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Deuteronomy 1:6-4:43

First Speech: Remember

Deuteronomy 4:9, “Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.”

In  Deuteronomy  1-3,  Moses  reviews  the  history  of  Israel.  He  wants  the  people  to remember  their  failures  and  their  victories.  He  wants  them to  remember  that  their victories came about because of God.

Moses tells them to remember;   remember;   remember;   remember.

– Remember who God is

– Remember God’s character

Deuteronomy 4:32-35, “Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? Has any other people heard the voice of God[speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived? Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.”

Remember God. Know God.

Deuteronomy 4:39-40, “Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.”

Moses tells the people these things so that they might know God and trust and obey Him.

Knowing God’s character should motivate us toward trust and obedience.

Our most important words are those that point others to God because God is Faithful, Personal, Provider, Deliverer, Just, Wise, Gracious.

Have I gotten to know God in this study of Moses? What characteristics have I learned about God? What difference has this study made in my life? Will it be the motivation to trust and obey God?

Lord, please help me to know Your character, to trust in You every day and to obey You.

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