WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:04.639 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode thirty seven. 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:06.559 I'm your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:10.039 a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and ammy veteran. And yeah, 4 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:12.160 this is brought to you by Cult the Conspiracy Podcast. 5 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:15.880 I appreciate everybody tuning in and thank you guys so 6 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:21.280 much for all the support and the comments. So, like 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:23.039 I always do, I like to shout out the comments 8 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:28.440 from Wednesday Service, and we have a few comments to 9 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.280 point out, so Angela Kelly, like always, I appreciate you, 10 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.439 thank you so much, and I appreciate you commenting, and 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:39.399 and I prayed for you and your family, okay, and 12 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:43.520 I hope everything goes exactly how God. You know all 13 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:46.000 God's will that I prayed on your family, you know, 14 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.119 so Auvy, thank you so much. I say that you're 15 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:52.960 commenting on my other show as well. I appreciate you brother, 16 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:57.560 and also know there first time I've seen you comment. 17 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:01.280 I really appreciate you commenting. 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God bless yeah, God 29 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:34.000 bless you too. I always see you commenting, So thank you. 30 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:36.480 I really appreciate you. And yeah, we're going to be 31 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:40.920 in Deuteronomy chapter thirty today, So what a blessing, you know, 32 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:45.280 so kind of moving along pretty quickly through through the 33 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:52.560 book of Deuteronomy. So and this, so, like I said, 34 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:57.480 this is Moses giving a sermon, right, this is his 35 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:01.480 last sermon. He's really close to to them entering the 36 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.200 Promised Land, Joshua taking over soon. And yeah, so this 37 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.639 is basically his sermon to them, right, So we're going 38 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.080 to go ahead and continue with that. And let me 39 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:14.879 go ahead and share the screen for those that could 40 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:22.039 see on a Patreon and also for you know, YouTube 41 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.520 later when the sectually pops up on there. So all right, 42 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:26.759 so let's do that. And we're going to be a 43 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:31.000 Deuteronomy chapter thirty, and we're going to be starting at 44 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:34.719 verse one, so let's go ahead and do that real quick. 45 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:38.080 So we got Deuteronomy thirty, verse one, and the title 46 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:43.599 is the blessing of returning to God. Now it shall 47 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:46.599 come to pass when all these things come upon you, 48 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.039 the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, 49 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.479 and you call them to mind, among all the nations 50 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:56.520 where the Lord your God drives you, and you return, 51 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:58.840 and you return to the Lord your God, and obey 52 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:03.080 his voice according to all that I command you today, 53 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:06.400 you and your children with all your heart, with all 54 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.240 your soul, that the Lord your God will bring you 55 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:12.879 back from captivity and have compassion on you, and gather 56 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.800 you again from all nations where the Lord your God 57 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:20.199 has scattered you. So if you guys, remember I went 58 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.560 over the last week. I went over the blessings and 59 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:29.280 the curses on Sunday service, that's what he's referring to, 60 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.159 just you know, giving them a reminder. And uh, it's 61 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:40.400 for So Chapter three are upsite Deuteronomy thirty two through 62 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.680 three emphasize the importance of returning to the Lord and 63 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:47.879 obeying his voice. And when you, when you and your 64 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:49.840 children return to the Lord your God, and obey him 65 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:52.039 with all your heart, with all your soul, according to 66 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:57.360 everything you're giving today. Let me just mark that. So 67 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:02.719 everything I've given you today, then he will restore your 68 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.599 fortunes and have compassion on you, and gather you from 69 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:09.439 all the nations where he has scattered you. So the 70 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:14.879 Hebrew word for return is shove, which which implies a 71 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:20.160 complete turning back or repentance. Okay, so that's what the 72 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:26.079 chapter begins with. And then for promises of restoration. God 73 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.480 promises to restore the fortunes of the Israelites and have 74 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.519 compassion on them, gathering them from all nations where they 75 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.160 have scattered. This is Deuterondo Me thirty verse three. The 76 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:40.839 Hebrew word was shive is again used emphasizing the theme 77 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.759 for restoration and return. So now we're going to go 78 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:49.120 to verse four. If any of you are driven out 79 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.680 to the farthest parts under heaven, from there, the Lord 80 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:55.439 your God will gather you. From there he will bring you. 81 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.120 Then the lordr God will bring you to the land 82 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:04.920 which your father's possessed, and you shall possess it. He 83 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:09.079 will prosper you and multiply you more than your father's. 84 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.040 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and 85 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:15.720 your heart of your descendants. To love the Lord your 86 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.040 God with all your heart and with all your soul, 87 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:25.319 that you may live. So very interesting part here. Let 88 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:31.399 me click back in a Yeah, so very important to 89 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:33.839 do right. And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart. 90 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:36.839 I think that's important because in the New Testament it 91 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:42.560 talks about that, right. And then right here the regathering 92 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.519 is a divine act to bring them back from the 93 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:49.480 farthest parts of the earth. Right, so God promises to 94 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:54.160 restore his people. This demonstrates his faithfulness and mercy even 95 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:57.879 when his people have strayed. So one thing I need 96 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.319 to point out here is a lot of people try 97 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.600 to say that, well, the God of the Old Testament 98 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:05.240 was not you know, he wasn't full of grace, he 99 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.560 wasn't full of mercy. But as you see here he was. 100 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:12.759 So the people that say that they just have to 101 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:16.800 read the whole entire Old Testament in entirety and not 102 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:19.879 just cherry pick verses that they that they choose. Right, 103 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:26.399 you know, we're gonna pick right back up here. So 104 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:29.600 the Lord so and then on verse six, I have 105 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:34.079 something in my notes notes. It says, the Lord your 106 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.480 God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, 107 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:39.879 so that you may love him with all your heart 108 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:42.560 and with all your soul and live. Right. That's like 109 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:44.160 I said that part. I kind of told you. That's 110 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.240 that's actually in the in the New Testament as well, 111 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:50.639 where it says that right. And then next up we're 112 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:56.120 gonna be in Deuteronomy thirty verse seven. Also, the Lord 113 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.040 your God will put all these curses on your enemies 114 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.040 and all those who hate you, who persecute you. And 115 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:04.560 you will again obey the voice of the Lord and 116 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.920 all his commandments which I command you today. The Lord 117 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.480 your God will make you a bound in all the 118 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.160 work of your hand, and in the fruit of your body, 119 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:16.399 and the increase of your livestock, and in the produce 120 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:20.399 of your land for good. For the Lord will again 121 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:24.600 rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers. 122 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:26.759 If you obey the voice of the Lord your God 123 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:30.839 to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written 124 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.199 in the book of the Law. In this book of 125 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:35.879 the Law, and you turn from the Lord your God 126 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:41.720 with all your heart and with all your soul. So 127 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:45.959 this is going to be seven through ten. The Lord 128 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:49.439 will put all curses on the enemies of Israel, and 129 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.879 the Israelites will obey again his commands resulted in prosperity 130 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.879 and blessings. Okay, So that's going to be from Deuteronomy 131 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.560 thirty verse seven through ten. And next up we're going 132 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:06.839 to be on Deuteronomy thirty verse eleven. The choice of 133 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:13.560 life or death is the is this portion the chapter 134 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:18.560 for this or the title for this portion? And Deuteronomy 135 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:21.639 thirty verse eleven says, for this commandment which I command 136 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.759 you today, is not too mysterious for you, nor is 137 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.600 it far off it is. It is not in heaven 138 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.519 that you shall should say, who will ascend into heaven 139 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:35.200 for us and bring it to us that they that 140 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.840 we may hear it and do it. Nor is it 141 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.720 beyond the sea that you should say, who will go 142 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.519 over the sea for us and bring it to us, 143 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:45.759 that you may hear it and do it. For the 144 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.919 word is very near you in your mouth and in 145 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:53.120 your heart, that you may do it. So this emphasizes 146 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:57.320 the accessibility and attainability of God's word. So he's tried 147 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:59.360 to say, you don't have to travel, It's going to 148 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:07.639 be right here, you know, with you right and so yeah, 149 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.840 Verses eleven through fourteen stresses that God's commandments are not 150 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:14.840 too difficult or beyond reach, and they are near in 151 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:19.440 our mouths and our hearts, so that we may obey them. Okay, 152 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:23.080 So next up we're going to be going over Deuteronomy 153 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:29.799 thirty verses fifteen through twenty. Deudonomy thirty, verse fifteen says, see, 154 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:33.080 I have set before you today life and good, death 155 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:36.200 and evil, and that I command you today to love 156 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.279 the Lord your God, to walk in his ways and 157 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:41.559 to keep his commandments, his statutes and his judgments, that 158 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.080 you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your 159 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:47.559 God will bless you in the land which you have 160 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.320 to go to possess. So first off, I just want 161 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.879 to say, all they have to do is just be obedient. 162 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:56.759 You understand how important that obedience is to God. He 163 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.639 just points it out throughout this whole entire section, and 164 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.919 it's it's kind of awesome because he's saying, if as 165 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:05.200 long as you're obedient. You know I will do this 166 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.000 to your enemies, and I'll make sure that you are 167 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:10.600 blessed right as a nation. So that's all they had 168 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.399 to do is just be obedient and continue to worship him, 169 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.200 to love him with all their heart, with all their soul, 170 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:19.240 with all their mind. Right, and we know what happens, right. 171 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:24.039 So in seventeen Deuteronomy thirty, verse seventeen says, But if 172 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:26.759 your heart turns away so that you do not hear, 173 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:29.799 and are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, 174 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.639 I announce to you today that you shall surely perish, 175 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.440 and you should not prolong your days in the land 176 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:40.320 which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 177 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:45.840 I call Heaven and Earth as witnesses today against you 178 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.759 that I have set before before your life and death, 179 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.840 blessings and cursing. Therefore, choose life, that both you and 180 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.799 your descendants may live, that he may love the Lord, 181 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.559 that you may love the Lord your God, that you 182 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.679 may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him, 183 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:06.360 for he is your life and length of your days. 184 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.480 That you may dwell in the land which the Lord 185 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:11.960 swore to your father's to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to 186 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:17.600 give them. So. Yeah, So in Deuteronomy ten, verses fifteen 187 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.879 through twenty, Moses sets before the Israelites a choice between 188 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.960 life and prosperity or death and destruction, urging them to 189 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:29.080 choose life by loving and obeying his voice and holding 190 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:35.559 fast to him. The Hebrew word Hebrew word chaim for 191 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:41.080 life underscores the vitality and blessing associated with obedience to God. 192 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.879 All right, so what a blessing there? So right, we 193 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:49.919 have to we have to understand. So right now you're 194 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:52.039 in the New Covenant, which is you know, we're saved 195 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.000 by grace through faith, of course, yes, but obedience is 196 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:00.559 still important for discipleship. Right, So God doesn't want you 197 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:06.639 to be to not obeying his word just because we're 198 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.120 in a grace period. It doesn't mean that we have 199 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.799 a green light to just sin and continue to sin. 200 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:15.440 You know, you have to repentant, you have to be 201 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.200 you have to repent, and then you have to be 202 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.639 born again. Right, so you have to continue obedience. God 203 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:25.000 shows you in the Old Testament here how important obedience is. 204 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:28.559 And also obviously Jesus is teachings as well. Teach you 205 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.360 how important obedience is. Paul also teaches you how how 206 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.360 important obedience is. If you know, if you read the 207 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:40.440 Book of Romans and the Hebrews. I know Hebrews, I 208 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:45.399 believe Paul wrote it, but yeah, Hebrews is something that 209 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:49.519 definitely we need to understand that obedience is important. Right, Look, 210 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:53.120 read James. If you read James, it's also telling you 211 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:58.240 that as well, emphasizing the importance of obedience. Right. So, 212 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:00.919 and you know, here's some practical applications that you can 213 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.279 use on your life. In your life, reflect on your 214 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:08.279 choices regularly, regularly evaluate the choices you make in light 215 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.639 of God's word? Are you Are they leading you towards 216 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.159 life and blessings or away from them? So your choices 217 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.559 are they Are they leading you towards a life, life 218 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:23.840 and blessings or away from them? Yes? So I would 219 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.240 love if I if I knew this back before, you know, 220 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:29.559 while I was making these bad choices. But you know, 221 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.799 you just kind of have to. You go through a 222 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.960 lot of things you live, you learn, right, So definitely 223 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.200 evaluate your choices if they're bringing you, are they bringing 224 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.480 you closer to God or bringing you away from God? 225 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:44.879 That's the main purpose there seek heart transformation. Pray for 226 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:48.039 God to work in your heart, aligning your desires with 227 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.799 His will, just as He promised to circumcise the hearts 228 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:56.399 of the Israelites. Okay, so definitely, yeah, pray pray for 229 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.120 God to work on your heart. Uh, you want to 230 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.720 definitely be walked looking at God's will. And it's something 231 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:06.080 that it takes a lot of time. It takes effort, 232 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:11.120 it takes discipline, it takes reading the Bible, it takes praying, 233 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.080 if it takes you know, maybe having a mentor or 234 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:17.639 something like that to help you. Maybe it takes someone, 235 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:20.039 you know, some counseling. There's a whole bunch of stuff 236 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.679 that that that that will help you align with God's word. Okay, 237 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.120 but these Bible studies and reading the Bible, especially going 238 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:30.480 from the Old Testament to the New Testament, it will 239 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.559 it will help you tremendously because you're gonna you need 240 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:36.159 to learn all the foundation and you need to learn 241 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.399 exactly you know, in the New Testament, which we're learning. 242 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:41.559 We're in John. We just did John four through six. 243 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:44.240 So as you guys see, it's if you're bouncing back 244 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.399 and forth between the Old Testament the New Testament. You're 245 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:49.639 laying a foundation, and then you're seeing exactly why the 246 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:52.960 foundation was laid in the first place, right, because of Jesus, 247 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:58.279 our Lord and saviors. So yeah, Now, also in for 248 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:02.080 another one, it would be embraced. God promises trust in 249 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:06.279 God's faithfulness to restore and bless you as you return 250 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:11.960 to Him and obey his commandments. All right, and He's 251 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:15.240 laying out his faithfulness throughout this whole entire chapter. You 252 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:19.759 see in the next one would be live out God's word. 253 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:24.879 Recognize that God's commandments are accessible and practical. Strive to 254 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.519 live them out daily in your speech and in your actions. 255 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:33.000 That's just self explanatory. Try to do your very best 256 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:36.679 to live out God's commandments. Right. And then in some 257 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:40.840 connecting scriptures, we have Romans ten, verses eight through ten, 258 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.759 Paul echoes Deuteronomy thirty, verse fourteen, emphasizing the word of 259 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.960 faith that is near in our mouths and hearts, leading 260 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:55.799 to salvation. Yeah, in fourteen, it says, but the Word 261 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:59.279 is very near to you in your mouth and in 262 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:05.480 your heart, that you may do it. In Romans ten, 263 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:10.759 verses eight through ten, and the New King James says, 264 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.720 but what does it say the word is near you 265 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:15.759 in your mouth and in your heart. That is the 266 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.519 word of faith which we preach. You see, That's what 267 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:27.039 he's saying in Romans ten, verse eight. And then the 268 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.240 next one would be Joshua twenty four verse fifteen would 269 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:34.240 be a good connecting scripture, and Joshua presents a similar 270 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.639 choice to the agelites, urging them to choose whom they 271 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:42.720 will serve. Right. And then John fourteen fifteen, Jesus speaks 272 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:47.639 about the connection between love and obedience, reinforcing the message 273 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:55.600 of Deuteronomy thirty. And in that verse Jesus says, if 274 00:16:55.639 --> 00:17:03.080 you love me, keep my commandments. So he's he's emphasizing 275 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.440 Deuteronomy chapter thirty here and saying, if you love me, 276 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:09.799 you will keep my commandments. So in then in the 277 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.240 King James says, if you love me, keep my commandments. So, 278 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.720 if you love me, keep my commandments. Like, what do 279 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:21.279 you like? I thought? I thought the commandments were only God, 280 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.480 the Father's commandments. Uh, if you're talking about if he's 281 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:28.480 if he's referencing, you know, Deuteronomy thirty or Exodus, those 282 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:32.680 commandments were given by whom right, So it's another way 283 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:39.079 for us to understand that the deity of Christ. Right. 284 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:42.799 So I just think it's vastly important for people to 285 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:47.480 recognize that and for for us to recognize that. We've 286 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.640 been talking about it in the in the New Testament, 287 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.519 in John, and you're just that one is just like 288 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:58.400 I keep saying, you know, it's screaming Jesus's deity in John. Right, 289 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.759 So we just keep going over uh more and more 290 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.920 versus that are kind of just pointing us towards that. 291 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:09.519 So we need to recognize that and realize that. And 292 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:12.519 so we in Deuteronomy thirty one is where we're at now. 293 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:20.119 Just going down to my notes events here, okay, and 294 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:23.079 let's get this one going teaching points there we go. 295 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.920 So yeah, good morning too. It's a five twenty six 296 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:36.519 in the morning. So all right, let's do this. Deuteronomy 297 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:41.440 thirty one, verse one. Joshua the new leader of Israel. 298 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.680 So we have uh, Deuteronomy thirty one, verse one. Then 299 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:51.519 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. And 300 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:55.440 he said to them, I am one hundred and twenty 301 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:01.160 years old today I can no longer go out and come. Also, 302 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:04.039 the Lord has said to me, you shall not cross 303 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:07.480 over this Jordan. The Lord, your God himself crosses over 304 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.599 before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, 305 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:20.240 and you shall dispose them, dispossessed them. Joshua himself crosses 306 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:25.839 over before you, just as the Lord had said. So 307 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:30.240 Moses is a let me just make sure I know 308 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.400 where I'm out there. Moses announces to the Israelites that 309 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:35.039 he is one hundred and twenty years old and he 310 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:37.640 can no longer lead them. He informs them, He informs 311 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.480 them he will not cross the Jordan River. This mark 312 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:44.119 is a significant transition in leadership as Moses prepares to 313 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.400 pass the mantle to Joshua. The Hebrew root word for 314 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:54.400 lead is Nahal, emphasizes guidance and care, reflecting Moses's role 315 00:19:54.480 --> 00:20:00.680 throughout the Israelites journey. So he's this has been through 316 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:05.200 a lot, right, you know, he went through growing up 317 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:09.000 in Egypt and with the Pharaoh and all this other 318 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:12.519 stuff going on, and just ended up, you know, coming 319 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:16.680 to God, you know, mount s and I just you know, 320 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:20.359 them leaving Egypt, the Exodus, all this different stuff that 321 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:24.000 he's been through the forty years in the wilderness, and 322 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.720 it all brought him up to this point where he's 323 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:30.119 now one hundred and twenty years old today, and you 324 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.400 know this is going to be we're kind of getting 325 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.920 closer to the end of the Torah, and then we're 326 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:37.400 gonna be We're gonna be in the Book of Joshua next, right, 327 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:45.799 So that's what's going on there. And then and then 328 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:48.720 Moses at one hundred and twenty years old in my notes, 329 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.880 my other part of my notesay is acknowledges that he 330 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:55.960 will cross the Jordan River. He appoints Joshua as a successor, 331 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:02.599 demonstrating the importance of preparing new leaders. Right, So when 332 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:04.799 you're going to leave, you know, if you are a 333 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.200 pastor or a leader, then you need to you know, 334 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:15.079 have a This demonstrates the importance of having a successor 335 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.519 and having someone in line ready to take over. Right. 336 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.759 So Moses reassures the people that the Lord himself will 337 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:29.920 cross over before them and destroy the nations of the land, 338 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:35.160 just as he had promised. So this promise underscores God's 339 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:39.960 faithfulness and sovereignty. The Hebrew word for destroy is shamad, 340 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:45.519 indicates a complete and decisive action, emphasizing the certainty of 341 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:52.519 God's intervention. So we need to understand that and what 342 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:59.359 an amazing thing to emphasize that God is going to 343 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:02.599 be with you, which is all that matters. Right. It 344 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:05.000 doesn't matter if Moses is with you or Joshua is 345 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:08.480 with you. It doesn't matter who the person is. They're 346 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.880 just being used as a vessel. But when you hear 347 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:13.319 that God is with you, and God will be walking 348 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:16.160 with you, and God will destroy your enemies, it's a 349 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:20.960 way more reassuring to hear that. Okay then, because a 350 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.799 lot of people are probably thinking, oh, what are we 351 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:24.960 gonna do now Moses is not with us, you know. 352 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:31.640 So yeah, it's a great reassurance for the people. Let's continue. 353 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:34.559 We're gonna be a Deuteronomy thirty one, verse four. And 354 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:38.599 the Lord God will do to them as he did 355 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:42.759 to Shahon and Og, the kings of the Amorites and 356 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:47.039 their land when he destroyed them Og king of Bashan, 357 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:51.400 just so everybody knows. And he his bed was fifteen 358 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:54.880 by seven, you know, so just to let you know 359 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:58.400 he had a giant bed. He's believed to be a giant, Okay, 360 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:02.200 the Amorites believe be a giant tribe, so he's just 361 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:11.000 reminding them of that particular incident. The Lord we're made. 362 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:13.640 Deuteronomy thirty one, verse five, the Lord will give them 363 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:16.359 over to you, that you may do to them according 364 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:20.599 to every commandment which I've commanded you, be strong and 365 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:25.039 be good of courage. Be strong and of good courage, 366 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:28.359 do not fear nor be afraid of them. For the 367 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:31.640 Lord your God, he is one who goes with you. 368 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:40.440 He will not leave you nor forsake you. And the 369 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:44.440 event where Joshua is commissioned, the event signifies the formal 370 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:48.519 transfer of leadership. The Hebrew word for commission implies a 371 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:57.079 command or charge, highlighting the authority and responsibility of giving 372 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:06.920 given to Joshua. And then in Deuteronomy thirty one eight, 373 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.799 we haven't got there yet, so we'll go ahead and 374 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.559 continue reading. But that's very important right there. I mean, 375 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:13.920 if you see it says, be strong and of good courage, 376 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:16.079 do not fear and will be afraid of them. For 377 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:18.039 the Lord your God, he is the one who gives 378 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:20.759 with who goes with you, He will not leave you 379 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:24.680 nor forsake you. So what a very comforting set of 380 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:29.039 words that he's saying right there, And it's very encouraging 381 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:32.279 for the people to hear that, because, like I said, 382 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:34.480 they know that Moses is one hundred and twenty. He's 383 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.680 not gonna be able to go with him to the 384 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:38.559 promised land. So not only do you have Joshua now 385 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:42.079 as the commission leader, but you also have him just 386 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.200 reinforcing that the Lord is going to be with you 387 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:51.400 and he will not forsake you. And then in Deuteronomy 388 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:54.279 thirty one, verse seven, now it says, then Moses called 389 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:56.880 Joshua and said to him, in the sight of all Israel, 390 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.440 be strong and of good courage, for you must go 391 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:02.599 with this, with this people, to the land which the 392 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:05.799 Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them. And 393 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:08.640 you shall cause them to inherit it. And the Lord, 394 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:11.440 he is the one who goes before you, he will 395 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:14.559 be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. 396 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:19.960 Do not fear or be dismayed. All right, So in 397 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:24.680 Deuteronomy thirty one, verse eight, God reassures the Israelites of 398 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:27.720 his presence, saying, the Lord himself goes before you, he 399 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.359 will be with you. He will never leave you nor 400 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:34.359 forsake you. This promise is a cornerstone of faith. Okay, 401 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:42.279