Deuteronomy Foreword

Sermon on Deuteronomy 1:6

"THE LORD OUR GOD SPAKE TO US IN HOREB SAYING, YE HAVE DWELT IN THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH." Intro: Sojourn in Horeb important, received law, they were a theocracy. There was distance from God by sin yet nearness through sacrifice. They were a people God governed, God spake & they began to move. No man escapes the government of God, all the universe under His control. You may fling...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 2:3

"TIME TO MOVE" Intro: There comes to each man of God a day when God says "lets move on" I can always respond to the challenge in two ways. I. "YE HAVE COMPASSED THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH." A. They were going in circles for forty years. 1. Life had become routine & monotonous. 2. Though moving on occasion they were getting no where. 3. See them today and that's just about where...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 2:3

"TIME TO MOVE ON" I. YOU HAVE CIRCLED THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH. A. Have you ever felt that your wheels were spinning but you were going no where? B. So many people are in this condition as far as their spiritual lives are concerned. 1. It seems that you are not making any true progress. 2. At the end of this old year it seems that you haven't really progressed very far from wh...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 4:29

BACKSLIDING Intro: "Ye did run well, what did hinder you"? "Thou has left thy first love" I. THE PROCESS OF BACKSLIDING vs. 25. A. "When...thou shalt corrupt yourself." 1. Self corruption is devotion to anything lower than the highest. 2. The highest is that revelation of Jesus Christ given to us by the Spirit. 3. The first step of backsliding often takes place in a Summer Cam...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 6:4,5

"THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT" Intro. One day a lawyer asked Jesus as to what was the great commandment. Jesus responded with our text. thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all your heart, and with all your soul, all your might. Jesus then added Lev. 19:18, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I. HEAR O ISRAEL, JEHOVAH OUR GOD IS ONE JEHOVAH. YAHWEH ELOHEEYNUW YAHWEH YISRAAE...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 6:11-20

"THE PERILS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE" Intro: There are circumstances that have inherent dangerous pitfalls, that we would do well to guard against. I. THE PERIL OF PROSPERITY vs 10,11. A. The danger is forgetting the Lord vs 12. 1. Money has strange powers. a. Closest thing to omnipotence we possess. b. Also closest thing to impotence. 2. We begin to trust our riches for our n...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 8:2

I. REMEMBER PAST IN RELATION TO GOD. A. "How that God brought thee out of Egypt." 1. Through old Test. constant reminders to people. (they had special origin) 2. Through N.T. constant reminders to our deliverance. a. Our every day actions predicated upon fact of new man. b. "Husbands love your wives even as..." c. "Be ye kind one to another." B. "All the way, which the Lord o...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 8:2

I. REMEMBER THE PAST IN RELATION TO GOD. A. God's deliverance, He brought them out of Egypt (signs & wonders) 1. The history of the motion began here. 2. We too are to remember Gods deliverance from bondage. B. God's leading "All the way, which the Lord thy God led thee." 1. God told them when to move and when to stop. 2. Where to pitch their tents. 3. As you see the wilderne...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 8:11-20

"A TIME OF NATIONAL PERIL" I. GOD'S WARNING OF THE PERIL TO COME. A. We are sometimes prone to ignore God's warnings. 1. We feel they don't apply to us. 2. God never warns us needlessly. 3. The place where we will fail is the place we were warned about. B. The peril was not where they expected it. 1. Not in the conquering of the land. a. This is the aspect they had feared. ...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 10:12

"WHAT THE LORD REQUIRES OF YOU" Intro. As soon as I become rational and acknowledge that there must be a God, for things as marvelous as the universe with the wide variety of life forms demand a designer, a first cause. I must ask, "What does God require of me?" I. IN OUR TEXT MOSES ANSWERS THAT QUESTION OF WHAT THE LORD REQUIRES OF YOU. A. To fear the Lord your God. 1. The fear...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 11:18-25

"SATURATED WITH THE WORD" I. THE EXHORTATION "THEREFORE SHALL YE LAY UP THESE MY WORDS." A. You never begin a thought with therefore; why should they lay up His Words in their heart? 1. (vs 14,15) God is now ready to bring them into the land of promise and abundant blessings. a. The perpetual danger of abundance is idolatry, vs. 16. 1. We become captivated by our possessions. ...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 11:18-25

"SATURATED WITH THE WORD" I. WHY SATURATE WITH THE WORD? "THEREFORE." A. God was planning to bless them with abundance vs 14,15. 1. The perpetual danger of abundance is idolatry. vs 16. a. We get captivated with our possessions. b. "They who will be rich fall into divers temptations." 2. Because God loves you He desires to bless you, with material abundance. a. But many times...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 11:26-28

"TAKE YOUR CHOICE" Intro: God loves you. Because He loves you, He desires to bless your life. His blessings must be consistent with His nature, i.e. He cannot bless evil. I. GOD SETS FORTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE. A. You can take your choice. B. This is true of individual, corporate body, nation. 1. In this case, God was addressing the nation. a. "Righteousness exhalteth a nati...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 11:27-28

"TAKE YOUR CHOICE" Intro: God loves you and He desires to bless your life. His blessings must be consistent with His nature i.e. He cannot bless evil. I. GOD SETS BEFORE YOU A BLESSING AND A CURSE. A. This is true in a national, corporate, or individual sense. 1. God was speaking here to a nation. a. Nations can be blessed by God (righteousness exhalteth etc...) b. Nations can...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 12:8;28

"THE DANGER OF DOING IT YOUR WAY" I. YOU SHALL NOT DO AS IT IS HERE TODAY, EVERYMAN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES. A. They say that history moves in cycles. A good example of that can be found in the book of Judges. They sought the Lord and God blessed them. In their blessings they forgot to seek the Lord and they went into bondage. In their bondage they sought the Lord and ...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 15:12-17

"THE PIERCED EAR" I. THIS WAS THE LAW FOR A HEBREW SLAVE. A. They were to serve for six years, and in the seventh year they were to be set free. 1. They were not to send them out with just the shirt on their back but were to provide for them liberally. 2. They were to remember that they were once slaves in Egypt. B. The exception. If he declares I do not want to go away from yo...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:9-12

"THE OCCULTIC REVOLUTION" Intro: This week a young man in his graduate studies for his Ph.D.. In Orange County boys and girls in grade school and Junior High call for spirit of Mary Worth in seances. A favorite party stunt is to conduct a seance. I. WE SEE A GROWING INTEREST IN THE OCCULT. A. The history of the occult is almost as old as the history of man. 1. Ancient Egyptian w...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:9-12

"GOD'S MESSAGE IN THE STARS" Intro: Today their is a rising interest in the occult. People such as Jean Dixon receive wide publicity. Newspapers, magazines, radios & T.V. give daily horoscopes. People are looking for God's message in the stars. I. THE HISTORY OF THE OCCULT IS ALMOST AS OLD AS MAN. A. Astrology traces its origins to ancient Chaldea and Babylon, shortly after flood...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:9-13

"GOD'S MESSAGE IN THE STARS" I. THE FORBIDDEN PRACTICES. A. Seeking guidance through mystic or spirit forces. 1. Horoscopes, "an observer of times." a. Astrology has its roots back in Babylon just after the flood. b. Your life is somehow controlled by the mystic forces of the stars. c. The position of the stars on the day you were born determine your destiny. 2. Fortune telle...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:13

"WHAT DOES GOD WANT OF ME?" Intro: Assuming there is a God who created me and placed me over other creation, what does He want? I. QUESTION OF PRIMARY CONCERN AND INTEREST. A. Does life have a meaning or not - a purpose? 1. Why does your life seem empty? 2. Basis of most psychological ills is frustration - why are so many people frustrated? B. To try to live apart from God's p...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:13

"WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF ME?" Intro: Becoming conscious of the universe about me I become convinced of the fact that God exists. Man seems to be the highest order of creation, why? I. WHAT DOES GOD WANT OF ME? WHY DID HE CREATE? A. Question of primary concern and interest. 1. Does life have a meaning or not? Purpose? a. Why does life seem empty & unfulfilled? b. Most physiolo...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:13

"WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF MAN?" I. THE IDEAL REQUIREMENTS OF GOD. A. Moses - Micah - Jesus. 1. Deut. law in love terms. a. Require - inquire - asks. 2. Micah, God demands, insists upon, walk with Him - do justly - love mercy. "Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God." 3. Jesus "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God" "Be ye therefore perfect." a. Dangerous exposition, accommoda...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:15-19

"THE PROMISED MESSIAH" Intro. When the children of Israel had come to Mount Sinai, and God manifested His presence, it was an awesome sight, we read that as Moses brought the people out to meet the Lord the mountain was covered with smoke as the Lord descended in a fire, and the smoke was like a furnace, and the mountain began to shake, and there was the sound of a long trumpet bla...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 21:22,23

"THE CURSE OF SIN" I. IT WAS SIN THAT BROUGHT A CURSE ON THE WORLD. A. As you look around the world today, you do not see the world that God created, nor that God intended. 1. You see a world that is suffering the consequences of Adam's sin. 2. God did not create all of the pollution, sinful man did. 3. God did not pollute the oceans, man did. 4. God did not destroy the rain f...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 22:22

"THROWING STONES" I. THE LAW SAID, THAT IF A MAN IS FOUND LYING WITH A MARRIED WOMAN, THEY SHALL BOTH DIE IN ORDER TO PUT AWAY EVIL FROM ISRAEL. A. This is the law that the Pharisees referred to when they brought to Jesus a woman that they asserted that they caught in the very act of adultery. B. The Pharisees were constantly seeking to get Jesus to say something that was contrar...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 25:17

"REMEMBER THE AMALEKITES" I. REMEMBER WHAT AMALEK DID TO YOU. WHAT DID THEY DO? A. They met them just as they came out of Egypt and sought to defeat them. 1. Here were people who had been slaves in Egypt for years. a. They were totally untrained in warfare. b. The nation had just been born. c. The Amalekites came with their well trained army to seek to destroy them. 2. This i...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 28:47

"YOU'VE GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY" I. THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE WE ARE CHALLENGED TO SERVE THE LORD. A. Serving the Lord is a matter of choice. 1. I cannot force you to serve Him, though I would like to. 2. He will not force you to serve Him, though He could. 3. We talked a few weeks ago concerning the pierced ear which meant that a person was a slave by choice. 4. It is interesting how...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 30:11-20

"THE CLOSENESS OF GOD" Intro: One of our greatest needs is to develop the awareness of God's closeness. We often think of heaven as far out in space, thus we think of God as far away. Not so, we are surrounded by God, you cannot escape from Him, "For in Him we live, move..." I. MOSES IS TALKING HERE OF LIFE AND DEATH (verse 19...) A. The life he refers to is spiritual life. 1. ...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 30:15

"CHOOSE LIFE" Intro. The children of Israel are standing on the border of the land that God has promised to them. They are ready to go in to conquer the land. Moses is telling them the conditions whereby they can remain in this good land. I. I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU THIS DAY, LIFE AND GOOD; DEATH AND EVIL. A. These were set before them that they might choose between them. 1. God ha...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 32:3,4

"HE IS THE ROCK" Intro: The Rock was considered as a place of refuge, a shelter, a place of defense. The conie. I. EVERY MAN HAS A ROCK (vs. 31...) A. That place of refuge or defense. 1. One of the most stupid put-downs of the Jesus Movement was "I fear that they are just putting down one dependency factor for another." a. They're depending on Jesus now instead of drugs. So wha...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 32:3, 4, 15, 18

"CHRIST THE ROCK" Intro: Purpose of song 31:21. I. THE ROCK SYMBOL OF... A. Strength - "Solid as the rock of Gibraltar." 1. "The Lord is my rock and my fortress, in Him will I hide." 2. "The conie is a feeble folk, but it makes its home in the rock." 3. When I am in the rock, I become as strong as the rock that shelters me. B. Refreshment - 1. "They drank of that spiritual R...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 32:11,12

"AS AN EAGLE" Intro: Moses a man familiar with wilderness, probably watched eagles many times. Daring figure to use of God, Warranted Ex. 19:4 "I bare you on eagles wings and brought you unto myself." This illus. teaches us the tenderness and strength of God. I. THE ACTIVITY OF THE EAGLES. A. "Stirreth up her nest." "Fluttereth over her young." "Broodeth." "Spreadeth abroad His...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 32:35

PSALM 73:18,19 I. DESTRUCTION IMPLIED. A. Implies always exposed to sudden destruction. 1. Prov. 29:1. 2. Cannot foresee future. B. Liable to fall of themselves. 1. Walking on ice. C. Only reason not already fallen God's time not yet come. II. DESTRUCTION'S DELAY? A. No want of power in God to cast wicked in hell at any moment. 1. Men cannot be strong when God rises. B. H...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 33:27

"FAITH THAT CANCELS FEAR" Intro: There are two fears that seem to constantly assail our souls. Fear of the future, fear of the present. Moses in these final talks has been encouraging them, "Fear not, be of good courage, be not dismayed." I. THE NATURE OF OUR FEARS. A. Fear of the future. 1. Why do we fear future? a. Always a certain fear of unknown. b. We fear because we look...

Sermon on Deuteronomy 33:27

Intro: Two realms of mystery that assault soul & produce fear, fear of future and fear of unfathomable present. "What is going to happen?" "What shall we do?" Of the future, "the Eternal God is our dwelling place." Of the present "underneath are the everlasting arms." I. "THE ETERNAL GOD." A. "Eternal." 1. Does not mean what everlasting means. 2. Has no reference to tomorrow ...