deuteronomy 1:6 prayer points

I. But God will lift you to the highest level you will let him. This is the plain gist of the book. Such is the principle: no sparing friends, relatives, "wife of thy bosom," could be tolerated. The greater the blessing of God, the more thoroughly you are put on the ground that God has given you, the more He insists on thorough and constant obedience. The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. We know well that, if God made known His acts unto Israel, He made His ways known unto Moses. When such a death is really before one in service, then perhaps the difficulties would be incomparably more felt; for the Lord does not call to such a course or end to gratify human nature, or to give an opportunity for glorifying man, but always for His own glory. Prayer Point #3: Pray for Those Being Persecuted Because of the Gospel. "Is He then indeed your Father?" These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two Alfred EdersheimThe Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. But Jesus knew God Himself as Moses never did, and by His use of it put honour on the book that makes plain how in a state of ruin the one saving principle is obedience. But. It is evident therefore, that this book has the most sensible difference from all that preceded it. Hence, if darkness had not veiled their eyes, they would have seen that the latter clause of Deuteronomy 5:12 cited could not be in Exodus, and that its existence in Deuteronomy proves that we have here a grave and instructive reference to the commandments formally given in the second book of Moses. The type was the land of Canaan; the antitype, so far as it lies in time, is the world, which it is the Church's calling to conquer for Christ, and for her own possession. It extends to Deuteronomy 4:40; and is divided from the second discourse by the Deu 1:4 :41-49. We know the profanity of Esau; we know the solemn circumstances of Moab and Ammon from their very origin; but for all that God would not permit His people to indulge in what did not become Himself as represented however feebly in and by Israel. Of Kadesh, or Rekam, in the south part, there is no doubt. So it is that it does not withhold from us the over-heatedness of a Paul, as well as the weakness of a Barnabas; that it tells out the stumbling both of Thomas and of Mark: all is openly communicated for our instruction. This then is the crucial test, so to speak, which Moses applies throughout; this is the homily; for indeed Deuteronomy we may call a book of divine homilies in this respect. But you are the one that puts the limitations on what God wants to do. Now a new generation was getting ready to enter the promised land. In such a case there is no room for will, nor sparing of the heart. 11-52. The LORD our God spake unto you in Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough in this mount: Turn, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, [and so forth] and take the land that I have promised. Thank Him for bringing you through the land of your [proverbial] enemies, for your enemies stood between you and the Promised Landand now you are that much closer to crossing over into the Promised Land. The first thing introduced here is the fact that Jehovah had spoken to them in Horeb, saying, "Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount. Consequently there is here a heavy blow struck at the tendency towards idolatry. Deuteronomy 1:6-9. . The object is quite different. "Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Jehovah God of your fathers giveth you. This is just as characteristic a truth for us as the one Jehovah was for a Jew. May we not forget it ourselves! Let me just refer to this for a moment longer, lest there should be any mistake about what appears to me to be the truth about it. saying, ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: or near it; for hither they came on the first day of the third month from their departure out of Egypt, and they did not remove from thence until the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, Exodus 19:1 so that they were here a year wanting ten days; in which space of time the law was given them, the tabernacle and all things appertaining to it were made by them, rulers both ecclesiastical and civil were appointed over them, and they were numbered and marshalled in order under four standards, and so ready to march; and all this being done, they must stay no longer, but set forward for the land of Canaan. And we're looking at the obstacles rather than the power of God to deliver us from those obstacles. None ever honoured God's word as Christ did. 5-8; 1 Cor. In Deuteronomy 5:1-33 we come to still closer quarters. Obedience is the claim. The fact is that, no matter what might be the measure of carrying them out in the wilderness, God was setting forth by them the shadows of good things to come. It is very possible that not a single institution during that time may have been strictly enforced or obeyed among the people. From the beginning of the second month of the first year of the exodus (Exodus 19:1) to the twentieth day of the second month of the second year (Numbers 10:11).This was the period of organisation, in which the people . How much did Moses know about the history of his forefathers, Abraham and Jacob, and of all the old nations and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to the great work of writing Mildred DuffThe Bible in its Making, Appendix ii. The mount of blessing and the mount of curse were there on the other side Jordan. A few words on the next few chapters will suffice for the present. Moses himself had the deepest sense of the situation, but in no way as one who distrusted Jehovah, for he had well learned to count on His love. In short how could it be respected as it deserves, if regarded as an almost garrulous repetition of the law? He gave them this rehearsal and exhortation purely by divine direction; God appointed him to leave this legacy to the church. And this is another chapter from which our Lord quotes when tempted, to which we may refer in passing. *Dr. D. (Introd. In Psalms it says, "And they limited the holy one of Israel by their unbelief" ( Psalms 78:41 ). They were only tenants, and had to pay Him rent. The inspired editor may have given later names, and added "as it is in this day," or explanatory remarks. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace." The true Israelite does not require to put God to the test. I am persuaded that above all the Christian, who has a still nearer relationship with God, is the very last person who ought to exercise a choice in self-will. "Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from among you. In Deuteronomy 6:1-25 we find the first of those texts which our Lord quotes. The first chapter takes cognizance of themselves; the second chapter puts them to the test in the presence of other people. And so they departed from Horeb. kind this book, while it does not want allusions to what God had said in all the other books, has, no less than the rest of them, its own peculiar character. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. What we find here is a warning not to yield to the sight of their eyes or the violence of their hands, guarding against a covetous spirit which pays slight regard to that which God had assigned to others. If one were simply a man, one must have to do with the place and state of Adam fallen. This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. Although no creature can define what God is, because he is incomprehensible (Psal. Hence, I need not say, there is peculiar solemnity in its character. Still stubborn and disobedient, the people who would not go into Canaan with God then tried to conquer the country without him. 2). Whatever we are called out for is what Satan endeavours to destroy. (f) In the second year and second month, Nu 10:11. cxliii. The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. Deuteronomy has a character of its own totally distinct from that of its predecessors, as has been already pointed out and will appear more fully. They would have further proof of Gods unfailing goodness when they saw the rich land God was giving them. Here we find out that the request for the spies actually came from the people and that it seemed good unto Moses. What nation had such a wonder as God Himself in their midst God Himself near the least of them? vi. The prime duty for every creature, whether Jew or Christian, is obedience. Psalm 138:1-2. It is not then a grouping of types, whatever might be the particular scope and aim of those employed, such as we have seen in distinct forms throughout the books of Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers; but here all that the Spirit is using, whether it be direct moral application which forms much the larger part of the book, or whether it be a selection of such shadows as fall in with its. Such moral motives as are added are therefore as appropriate in Deuteronomy as they could not, ought not to, be in Exodus. Then follows the appointment, iv. Your fruit baskets and breadboards. Jehovah their God did not make Himself visible to them by a similitude. At the same time it is in no way opposed to the strictest views of inspiration to hold that the law was edited by an inspired man, whether Ezra (according to the Jews, as Josephus, etc.) Deuteronomy is an eminently practical book. ^D John VII. Then in Deuteronomy 13:1-18 there is a similar line, all these early injunctions being what we may call religious statutes. I said, "Hey, you shut up and get out of here. Whatever then the blows which fell on Sihon, or on Og, or on any of the others; whatever the ways of God with Moab and Ammon afterwards, or even with Egypt, there never was seen such unsparing strictness as with Israel. I. God's solution is death to the flesh, crucified with Christ. To what were they always inclined? Certainly they could not; this Jehovah spreads in the most forcible manner before His people for their cheer and stay. They came to Kadeshbarnea and he speaks again of the tragic failure at Kadeshbarnea.Verse twenty-one: Behold, the LORD thy God has set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. Oh, I'm getting close because I realize now I can't deliver myself. He has given no title to adopt doctrines, practices, ways, government, or any one thing that is not His expressed will for His children. In advancing to take possession of the world for Christ, we have the encouragement of thinking that he knows precisely to what kind of work he is sending us, and yet promises success. Times we know when the sense of what we have been, of what we are, and of God's putting all our evil away for ever by the death of His own Son, is too deep for joy if not for tears. It is not correct therefore that the sabbath-day is done with: many people in Christendom think so; but I take the liberty of having a stronger view about the sabbath than even those who think themselves strongest. practical object, seems to be from first to last an enforcement of obedience, grounded on the relationship between Jehovah their God and Israel, whom He was just bringing as His people into His land. The discourse itself. India, China, Africa, etc., - he knows them all, yet he says, "Go in and possess.". 8. 10. I pray that by Your grace, I would choose to live a victorious life that trusts Your Word, submits to Your will, and honours Your name in every eventuality of life. And so it is important that we not fail where they failed but that we, by faith, take this position of victory, of power, of strength, of walking in the spirit reckoning the old man, the old nature, to be dead with Christ.So, that which should have taken eleven days took them forty years, actually forty-one years to be exact, because it wasn't until the forty-first year on the tenth day that they entered in to the land that God had promised. So these are the words which Moses spake unto all of Israel on the side of Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea ( Deuteronomy 1:1 ). Now it was God's desire all along to bring them into the land. But we must not overlook another part of the chapter not the Lord strengthening the people against the mightiest of adversaries, but Israel reminded of their rebellious heart even under such circumstances against Jehovah. The constant stubbornness of the people was the reason why they were not allowed to enter Canaan. In Deuteronomy 5:12 the term keep corresponds to remember in Exodus 20:8, and the last clause of the former verse, 'as the Lord thy God hath commanded,' is wanting in Exodus. All this was now closed. We recognize that a part of the wilderness experience was legitimate. Not at all, but His own people. But in Deuteronomy the point is to centralize them all around Jehovah Himself. And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess that thou mayest inherit his land. So Jehovah our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people." The priests were Levites. But the believer sees wisdom and grace in comparing the first historical statement with the solemn use the legislator makes to the generation about to enter the land, and the added information is of grave import. I'm tempted to smack you in the mouth talking about God that way. Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents, in the fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and the cloud by day ( Deuteronomy 1:33 ). The section summarizes events recorded in greater detail in Numbers 10:11-42. "I will not give you of their land." It is well for persons that they are not to stay long under the law, and the terrors of it, but are directed to Mount Zion; Hebrews 12:18. They are each of them seeking supremacy. [They said] Because the LORD hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, and to destroy us ( Deuteronomy 1:27 ). It is pentecost. Now get moving. Thus does dying Jacob, in announcing. Moses mentions how the saying pleased him: here things are stated exactly as they were. "The good that I would I do not. We now begin to understand a little of the very beginning of God's Book--of the times in which it was written, the materials used by its first author, and the different kinds of writing from which he had to choose; but we must go a step farther. In the harvest there is the gathering in of the good and the extinction of the evil; but the vintage knows nothing but vengeance from God. Hence it is that he alludes to the fate of Dathan and Abiram whom the earth swallowed up in consequence of their flagrant apostasy and fighting against God. We may without difficulty see the admirable appropriateness of such an introduction. Hence therefore we see why it is that the first circumstance in their history brought before them was that God told them not to go up to the mountain of the Amorites; but they would go up in self-will and self-confidence, and utterly failed before their enemies. And he started complaining so much about God I grabbed hold of him. 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