All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass' The grass withers, And the flow

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All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like
the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the
flower falls off,But the word of the Lord abides
forever. 1 Peter 1.24-25
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Deuteronomy Briefing

• Tod Kennedy
• Sunday, July 20 and 27, 2003

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The Law Torah

• The Pentateuch
• GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy

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Deuteronomy Theme
The revealed, taught, remembered, and applied
Word of God is the life of Gods people as they
enter the land, take possession of the land, and
live as Gods people in the land. Gods word
instructs, prepares, warns, protects, and blesses
Gods people (30.19-20 32.45-47).
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Theme Scripture, 30.19
Deuteronomy 3019 I call heaven and earth to
witness against you today, that I have set before
you life and death, the blessing and the curse.
So choose life in order that you may live, you
and your descendants,
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Theme Scripture, 30.20
Deuteronomy 3020 by loving the Lord your God, by
obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him
for this is your life and the length of your
days, that you may live in the land which the
Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, to give them.
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Background to Events

• The Lord has brought his people from Canaan to
  Egypt, and now to the Plains of Moab.
• Israel is the theocratic nation, the priest
  nation.
• The Exodus generation, who refused to believe
  that the Lord would make them victorious over the
  Canaanites and give them the promised land, has
  died off.

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Exodus - Traditional
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Conquest of Canaan
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When Did All This Happen?

• The events of Deuteronomy happened in 1445 BC,
  just prior to Joshua taking the Israelites across
  the Jordan and into Canaan.

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Key Words Used

• Wrote, 5 times
• Law, 24 times 16 times in 27-33
• Commandment, 9 times
• Commandments, 37 times
• Statutes, 29 times
• Remember, 15 times
• Obey, 14 times

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Key Words Used

• Bless, 21 times Blessing, 12 times Blesses, 2
• Not obey, 6 times
• Curse, 11 times curses, 6 times
• Life, 20 times

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Main People

• Moses
• Joshua
• Aaron
• Miriam

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Narrative

• The second generation Israelites are on the
  Plains of Moab, north of the Dead Sea and east of
  the Jordan River. Moses prepares them for the
  conquest by delivering three messages. First, he
  reviews Gods blessings to them during the
  wilderness wanderings. Then, Moses reviews the
  Law that God gave at Sinai so that they know
  Gods will and what God expects of them. Finally,
  Moses challenges this generation to learn and
  follow the Sinai Law. That done, Moses dies and
  Joshua leads.

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Deuteronomy Overview

• Moses reviews Gods wilderness blessings, 1-4
• Moses reviews Gods statues and ordinances, 5-26
• Moses charges Israel to keep Gods commandments,
  27-30
• Moses Final Words and Death, 31-34

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Moses reviews Gods wilderness blessings, 1-4

• Chapter 1 RecapSinai to Kadesh, 1
• Chapter 2 RecapEdom to Moab to Sihon of
  Heshbon, 2
• Chapter 3 RecapOg of Bashon, and Gilead, 3
• Chapter 4 Israel, Watch yourselvesblessing or
  cursing, 4

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Moses reviews Gods statues and ordinances, 5-26

• Chapter 5 Moses recalls the Horeb Covenant
• Chapter 6 Listen, fear, obey, love the Lord
• Chapter 7 Remove the Canaanites
• Chapter 8 Remember the Lord your God
• Chapter 9 Gods grace, not Israels righteousness

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Moses reviews Gods statues and ordinances, 5-26

• Chapter 10 Fear, walk, love, serve, keep
• Chapter 11 Blessing or cursing in the land
• Chapter 12 The central sanctuary
• Chapter 13 Capital punishment for idolatry
• Chapter 14Clean and unclean. Tithe

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Moses reviews Gods statues and ordinances, 5-26

• Chapter 15 Seven year loans. Poor. Servants.
  Firstborn
• Chapter 16 Annual feasts. Judges
• Chapter 17Idolaters, trials. King
• Chapter 18 Levites, omens, a prophet
• Chapter 19Cities of refuge. Witnesses

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Moses reviews Gods statues and ordinances, 5-26

• Chapter 20 Warefare
• Chapter 21 War bride. Double portion.
  Incorrigible son
• Chapter 22 Good neighbors. Boundaries on sex
• Chapter 23 Regulations on people, foreign
  slaves, loans

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Moses reviews Gods statues and ordinances, 5-26

• Chapter 24 Divorce, Loans, Poor
• Chapter 25 Court case, brothers wife, weights
  and measures
• Chapter 26 First of produce. Tithe to Levites.
  His people

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Moses charges Israel to keep Gods commandments,
27-30

• Chapter 27 The Law, Mt Ebal, and Mt Gerizim
• Chapter 28 Blessings and cursings
• Chapter 29 Lords covenant with Israel
• Chapter 30 Choose life and live

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Moses Final Words Death, 31-34

• Chapter 31 Joshua, the song, the law
• Chapter 32 Moses song is Israels life
• Chapter 33 Moses blesses Israel
• Chapter 34 Moses dies, Joshua leads

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Key Doctrines, 1

• Divine Revelation. 1.6
• Delegated authority and leadership. 1.13
• Uniqueness of Israel. 4.7-8
• Spiritual alertness. 4.9
• God provides for his people. 4.14
• Divine Discipline. 4.24
• Ten Commandments. 5.6
• Teaching children. 6.7

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Key Doctrines, 2

• Testing. 8.2
• Importance of the Word of God. 8.3
• Self-righteousness. 9.4
• Abrahamic Covenant and Theocratic line. 9.5
• Mosaic Law. 9.9
• Blessing and cursing. 11.26
• Divine Attributes. 13.17
• Faith-ApplicationLearn, Consider, Apply. 11.13
• Central sanctuary. 12.11

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Key Doctrines, 3

• False Prophets. 13.1
• Capital Punishment. 13.9
• Tithing. 14.22
• Poor people. 15.11
• Canaanite religion. 18.9
• Future Prophet. 18.15
• Judicial witness. 20.15
• Deterrence of crime. 19.20
• Holy War. 20.3

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Key Doctrines, 4

• Rebellious son. 21.18
• Blessing before cursing. 28.1, 15
• Repentance and blessing. 30.1
• Life and death, blessing and the curse. 30.19
• Spiritual Courage. 31.6
• Fear of the Lord. 31.13
• Passing the leadership mantle. 34.1
• Land Covenant. 34.1
• Abrahamic Covenant. 34.4

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Lessons For Us Today

• Gods Word is our life (8.3 Matthew 4.4 Luke
  4.4 James 1.21-25 1 Peter 2.2 2 Timothy
  3.16-17).
• Communication of the Word (31.9-13 1 Timothy
  1.3 6.17 2 Timothy 2.2, 11, 15 4.2-5).
• Faith-Application, choose blessing or cursing
  (1.30-8 4.10, 14, 15, 23 6.1 11.26-32 28.1-2,
  15 30.19-20 Acts 17.27 Romans 6.6, 11, 12-13
  Philippians 4.8-9 Colossians 3.23-25 Hebrews
  4.1-16James 1.21-25).

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Lessons For Us Today

• Spiritual courage (1.30-38 31.6 John 16.33
  Acts 23.11 2 Corinthians 4.16).
• Divine discipline (4.24 1 Corinthians 11.29-30
  Hebrews 12.5-13).
• Punishment deters crime (19.20 Romans 13.3-4 1
  Thessalonians 4.6).
• Faith focusing on Christ (Occupation with Christ)
  is like fear of the Lord (31.13 Galatians 2.20
  Colossians 3.1-3 Hebrews 12.2).

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The things you have learned and received and
heard and seen in me, practice these things and
the God of peace shall be with you. Philippians
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