - It will be well with you.


1. The purpose of the commandment - Obedience
James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.


2. The Motivation for the Commandment - Fear of the Lord
The fear of the Lord is that respect, awe, and reverence for God which drives us away from sin and toward the Savior.
Deut 4:10 especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
Ecc 12:13 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.


3. The result of the commandment - It will be well with you.
Psa 1:1-3 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,And in His law he meditates day and night.3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.


Obedience to God is:


1. Based on an understanding of who God is.
Duet 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!

Elijah on the mountain demonstrates to us what happens when we don't know the Lord.
1Ki 18:21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word.

God’s position gives him all the right in the world to tell us what to do. He deserves to be honored, glorified, and obeyed by us.


Example: Jonah


2. Motivated by a love for God.
Duet 6:5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
We recognize love for God in obedience to his commands. I love God to the degree that I am willing to obey.
John 14:21.


3. Perpetuated through:

A. Personal meditation in the word.
Duet 6:6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
MacArthur says “The people were to think about these commandments and to meditate on them so that obedience would not be a matter of formal legalism, but a response based upon understanding.”
Ref. Rom. 12:1-2

B. Discipleship of the next generation.
Duet 6:7You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Speak his word. "Don't let it depart out of thy mouth."Joshua 1:8

C. Constant reminder. Public and private
8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.