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Through the Bible: Train Up Your Children (Deuteronomy 6:1-9)
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  • Introduction

    Remember the Titans at the Columbus football game
    Before big events, you hear “rally cries”
    fight and you may die. Run and you'll live at least a while and dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom.

    Context

    New generation is about to enter the Promised Land, Moses is giving them his final command

    Subject

    A recurring theme in Deuteronomy is obedience
    An entire generation died because they disobeyed 
    Throughout the book, Moses reminds of God’s faithfulness, their faithlessness, and calls for faith 

    Preview

    The main theme of book is found in Dt 6:1-9
    God reminds who He is, calls for obedience, & also discipleship

    Prayer

    God is Holy & His Holiness is Revealed in His Commands
    TEACH: Deuteronomy 6:1-4
    Deuteronomy 6:1 ESV
    1 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it,
    Moses has just given them the 10 Commandments, they r 1
    James 2:10 ESV
    10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
    These aren’t a list of things Moses wants for the people to do, these are the commands of God for His people 
    Deuteronomy 6:2 ESV
    2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
    God is calling for obedience from His people, and says why 
    Obedience to Lord produces the fear of the Lord
    The Mosaic covenant was conditional, if obey = blessing, if disobey = curse
    Throughout Deuteronomy, God tells the people to obey Him, for if they do, they will be blessed in the land 
    3x Moses say to obey in this text: 
    Deuteronomy 6:1 ESV
    1 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it,
    Deuteronomy 6:2 ESV
    2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
    Deuteronomy 6:3 ESV
    3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
    When we obey God, we come to learn the fear of God — Deuteronomy 6:2
    Deuteronomy 6:2 ESV
    2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
    All of this is because of the holiness of God 
    The reason that we obey is because God is set apart
    Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV
    4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
    God’s shown repeatedly, He is distinct from all gods
    Isaiah 45:5–7 ESV
    5 I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, 6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. 7 I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
    PREACH: Obedience leads to the Fear of God 
    If obeying leads to the fear of the Lord, how are you doing
    If you feel distant from God, are you obeying God?
    Live Holy Lives for the Holy God 
    TEACH: Deuteronomy 6:5
    Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV
    5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
    Back in Deuteronomy 6:3, God called to hear & obey 
    Deuteronomy 6:3 ESV
    3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
    James 1:22 ESV
    22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
    Mosaic covenant/ condition, New Covenant/unconditional 
    It is easy for us to take unconditional to mean no obeying
    We preach profession and not confession 
    Profession → saying that Jesus is Lord, simply an utterance of your lips 
    Confession → believing Jesus is Lord, having a transformed life by the Spirit 
    Isaiah 29:13 — they are professing, no heart change
    Isaiah 29:13 ESV
    13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
    John 3:36 — Jesus equates belief w/obedience 
    John 3:36 ESV
    36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
    John 14:15 — love Jesus = keep commandments 
    John 14:15 ESV
    15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
    How do we keep the commandments of God? 
    Deuteronomy 6:5–6 ESV
    5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
    Jesus tells us Matthew 22:36-39
    Matthew 22:36–39 ESV
    36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
    Jesus goes on to say Matthew 22:40
    Matthew 22:40 ESV
    40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
    This is what the 10 Commandments deal with
    1-4 — Loving God more than anything 
    5-10 — Loving your neighbor 
    PREACH — Hear and Respond, God calls for Action
    But we have such a messed up view of love in our culture 
    I love steak, Isaiah, Heather, Texas football
    The way that we define love is by looking at the source of love 1 John 4:7-12, John 14:15
    1 John 4:7–12 ESV
    7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
    John 14:15 ESV
    15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
    Love is not utterance of words, but displays of action 
    My claims to love me, actions don’t show they do
    Disciple the Next Generation 
    TEACH: Deuteronomy 6:6-9
    Deuteronomy 6:6–9 ESV
    6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 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.
    Moses just witnessed an entire generation die for their sins
    He’s even able to look ahead and see the danger for this one
    Deuteronomy 6:10–15 ESV
    10 “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 13 It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. 14 You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you— 15 for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
    How do we not do that? Deuteronomy 6:6
    Deuteronomy 6:6 ESV
    6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
    Moses is commanding them to meditate on God’s Word 
    Psalm 119 = 176 vs on the beauty & benefit of Bible 
    Modern meditation is emptying mind, God calls for us to fill our mind with Him and His Word 
    How can you fill your mind with what you don’t know? How can you know what you aren’t in? 
    How can you teach what you don’t know? 
    Deuteronomy 6:7–9 ESV
    7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 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.
    If you are a parent, you are called to disciple kids
    You are to train them up in God’s Word 
    The church isn’t the main source to teach them, the school system isn’t, their peers aren’t, their mentors aren’t, their parents are
    Talk about His Word in the car, on vacation, while shopping, before bed, after rising, all the time 
    It’s not just talk though, it’s modeling too
    Deuteronomy 6:8 hand/action, eyelet/thoughts — everything should example 
    Deuteronomy 6:8 ESV
    8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    PREACH — How are you talking/modeling? 
    How are you doing at training up your children in the Word of God? 
    You’re here, that’s applaudable, but it doesn’t stop here
    Summary
    How much time are you investing in your children daily? 
    Average father spends…. (THANK TEACHERS@CHURCH)
    When you look at your priorities, what you are demonstrating to your kids is most important, what are they?
    Being the best athlete, or being the best person of God? 
    They are looking to you, their parent, to see what truly matters in life, what is it you are teaching them? 
    Deuteronomy 6:4–9 ESV
    4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 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.
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