Monday morning, I only had a limited amount of time to read God’s word and have my devotions. I decided to read the passage that went along with our discussion to prepare my heart for the day. I was excited that it was in Genesis 3 because I have personally studied this chapter, but better yet, my pastor preached on this chapter Sunday night. I know Satan is the father of lies, however, it amazes me how subtly he does so in this chapter.
Consider 1 John 4:19: “We love him because he first loved us”(NKJV) and Matthew 25:40: “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me”(NKJV). We should love others not out of duty to God, but out of love and thankfulness for everything he has done for
“A convenient path for the Christian preacher is to marry Deut. 6:4-9 to Mark 12:28-34. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 serves as context for Jesus’s conversation with a seeker, during which he quotes it and references commands in Leviticus 19 to love fellow Israelites and love aliens because the Lord, is our God. There many good reasons to take this approach to the sermon: to enhance the overall biblical literacy of the congregation; to take the opportunity to focus on the core of Jesus’s teaching; to consider how love for God is linked to love for neighbor/stranger … and empower us as Christians” (Harris, 2016, p. 329).
Sample Introduction: “Shema Yisraeil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad”, let speak with me in Hebrew “Shema Yisraeil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad”. You rarely find a Chinese who can teach speaking Hebrew. Maybe I can also teach you how to read it in Chinese… We have just read Deuteronomy 6:4 in Hebrew and in Chinese. This passage is the central prayer in Judaism and it is also very significant in our Christian faith. Of course, from what we have read, we are missing the verse 6:5 which is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”
To stress how important love is, we can take a look at the 10 commandments that were given to Moses and recorded in Matthew. Jesus says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the Great First Commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (English Standard Version, Matt.
The Old Testament is where God’s law is most discussed and shown. His law, as told through Moses, is his rules we must follow in order to live perfect, Godly lives. Many laws were given in the Old Testament; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy is where God lays out his laws, rules, and ways of life for his people to follow. In the Old Testament, following God’s Law was the only way of achieving Justification and being made righteous before God. Ephesians 2:10 describes the importance of the Law, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
This is shown by the regulations he sets up for slavery. One that has already been stated was that after working for a certain master for six years, it is law to free the slave on the seventh year. Along with this, Deuteronomy 15:14 declares, “Supply him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you.” Masters are expected to not let their slaves leave empty-handed (McDowell).
Introduction The text from Deuteronomy, chapters 10-11 describes a ‘love’ which is inherent in the origin of an ancient covenant. The modern western impression of covenant is commonly understood as a strong agreement between two parties. It is something like a legal promise or a binding contract. Although this modern understanding originates from the ancient world, it does not describe the depth of what would have been known as a covenantal agreement in the ancient Near Eastern milieu. Along with this, love in modern Western custom is typically an expression of emotion and response toward another person or object.
I chose Option A The common theme of the Deuteronomistic History is that in order for Israel to possess the Promised Land and prosper they must only worship Yahweh or face punishment if they chose to worship other gods (Coogan, 2014, p.197). Throughout the Deuteronomistic History, the authors highlight the continual disobedience of the Israelites who continue to worship other gods and God punishing them by being taken into slavery by their enemies. The theme also contains an element of forgiveness and hope for the Israelites. When they chose to acknowledge Yahweh again and cry out to him for help, he delivers them from their enemies.
Look what a serious offence it is for Aaron and Miriam to go against Moses; how they offended God. Look at what God says to them in verse eight; they should have even been afraid to even speak against Moses. You should be afraid to even speak against the pastor. He is God’s representative and God’s ambassador in the church. You see, God’s perspective is that if you will not obey appointed authority, then, you will not obey divine authority.
Genesis is the first book of the old testament where the “Logos,” the Word of God, is revealed to be dominant, significant, and to possess creating power; God’s work was being done through His Word. God, who revealed His name as Elohim, created the heavens and earth, known also as the “cosmos,” in six days. The heavens symbolize anything that is beyond the created cosmos. In Genesis, water was pre-existent matter, whereas everything else was created by God: He had made what was good.
God’s purpose for giving the Torah (instructions or teachings) to the Jewish people served a two-fold purpose in the newly formed nation of Israel. Before this is explained, however, the term “theocracy” must be defined to properly understand the position the Torah held in Israelite society. The word is defined as “the rule of a state by God or a god; government by a person or persons claiming to rule with divine authority” (Webster 1484). Since God had delivered the children of Israel from bondage, He had the right to serve as their king and dictate to them how they were to behave within the land that He Himself had given them. With this in mind, the first purpose of the Torah was to nourish and nurture the spiritually minded people within His kingdom.
Think about some of the people we have a profound love for, our ultimate goal is not to intentionally hurt them. The same applies to God, obeying God’s will is impossible to do without loving God first. Furthermore, if we do not love God how can we attempt to interact with people every day in a loving manner? One major commandment in God’s word is loving our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31), we have to love God first in order to effectively love others. Our devotion to God is just as important, obeying God requires commitment and dedication.
This covenant is found in Exodus 19-24 and Deuteronomy. These books are the structure for the Judicial law which the Israelites follow even to this day. In Exodus 20 is where we find the Ten Commandment. These are the basic few out of the 613 laws that God requires the Israelites to follow. I have a hard enough time remembering the Ten Commandments yet alone the 613 laws required to be holy before God.
God also gave a set of rules that they have to live by, the 613 Commandments. This covenant was made to all Jews as a whole, and all through Jewish history is their attempts to make the world a good and equal society. The second covenant was the beginning of Judaism as a structured religion. With the directing of God, Jewish became a powerful group with people like David and
