Fear The Lord
Comments for Study 10
Deuteronomy 10:1-22
Memory Verse: 12
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I. The Lord Said to Me (1-11)
>1. Why did the Lord tell Moses to cut out the tablets and make a wooden chest to keep them in? (1-2; Ex. 32:19-20)
* Deuteronomy 10:1-2 "At that time the Lord said to me, 'Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden chest. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the chest.'"
* Exodus 32:19-20 "When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it."
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>How long did it take Moses to obey the Lord and what might he have been thinking about as he worked? (3-5; Ex. 34:1-2)
* Deuteronomy 10:3-5 "So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the Lord commanded me, and they are there now."
* Exodus 34:1-2 "The Lord said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain."
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>2. What blessings are there in being chosen by the Lord? (6-9)
* Deuteronomy 10:6-9 "(The Israelites traveled from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.
9 That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your God told them.)"
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>3. Why would Moses think that the Lord would destroy them? (10)
* Deuteronomy 10:10 "Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you."
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>What did Moses learn about the Lord at that time? (Ex. 34:6-7)
* Exodus 34:6-7 "And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
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>To what extent do we know the Lord's love now? (John 3:16; and 1 John 3:16)
* John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
* 1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers."
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>4. Whose direction was Moses following as he lead the people?
* Deuteronomy 10:11 "'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.'"
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>How are overseers (shepherds) similar to Moses? (Acts 20:28; and 1 Peter 5:2-3)
* Acts 20:28 "Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood."
* 1 Peter 5:2-3 "Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock."
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II. Fear the Lord (12-22)
>5. What were the conditions to the covenant between the Lord and Israel? (12-13)
* Deuteronomy 10:12-13 "And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?"
* Israel's part the covenant:
1) to fear the Lord your God
2) to walk in all his ways
3) to love him
4) to serve the Lord your God with all your heart
5) and with all your soul
6) to observe the Lord's commands and decrees.
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>What does each mean?
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1) to fear the Lord your God
2) to walk in all his ways
3) to love him
4) to serve the Lord your God with all your heart
5) and with all your soul
6) to observe the Lord's commands and decrees.
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>What is the reason for the Lord's commands and decrees?
* "for your own good"
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>6. What does the Lord own? (14)
* Deuteronomy 10:14 "To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it."
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>What does the highest heavens refer to?
* 2 Corinthians 12:1-4 "I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know--God knows. And I know that this man--whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows-- was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell."
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>7. Who does the Lord love? (15)
* Deuteronomy 10:15 "Yet the Lord set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today."
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>Considering Romans 4:13-17 are we included in his love?
* Romans 4:13-17 "It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless, because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring--not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were."
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>8. What does it mean to "circumcise your hearts"? (17, 30:6; Rom. 2:28-29)
* Deuteronomy 10:16 "Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer."
* Deuteronomy 30:6 "The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live."
* Romans 2:28-29 "A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God."
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>9. How is God described in verse 17?
* Deuteronomy 10:17 "For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes."
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>How does this look forward to his judgement and our hope? (2 Tim. 4:8; Heb. 12:23-24)
* 2 Timothy 4:8 "Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing."
* Hebrews 12:23-24 "to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel."
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>10. How are we to reflect his character? (18-19)
* Deuteronomy 10:18-19 "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt."
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>What words of direction are we given in verse 20?
* Deuteronomy 10:20 "Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name."
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>Who are we to praise?
* Deuteronomy 10:21-22 "He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky."
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