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DON’T LET GO OF THE ROPE!!
What is your earliest childhood memory?
Deuteronomy4:1-8-“Andnow,OIsrael,listentothestatutesandtherulesthatIamteachingyou,anddothem,thatyoumaylive,andgoinandtakepossessionofthelandthattheLord,theGodofyourfathers,isgivingyou.YoushallnotaddtothewordthatIcommandyou,nortakefromit,thatyoumaykeepthecommandmentsoftheLordyourGodthatIcommandyou…See,Ihavetaughtyoustatutesandrules,astheLordmyGodcommandedme…
Keepthemanddothem,forthatwillbeyourwisdomandyourunderstandinginthesightofthepeoples,who,whentheyhearallthesestatutes,willsay,‘SurelythisgreatnaKonisawiseandunderstandingpeople.’ForwhatgreatnaKonistherethathasagodsoneartoitastheLordourGodistous,wheneverwecalluponhim?AndwhatgreatnaKonisthere,thathasstatutesandrulessorighteousasallthislawthatIsetbeforeyoutoday?
Keepthemanddothem,forthatwillbeyourwisdomandyourunderstandinginthesightofthepeoples,who,whentheyhearallthesestatutes,willsay,‘SurelythisgreatnaKonisawiseandunderstandingpeople.’ForwhatgreatnaKonistherethathasagodsoneartoitastheLordourGodistous,wheneverwecalluponhim?AndwhatgreatnaKonisthere,thathasstatutesandrulessorighteousasallthislawthatIsetbeforeyoutoday?
Isaiah42:16-17-Iwillleadtheblindinawaythattheydonotknow,inpathsthattheyhavenotknownIwillguidethem.Iwillturnthedarknessbeforethemintolight,theroughplacesintolevelground.ThesearethethingsIdo,andIdonotforsakethem.
DON’T LET GO OF THE ROPE!!
DON’T LET GO OF THE ROPE!!
Deuteronomy6:20-24
Inthefutureyourchildrenwillaskyou,“Whatisthemeaningoftheselaws,decrees,andregulaKonsthattheLordourGodhascommandedustoobey?”
Thenyoumusttellthem,“TheLordourGodcommandedustoobeyallthesedecreesandtofearhimsohecanconKnuetoblessusandpreserveourlives…”
The Word became flesh…
• Bequicktohear,slowto speak,slowtoanger• Don’tletjealousyand selfishambiKoncloud yourjudgment• Don’tcovet,butbe content• Don’tspeakevilagainst otherpeople• Don’tgiveintosexual desiresoutsidethe marriagecontext• Submittooneanotherin marriage
• Respectauthority• Don’ttakerevenge• Don’tgetdrunk• Don’tengageinorgies• Don’tbeaglu]on
• Loveyourneighborasyourself.
• Don’tshowparKality.
• MercyandCompassionaremore importantthanjudgment.
• JusKceforall.
Fundamentalism is immaturity in Christ.
