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00:01 Hi, and welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
00:02 I'm Kenny Shelton. 00:04 I am really thrilled that you decided to join us today. 00:07 You're gonna see that is quite an exciting lesson. 00:09 We're going to be in lesson number 10. 00:10 So get everything ready if you've got it. 00:12 And we're going to be on lesson number 10, 00:13 which talks about Remember, Do Not Forget. 00:17 And so we want to be sure to remember today, 00:19 we're gonna remember you in prayer, 00:20 we want you to remember us in prayer 00:21 as we move forward on this lesson 00:23 'cause I believe the Holy Spirit's 00:24 gonna be poured out in a wonderful way. 00:26 You know, you may not have the study guides. 00:27 And so we want to encourage you to do that. 00:29 We always mentioned here two different ways 00:31 you can do that. 00:32 You can go to the nearest Seventh-day Adventist Church 00:34 and get your guides 00:35 or you can download those if you'd like to go 00:37 to absg.adventist.org 00:40 You can get your set. 00:42 I know it's a little bit late lesson number 10, 00:44 but you can always have to study with somebody else. 00:46 Again, we're glad you joined us. 00:47 We look forward to spiritual time together 00:49 and we'll see you in just a minute. 01:21 Thank you again for joining us here on lesson number 10. 01:24 Get everything that you need. 01:25 That means, you need your Bible, 01:27 you need pencil, paper, jot things down. 01:29 Some of us go pretty quick on some of these, 01:31 a lot to cover in 10 minutes that we each have that again, 01:35 we're glad you're here with us. 01:36 And I'm excited about it. 01:38 I know Lord's gonna do great things here today for us. 01:41 I want to introduce our panel here quickly. 01:43 To my left is Brother James Rafferty, always good. 01:46 Good to have you. 01:47 Good to be here, Kenny, always 01:48 looking forward to the lesson concerning 01:50 the days that are passed is Monday's lesson that I got. 01:52 Yeah, praise the Lord. Look forward to that. 01:54 And to your left Brother Ryan Day. 01:56 Praise the Lord is my buddy. Praise the Lord. 01:58 Hey, you're my brother. All right. 02:00 Come on. It's good to be here. 02:01 It's right. Right. 02:02 To your left Sister Shelley Quinn. 02:04 I'm so thrilled to be here. 02:06 I'm excited that you are joining us 02:08 as we get into a little more detail, 02:11 a little more depth in Deuteronomy. 02:13 Yeah. Good. 02:14 And to you left, Sister Jill Morikone. 02:16 Thank you, Pastor Kenny, privileged to be here 02:18 and open up God's Word. 02:19 Yeah, it seems like we go through, 02:21 but we look at it every week, 02:23 we go through this kind of same type, 02:24 but you know what, new people, I'm banking on it. 02:27 I believe God's bringing new people all the time 02:29 they're joining in on the study. 02:31 And so it's a necessity that we go through 02:33 and can introduce ourselves, 02:34 so they know who maybe they're listening to and so on 02:36 so forth. 02:37 Anyway, lesson number 10. We're going to have prayer. 02:39 And we can't do anything without prayer. 02:41 Amen. It would be silly to even try. 02:43 If we didn't pray and ask the Holy Spirit, 02:44 we might as well go home, isn't that right? 02:46 Brother James, how about you? Would you pray for us please? 02:47 Absolutely. Let's pray. 02:49 Father, we're thankful for who You are. 02:52 And how You revealed Yourself in this present truth Book 02:55 of Deuteronomy, the favorite book of Christ, 02:57 most quoted by Christ, and we're learning a lot, 03:00 we want to continue to learn. 03:01 So send Your Holy Spirit to teach us, 03:03 to guide us, to direct us, to convict us, to comfort us, 03:05 we ask for ourselves and for our viewers, 03:07 we ask in Jesus' name. 03:08 Amen. Amen. 03:10 Praise the Lord. Good. 03:11 So in our lesson, let's go to the Sabbath 03:12 afternoon part, we're gonna go to our memory text. 03:15 I like this memory text here a little bit long, 03:18 Deuteronomy 9:7, so I'm gonna ask Sister Jill, 03:20 she'll read it for me please. Sure. 03:21 Absolutely. "Remember! 03:23 Do not forget how you provoked the Lord 03:25 your God to wrath in the wilderness. 03:27 From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt 03:29 until you came to this place, 03:32 you have been rebellious against the Lord." 03:36 You know, just those last words cause me a little concern 03:40 and cringe just a little bit, you know, 03:42 how wonderful it be 03:43 if we're just happy in the Lord and we're gonna follow 03:46 and obey His voice, 03:47 and throughout all these lessons wanted 03:49 to bring us closer to Jesus Christ, 03:50 but notice those last words 03:52 and we'll try to remember, right? 03:54 We don't forget these 03:55 so that we don't fall in that same trap. 03:57 You know, on this Sabbath afternoon's lesson, 04:00 I'm gonna just read it basically out 04:01 of the lesson book that we have here 04:04 because it talks about the two words here. 04:06 It's very important, they're simple words, 04:07 but there's important it says, "remember," 04:11 and then "forget." 04:13 Two words in Scripture, remember, and then forget. 04:16 And I don't know about you, 04:18 but I've heard that a few times in my life, 04:20 Kenny, you better remember, and so anyway. 04:22 Both refer to something that humanness 04:24 is in here, right? 04:26 And happens in our mind. 04:27 So I like what he says. 04:28 He says here, "To remember is not to forget, 04:32 and to forget is not to remember." 04:35 That just makes sense. 04:37 It's like wherever I go, there I am, right? 04:39 Okay, good. 04:41 Jesus tells His people to remember 04:42 all the things that He's done for them. 04:44 So and Deuteronomy has been good. 04:46 We're always reminded of the goodness of God. 04:49 And He does tell us 04:50 the things that He does for us that He is doing for us. 04:53 And so therefore we owe him our allegiance, 04:55 there's no doubt again. 04:56 We don't want to forget. 04:58 Sometimes we forget to praise Him. 04:59 I don't know if you ever do that. 05:01 Sometimes... He does so many good things every day. 05:03 And I like that song that says Count Your Blessings. 05:06 Name them one by one. 05:07 So often we're not counting the blessings. 05:09 We're just kind of going over 05:10 the things that maybe we didn't like 05:12 what happened or we're not sure of it, 05:14 and we doing more griping than we are praising. 05:16 And I think more we praise 05:19 the less things will happen that we can gripe about, right? 05:21 When you have a right mind and right attitude. 05:23 So this week's lesson, this is interesting. 05:25 We're gonna express this in Deuteronomy, 05:27 we'll look at this important principle, notice, 05:30 of remembering 05:32 and not forgetting God's interaction in our lives. 05:36 I'm thankful I'm so very grateful 05:38 and thankful that God interacts with us. 05:42 What if you could never hear from Him? 05:43 What if you can never talk to Him? 05:44 You never pray, you never study, 05:46 it'd be sad, but we can interact, He interacts. 05:48 He's interested in us. Praise God for that. 05:51 Okay, I'm gonna start Sunday's lesson 05:54 if we'll just turn there quickly. 05:55 Sunday's lesson, Remembering the Rainbow. 05:58 What is it all about 05:59 when you talk about the rainbow? 06:00 I like that. It's all good. 06:02 The rainbow. 06:04 Now few things here in Genesis Chapter 9. 06:07 For the first time the words remember appears. 06:11 That's kind of interesting. Remember, Genesis 9:15. 06:15 He says, "I will remember My covenant," 06:18 notice that, "which is between Me and you," 06:22 notice this, "every living creature of all flesh, 06:25 and the water shall no more become a flood 06:27 to destroy all flesh." 06:29 I like it when He says I will remember My covenant. 06:33 So remember, then is a very important word simple 06:37 as it might be, remember is very, very important. 06:39 And God assures us of that when He says 06:41 to remember, especially when God's involved. 06:45 If God is involved, and He says remember, 06:46 it behooves us to remember. I don't know. 06:50 At first He ask us to remember His promises, 06:53 He ask us to remember His warnings. 06:56 And He also ask us to remember 06:58 how He deals with people. 07:00 So I need to remember all of those things, 07:02 and always relate a lot of times 07:04 to things that when I grew up, like most people, 07:06 when we grow up, there's things that that just 07:08 indelibly is on our mind, you know, 07:10 and it was one of those things when I was growing up, 07:13 a list of few things was given to me every day to do. 07:16 My dad felt if I was busy, I would get in less trouble. 07:19 You know, so he wanted me to stay out of trouble, 07:20 so he'd give me a list of things to do. 07:22 But every time I don't know why, 07:25 there's always a warning that was given to me. 07:27 It wasn't just given here, I think I probably know why, 07:30 but a warning was given to me that... 07:32 Now what did I tell you to do? 07:33 And so we have to kind of repeat what he said. 07:36 So there's no mistake on it. 07:38 And if I didn't answer quickly enough, 07:40 it was repeated. 07:42 So that there'd be no mistake. 07:45 He said that so often, I want you to know, 07:47 repeat it, so I know there's no mistake. 07:49 I told you, I know you understand. 07:51 Now that's my earthly, right? 07:54 But there's some comparisons with our Heavenly Father. 07:57 Sure enough, once in a while, 07:59 believe it or not I forgot. 08:01 And so, well, I heard about it, 08:02 and then would he... 08:04 It would come with same old question. 08:06 Kenny, didn't you hear what I asked you to do? 08:09 And I said, "Well, yeah." 08:12 My answer was always yes. 08:13 I couldn't lie 'cause then we had a little conversation. 08:16 So I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did. 08:17 I did, but I didn't remember until now." 08:22 I thought it might work. It never worked. 08:26 I thought it would work right then and there. 08:27 I was hoping for mercy. 08:29 Lord, have mercy, Lord, let Dad have mercy on me. 08:32 There was no mercy. Every time is going... 08:35 What? 08:36 You know, so, you know, we have to remember, 08:39 what was the right thing to do? 08:41 I had to remember so I wouldn't forget. 08:45 And so he kind of leaving some things out there for me. 08:48 And, you know, my response was always the same. 08:51 "Yeah, Dad, I did remember, but I forgot for that time." 08:53 And he said, "Yes, I understand." 08:55 At the same time, he's drawing his belt out. 08:59 You could hear... 09:01 Oh, here it comes, belt's come into view well, 09:04 and you know what he said, 09:06 "Maybe this will help you to remember." 09:10 Now some people say... 09:11 Let me tell you that did kind of help me to remember. 09:14 I can tell you that right now. 09:15 You're dancing around and you think you're on fire. 09:17 You're looking for nearest pond to jump into, 09:19 you know what I'm talking about? 09:21 Genesis... 09:22 Maybe you remember next time. 09:23 Genesis 9:13 says, 09:26 "I do set my bow in the cloud, 09:30 and it shall be a token of the covenant." 09:33 I like that. 09:35 And Genesis 9:16 says, 09:36 "And the bow shall be in the cloud, 09:39 and I will look up on it, that I may," what? 09:42 "I may remember." 09:43 Now that was kind of interesting, isn't it? 09:47 God said, "I'm gonna set my bow up there. 09:49 And I will remember." 09:51 I didn't ever think that He would forget, 09:53 you know, so I'm saying, "Well, 09:54 why do you put that up there? 09:56 We remember what He had promised, 09:57 why did He put the rainbow up there for us?" 09:59 Praise God for that may be simple some, 10:01 but He put it up there for us so that we would understand 10:05 what He was doing. 10:06 He was saying, what about those people? 10:08 I've asked myself that question. 10:09 What about the people who heard about the flood? 10:13 You know, earth pretty well wiped out except for eight. 10:16 What if that promise wasn't there? 10:19 Every time they heard the lightning 10:21 and they felt the rain drop, they heard, 10:23 you know, they bound to have heard the stories, right, 10:25 over and over about the flood, so on and so forth. 10:28 But what encouragement 10:30 I'm sure that gave some at least, 10:31 that there was a rainbow in the sky, was a promise, 10:34 was a covenant that God made. 10:36 I'm not going to have to flood the earth again with water. 10:39 Praise the Lord for that. 10:41 A bow in the heavens represents God's love for us, 10:45 going around the world. 10:47 I like that connecting men with God. 10:50 And it shows us 10:52 that He's looking up on His token 10:53 of the covenant and He's going to remember 10:55 the promises to us. 10:57 Again, He says in Genesis 9:11, 10:59 "I will look upon it," what? "That I may remember." 11:04 Isn't God's so good, isn't He? 11:05 Say, now you remember, then you know I told you, 11:08 He just set to put up there so I will remember. 11:10 What a God we serve. Promise is still good today. 11:13 Genesis 9:9 says, notice this, it said, 11:16 "Behold, I establish my covenant with you, 11:19 and I will send," notice, "your seed after you." 11:22 Notice, many scientists reject 11:25 the idea there ever was a worldwide flood. 11:28 You read some of those things, it's kind of interesting. 11:30 They rejected that there's a worldwide flood. 11:32 Ellen White wrote that before the flood came 11:34 many people believed that the laws of nature 11:39 ruled out the possibility of a worldwide flood. 11:42 Interesting. 11:43 That could happen. 11:45 So here's what some of the wise men did. 11:46 Patriarchs and Prophets 97 says it. 11:48 Always got the smarties that come along. 11:49 People know some things they think. 11:51 Notice, they said, 11:52 "The laws are so firmly established that God Himself 11:57 could not change them." 11:59 Little overstepping the bounds there just a little bit, right? 12:01 So one group would say something like, 12:04 before the flood he said, it couldn't happen. 12:06 Then you had based on the laws of nature, 12:08 it just couldn't happen. 12:10 Then you have another group that said, 12:11 based on the laws of nature, it really never happened. 12:16 So it gets a little more confusing, 12:17 you know, as we go along with it there, 12:19 but praise God for that bow, the bow of promise. 12:22 Remember, you know, it's a good word, 12:25 remember, again, 12:27 what was the purpose of the rainbow, 12:28 keep it in mind as we go through this study. 12:30 It was to help the people remember the covenant. 12:34 Help them to remember what God had promised. 12:37 Every time we see a rainbow in the sky. 12:38 I love to see. 12:40 Let's get back to rain, you see a rainbow up in there. 12:42 Right there you go right back into your mind, 12:44 God has promised. 12:45 God's promise that it's not... 12:47 And, you know, some of the things 12:48 that are happening in the world today, you say, 12:49 wow, so much, 12:51 you know, the flooding and different things, 12:52 but in different localities, but it's not a worldwide flood, 12:56 that rainbow in the sky 12:58 should remind us that God's judgment upon 13:01 the world because of sin. 13:03 And then also that He promises not to flood it again. 13:06 I say this you can count on God's promises. 13:08 There's no doubt about whatever God promises you, 13:11 I'll tell you, you can just write, 13:12 claim those by the grace of God. 13:13 Maybe that's why we don't see a lot of things 13:15 that may be happening in the world today. 13:16 We just fail maybe to reach out 13:18 and by faith just grab hold of those promises 13:20 and said God... 13:21 And I've said to Him, and I know you have to say 13:23 you said, right? 13:25 Not trying to be pushy or bossy just you 13:27 said in Your Word. 13:29 And because you said it I agree with it. 13:31 And I believe it. Ezekiel 1:28. 13:33 Last passage here, notice 1:28, 13:36 "As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day 13:39 of rain, so was the appearance, 13:41 no was appearance in brightness around about the throne. 13:45 That was the appearance of the likeness 13:47 of the glory of Jehovah." 13:49 Isn't that beautiful? 13:51 Getting picture right in our mind about that glory. 13:54 So what we need to do is to look at things 13:56 for today and say, you know, Lord, 13:58 I don't want to forget, 13:59 no things that we'll get into. 14:01 I don't want to forget what you said in here. 14:02 I don't want to forget the promises that you have made. 14:04 I don't want to forget, 14:05 I want to remember 14:07 Lord's Sabbath day to keep it holy. 14:09 So we just want to remember 14:11 what God has said in His Word. 14:12 He said you remember those things 14:13 and I'll cause you to ride on the high places 14:16 of the earth. 14:17 And I tell you by the grace of God, 14:19 I'm ready to ride on the high places of the earth. 14:21 Brother James? Amen. 14:23 Amen. Thank you, Kenny. 14:24 That was a blessing. 14:26 My name is Pastor James Rafferty, 14:27 and we are looking at Concerning 14:30 the Days That Are Past in Monday's lesson on the week, 14:35 Do Not Forget. 14:38 And we be in here in Deuteronomy Chapter 4, 14:40 it opens up here and it says, 14:43 "In Deuteronomy Chapter 4, 14:44 we have read wonderful admonitions that the Lord gave 14:47 to His people through Moses 14:48 regarding their great privileges 14:49 as God's chosen people. 14:51 He had redeemed them out of Egypt." 14:55 And we're quoting Deuteronomy Chapter 4 14:56 now verse 34, "By trials, by signs, 14:59 by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand 15:02 by an outstretched arm, by great terrors, 15:05 according to all that the Lord your God 15:07 did for you in Egypt before your eyes." 15:09 And when we think about this, 15:11 it's so powerful because Deuteronomy 15:14 Chapter 4 is kind of a reminder before we repeat 15:17 The Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy Chapter 5 15:20 of all that God has done for us, 15:22 all of God, that God has done 15:24 is an emphasis on His delivering power 15:27 or the gospel. 15:29 Basically, it's the gospel, He's focusing on the gospel. 15:31 And then in Deuteronomy Chapter 5, 15:33 we have this repetition of the law, 15:35 we have the gospel and the law, or the law and the gospel, 15:38 you know, they go together. 15:40 Deuteronomy 5, Deuteronomy 4, 15:41 Deuteronomy 4, Deuteronomy 5, 15:43 remind us that law and the gospel go together. 15:45 And we see that all through the Bible, 15:47 we're gonna see that more and more 15:49 as we move through our lesson, 15:50 but it's important for us to see that that God's gospel 15:54 and God's law cannot be separated. 15:57 You can't separate them. 15:59 I love that whole explanation that Ryan gave to us earlier, 16:04 you know about sin, and the law, 16:07 and Jesus, and forgiveness, 16:10 and church, and the gospel. 16:13 I got it. 16:15 I got most of those in there, you know. 16:17 So let us remember, Do Not Forget. 16:20 Do not forget, what? 16:22 What are we not supposed to forget? 16:23 Well, there's something else we're not supposed 16:25 to get in Deuteronomy, 16:26 and it's in Deuteronomy Chapter 9 16:27 and we're gonna start in verse 7. 16:29 Deuteronomy 9 beginning in verse 7. 16:31 Here's what it says. 16:32 Deuteronomy 9:7, "Understand therefore, 16:37 that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land 16:42 to possess it for thy righteousness, 16:45 for thou art a stiff-necked people." 16:50 Next word. 16:52 Next verse. 16:53 "Remember, and forget not, 16:57 how thou provoked the Lord thy God 16:59 to wrath in the wilderness from the day that thou 17:01 didst depart out of the land of Egypt, 17:03 until you came into this place, 17:04 you have been rebellious against the Lord." 17:08 Why do we need to remember that? 17:10 Why do we need to remember that? 17:11 Well, we need to remember that because that magnifies 17:14 the love of God, that magnifies the goodness of God, 17:16 that magnifies the grace of God. 17:18 And it humbles us. 17:20 It reminds us of where we came from. 17:22 It reminds us of how good God is. 17:24 And what God has done for us. 17:25 It's so powerful. It's so powerful. 17:27 Now, of course, the devil wants to remind us all 17:30 of that because the devil wants to use our past, 17:32 our failures to nullify the love of God, 17:35 but you know what Jesus says? 17:36 Jesus says, "The devil is a liar." 17:40 That's what Jesus says, "He's a liar." 17:42 And the gospel proves that the devil is a liar. 17:47 So we see this beautiful picture 17:49 of God's love in the context of the law, 17:51 it's always there. 17:53 It has to be there. 17:54 In Deuteronomy 4:40, 17:57 the lesson study asks, 17:59 what conclusion then did Moses want 18:01 the people to draw from these words 18:04 about what God had done for them? 18:06 So Deuteronomy 4:40. 18:09 Let's just take a look at that verse real quick 18:11 and see what conclusion, did I get the right verse, 18:14 Deuteronomy 4 and verse. Yeah, I'm in Genesis. 18:16 Let me get to Deuteronomy 4:40. 18:21 What conclusion did the Lord want us 18:23 to draw from what He says to us in Deuteronomy 4:40? 18:28 "Thou shalt keep therefore his statues, his commandments, 18:31 which I command thee this day, 18:33 that it may go well with thee, 18:34 and with thy children after thee, 18:36 that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, 18:39 which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever." 18:42 I heard Jill say this earlier, 18:43 you know, whenever you read therefore, 18:45 there's something that went before that, 18:47 that is really significant. 18:50 That therefore is based upon 18:53 the previous verses, right? 18:56 God loved us, verse 37, "He loved our fathers, 18:59 he chose us, he brought us out in his sight 19:01 with a mighty power out of Egypt, 19:03 to drive out the nations before 19:05 as they were greater and mightier than we were 19:07 to bring thee into this land. 19:08 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, 19:11 that the Lord He is God in heaven above, 19:13 and earth below, there is none else. 19:16 Thou shalt keep therefore." 19:18 Based on what's gone before, 19:19 and we see this all through the Bible, 19:21 this is really powerful. 19:22 We see this gospel preceding this magnification 19:27 of God's love, of God's heart, of God's character, 19:29 of who God is preceding, 19:31 everything that He commands us to do, 19:33 that He asks us to do, 19:34 all of the changes that take place in our hearts 19:37 come because of the goodness of God. 19:40 We repent, we turn around, we make a U-turn in life, 19:44 you know, if you're ever going in the wrong direction, 19:45 you know, you're following your GPS and you'd be, 19:47 it says, oh, turn right there and you're too late, 19:48 you know, you couldn't get over some of the lane 19:50 and you couldn't and you go down to the next line 19:51 and the GPS says, reroute, 19:54 reroute make a U-turn, turn around. 19:56 That's what it means to repent, to turn around in your life. 19:59 And so the quarterly asks us, well, 20:01 how does this model represent the plan 20:04 of salvation as expressed in the New Testament? 20:07 What we see in the Old Testament, 20:09 how is that expressed in the New Testament? 20:10 Was all through the New Testament. 20:13 It's all through the New Testament. 20:14 There are verses left, right, and center. 20:16 For example, let's look at Ephesians Chapter 2. 20:20 Have we already looked at Ephesians Chapter 2? 20:22 Yes, we did. 20:24 We might have looked at Ephesians Chapter 2 20:25 a couple of times, but we're gonna look 20:26 at Ephesians Chapter 2 again. 20:28 There's no reason why we can't look at it again, 20:31 but this time, we're going to start in verse 1 20:34 of Ephesians Chapter 2, looking for that theme 20:36 of God's goodness delivering us 20:38 when we are stiff-necked and rebellious, 20:40 and then transforming us by this goodness. 20:43 Ephesians 2:1, "And you he hath quickened, 20:47 who were dead in trespasses and sins. 20:49 Wherein in time past 20:51 you walked according to the course of this world." 20:53 Oh, Paul here is taking up the theme of Deuteronomy. 20:55 He's reminding us of our past, but not in a negative sense, 20:59 to magnify the gospel, 21:01 to magnify God's righteousness. 21:03 "Wherein in times past you walked according the course 21:05 of this world, according to the prince 21:07 of the power of the air, 21:08 the spirit that now works in the children 21:10 of disobedience. 21:11 Among whom we also had our conversation in time 21:13 past in the lusts of our flesh, 21:15 fulfilling the desires of the flesh of the mind, 21:17 and we were by nature the children of wrath, 21:19 even as others. 21:20 But God," verse 4, 21:22 "who is rich in mercy for his great love 21:24 wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, 21:28 has quickened us together in Christ or with Christ, 21:31 by grace you are saved." 21:32 This is not just in verse 8. 21:34 It's not just in verse 8, it's in verse 5. 21:38 "And hath raise us up together, 21:39 and made us sit 21:41 together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 21:44 That in the ages to come he might shew 21:45 the exceeding riches of his grace 21:47 and his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." 21:49 See, we remember our past, 21:50 we remember our stiff-neckedness, 21:52 we remember our failures, 21:53 so that God can be magnified 21:54 not so that we can be overcome by Satan in all of his lies, 21:58 but so that God can be magnified, 22:00 we see the same thing taking place in Romans 5:6-10. 22:03 We can't go there, 22:05 we see the same thing taking place in Titus 3:1-8, 22:07 we can't go there because we've got to go 22:09 to 2 Peter Chapter 1. 22:13 Why? 22:14 Because we're teaching, we're learning about 22:16 present truth in the Book of Deuteronomy. 22:18 And there's only one place in the entire Bible 22:21 where present truth where that phrase 22:23 is actually uttered. 22:24 And it's in 2 Peter Chapter 1. 22:26 Let's just begin in verse 1, "Simon Peter, 22:28 a servant of the apostle of Jesus Christ, 22:30 to them that have obtained like precious faith with us 22:32 through the righteousness of God 22:34 and our Savior Jesus Christ. 22:35 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge 22:38 of the Lord, through knowledge of God, 22:40 and of Jesus Christ our Lord, 22:42 according to his divine power 22:43 he's given unto us all things that pertain unto godliness, 22:46 life and godliness, through the knowledge 22:48 of him that's called us into glory and virtue. 22:51 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great 22:53 and precious promises that by these you 22:54 might be partakers of the divine nature, 22:56 having escaped the corruption that is in the world 22:58 through lust. 23:00 Beside this, giving all diligence, 23:01 add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge, 23:04 and to knowledge temperance," 23:07 where am I? 23:08 "Knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, 23:10 and to patience godliness, 23:11 and to godliness brotherly kindness, 23:12 and to brotherly kindness charity. 23:14 For if these things be in you, and abound, 23:17 they make that you shall neither be barren 23:20 nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 23:23 But he that lacketh these things is blind, 23:26 cannot see afar off, 23:28 and has forgotten that he was purged 23:33 from his old sins." 23:35 Do not forget that you've been purged from the old sins. 23:38 "Wherefore the rather, brethren, 23:42 give diligence to make your calling election sure, 23:44 for if you do these things, you shall never fall. 23:47 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you 23:50 abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord 23:52 and Savior Jesus Christ. 23:54 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you 23:57 always in remembers of these things, 23:59 though you know them, 24:00 that ye may be established in the present truth." 24:04 Deuteronomy, present truth, 24:06 2 Peter, present truth, Titus, present truth, 24:10 Romans, present truth, Ephesians, present truth, 24:12 the Bible, present truth. 24:14 And what is the present truth all about? 24:15 Remembering how stiff-neck we were? 24:18 And now in spite of that God has saved us 24:21 so that He can be magnified 24:22 and glorified through the gospel of Jesus Christ. 24:25 Amen. 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All right. 25:22 And we're going to be jumping 25:24 right into Deuteronomy Chapter 4, 25:26 because the lesson just takes us right into it. 25:28 There's really no introduction. 25:29 It takes us right to Deuteronomy Chapter 4. 25:31 And this whole entire lesson on Tuesday 25:33 is based on verses 9 and verse 23. 25:36 And there's a lots of lessons we can learn from this. 25:39 So Deuteronomy Chapter 9, excuse me, 4:9, 25:43 I'm gonna start there. 25:44 So notice what the Bible says. 25:46 It says, "Only take heed to yourself, 25:48 and diligently keep yourself, 25:51 lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, 25:54 and lest they depart from your heart 25:56 all the days of your life. 25:57 And teach them to your children and your grandchildren." 26:02 All right, keep that in mind. 26:03 Now go to verse 23. Deuteronomy 4:23. 26:08 Again, "Take heed to yourselves, 26:10 lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God 26:13 which He made with you, and make for yourselves 26:16 a carved image in the form of anything 26:18 which the Lord your God has forbidden you." 26:22 So again, this is a reminder, okay? 26:24 We've been hearing remember, remember, 26:26 remember, remember. 26:28 Now, God is again telling them in a way, 26:30 remember, because He's saying, 26:32 "Remember lest you forget 26:34 all of these things that I've told you, 26:35 that I've commanded you." 26:37 In this sense, the verb, take heed, 26:40 which is coming from the Hebrew word shamar. 26:42 It means to keep yourself. 26:44 It occurs overall throughout the Old Testament, 26:47 and many different times. 26:48 But it simply means keep, 26:50 to watch, to preserve, to guard. 26:53 So basically, God is saying, "Look, guard yourself. 26:55 Keep yourself in the way." 26:57 And there's many, many ways we can do that. 26:59 But it's interesting when you... 27:00 When we take this into consideration, 27:01 we know that Moses is declaring this, 27:04 God is declaring this through Moses, 27:06 and the people are constantly being reminded, 27:08 remember, remember, remember, take heed, 27:10 lest you forget. 27:11 But you know, the sad reality is that they didn't remember. 27:15 If you look afterwards, 27:17 you know, from the time of Mount Sinai 27:19 all the way through to the Babylonian captivity, 27:21 we're talking about on and off 840 years 27:24 of rebellion, in which the children 27:26 of Israel did not remember, they did not take heed. 27:30 In fact, you've an example of this. 27:31 Let's go to Judges Chapter 2, 27:33 they find this to be interesting 27:34 because again this is during the time in which Joshua 27:37 has now, is dying or has died. 27:41 And now notice what the Bible says. 27:42 Judges Chapter 2, 27:43 and we're gonna read first verses 7 through 10. 27:46 And then afterwards, 27:48 we'll also read verses 11 through 13. 27:50 So notice what it says here in Judges 2:7-10. 27:53 It says, "So the people served the Lord 27:55 all the days of Joshua, 27:56 and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, 27:59 who had seen all the great works of the Lord 28:01 which He had done for Israel. 28:03 Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, 28:06 died when he was hundred and ten years old. 28:09 And they buried him within the border 28:12 of his inheritance at Timnath Heres," 28:15 I guess that's how you would say it, 28:16 "in the mountains of Ephraim, 28:18 on the north side of Mount Gaash." 28:20 Now, notice verse 10 here. 28:22 "When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, 28:27 another generation arose after them who did not know 28:30 the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel." 28:34 Did they take heed? 28:36 Did they forget? 28:38 Take heed, lest you forget. 28:39 But again, you know, you have Moses 28:41 and then Joshua and Caleb's time. 28:43 Now Joshua has died. 28:45 And now there's a generation that is arose that 28:47 does not know the Lord. 28:48 And obviously, they did not follow this counsel. 28:50 Continue reading to verse 11 through 13, 28:52 and you get a greater understanding 28:54 of what happens here. 28:56 It says, "Then the children of Israel 28:57 did evil in the sight of the Lord, 28:59 and served the Baals, the false gods, 29:02 and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, 29:04 who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, 29:06 and they followed other gods from among the gods 29:09 of the people who were all around them, 29:11 and they bowed down to them, 29:12 and they provoked the Lord to anger. 29:14 They forsook the Lord and served Baal and Ashtoreths." 29:18 Now, again, again, keep that in mind 29:20 and go back to verse 23, 29:21 that we just read in Deuteronomy Chapter 4. 29:23 What did he say? 29:24 "Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget 29:26 the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, 29:28 and make for your," 29:29 notice, "and make for yourselves 29:31 a carved image in the form of anything 29:32 which the Lord your God has forbidden." 29:34 So again, the commandments are being forsaken here, 29:37 and we're seeing that they did not remember, 29:39 they have forgotten. 29:41 Of course, if you fast forward, 29:43 you know, now again, 29:45 we're over 800 years away from this time, 29:47 now we're during the time prior to the 70 years 29:49 of Babylonian captivity. 29:50 Get over to the time of Jeremiah. 29:52 This has been a constant, ongoing theme all throughout 29:55 the history of Israel. 29:57 I'm in Jeremiah Chapter 7. 29:59 Notice what Jeremiah Chapter 7, I'm gonna read verse 16. 30:01 And then we're going to skip down 30:02 to verses 23 and 24. 30:04 But notice Jeremiah, 30:06 of course, he's known as the weeping prophet. 30:07 Jeremiah lived in during the time of the height 30:10 of the apostasy of Israel 30:12 prior to their entry into Babylonian captivity. 30:14 And it's just so sad 30:15 because Jeremiah is just crying out to the Lord, 30:17 asking God to forgive them, 30:18 asking God to awaken them, 30:20 and he's pleading with the people wake up, 30:22 have you forgotten? 30:23 Have you forgotten? Yes, you have. 30:24 Remember what the Lord said, lest you forget, 30:27 you know, you have forgotten. 30:28 But now verse 16, 30:30 notice what God tells Jeremiah His prophet. 30:32 He says, "Therefore do not pray for this people, 30:34 nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, 30:37 nor make intercession to Me, for I will not hear you." 30:41 And then he describes, he said, 30:42 "Do you not see what they do in the cities?" 30:45 Excuse me, I lost my spot. 30:46 "Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah 30:48 and in the streets of Jerusalem? 30:49 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, 30:52 and the women knead dough, 30:53 to make their cakes for the queen of heaven, 30:55 and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, 30:58 that they may provoke Me to anger." 31:01 You see this common theme 31:03 all the way through the Old Testament, 31:04 all the way through the history of Israel, 31:05 even all the way down to the time of Jeremiah, 31:08 and Ezekiel, and Daniel. 31:10 And now skip down to verse 23 and 24, 31:12 you'll see that it's connected to the same message 31:15 that is given in Deuteronomy Chapter 4, 31:17 and Chapter 5, and Chapter 6, 31:19 and all the way through to Chapter 9 and 10. 31:21 Notice what we see here 31:22 in verses 23 and 24 of Jeremiah 7. 31:26 It says, "But this is what I commanded them, saying, 31:29 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, 31:31 and you shall be My people. 31:33 And walk in all the ways 31:34 that I have commanded you that it may be well with you.' 31:37 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, 31:40 but followed the counsels 31:41 and the dictates of their evil hearts, 31:43 and went backward and not forward." 31:46 Notice, they did not progressed in a positive way 31:49 in the relationship with God. 31:51 They went backward and not forward. 31:53 So much so that by the time you get to Hosea, 31:55 this scripture just came to my mind. 31:57 It wasn't in the study, 31:58 it wasn't even a part of my lesson 32:00 that I had put together. 32:02 But this is, it just came to my mind, 32:03 Hosea 4:6, 32:05 so much that God is speaking to the people 32:07 and He says to them in this height of apostasy. 32:10 Hosea 4:6, He says, 32:12 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." 32:16 He says, "Because you have rejected knowledge." 32:18 Notice, they don't have a lack of knowledge 32:19 because it wasn't there. 32:21 They don't have a lack of knowledge 32:22 because God didn't allow it to be there, 32:23 to be given to them. 32:25 They had plenty of sources, plenty of history, 32:27 plenty of the Word of the Lord to have access to but notice, 32:30 it says here in verse 6, 32:31 "Because you have rejected knowledge, 32:33 I will also reject you from being priest to Me, 32:35 because you have," notice, here it is, 32:37 "forgotten the law of your God, 32:40 I will also forget your children. 32:42 God have mercy. 32:44 Wow. 32:45 Lest you forget, what is it? 32:47 Take heed, lest you forget. 32:49 My friends, there are ways that we can safeguard ourselves 32:52 from losing sight of the plan of God for our life 32:55 and the lives of our future generations. 32:57 Because the lesson also brings out, 32:59 again brings us back to the ending portion 33:01 of verse 9 of Deuteronomy Chapter 4. 33:04 It says there in the ending portion, 33:06 "And teach them to your children 33:07 and your grandchildren." 33:09 Wasn't that the problem in Joshua's day? 33:10 When Joshua had died, there was a generation 33:12 that rose up that did not know the Lord 33:14 is because they were not practicing righteousness, 33:17 as the Bible says. 33:19 Notice 1 John 1:6, I'm gonna go quickly here 33:21 because I have little time left. 33:23 So just write these references down 33:24 and you can read them later. 33:25 1 John 1:6, 33:27 "If we say that we have fellowship with Him, 33:29 and walk in darkness, 33:30 we lie and do not practice the truth." 33:33 How can we safeguard ourselves 33:35 to make sure we don't forget the way of the Lord? 33:37 We have to practice righteousness. 33:38 Yes. 33:39 We have to practice the truth of God's Word. 33:41 1 John is flooded with this language, 33:43 this word practice. 33:44 1 John 2:29, "If you know that He is righteous, 33:47 you know that everyone who practices righteousness 33:50 is born of Him." 33:52 Are you practicing righteousness? 33:54 Are you making that a consistent practice 33:55 in your life? 33:57 1 John 3:7, "Little children, let no one deceive you. 34:00 He who practices righteousness is righteous, 34:03 just as He is righteous." 34:05 We put ourselves in the way of God. 34:07 We practice it, we will be okay. 34:09 We also have to be consistent. 34:10 Be consistent in our faith in practicing it, 34:13 being consistent. 34:14 1 Corinthians 15:15. 34:15 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, 34:17 be steadfast, immovable, 34:19 always abounding in the work of the Lord, 34:21 knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 34:25 Galatians 6:9-10, 34:27 "And let us not grow weary while doing good, 34:29 for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 34:32 Therefore, as we have opportunity, 34:34 let us do good to all, 34:35 especially to those 34:37 who are of the household of faith." 34:39 Being steadfast, being consistent, 34:41 practicing the faith, 34:42 and of course, teaching it to our children. 34:45 What does the Bible say? 34:46 Proverbs 22:6, 34:48 "Train up a child in the way he should go, 34:51 and when he is old he will not depart from it." 34:54 If you train them genuinely in the way of the Lord, 34:57 they will not depart from it. 34:58 It's not just teaching them, but leading them, 35:00 leading our children in the way of Christ. 35:03 When they see Christ in us, 35:04 they will see and they will keep the faith. 35:06 Ephesians 6:4, I have to say this, 35:08 "And you, fathers, 35:09 do not provoke your children to wrath, 35:11 but bring them up in the training 35:12 and admonition of the Lord." 35:15 Practice righteousness, be consistent. 35:17 Teach it to your children, lest you forget, right? 35:20 Take heed, lest you forget. 35:22 Amen. 35:24 Praise the Lord. 35:25 Amen and amen. 35:26 Thank you, Ryan. That was wonderful. 35:28 I'm Shelley Quinn, 35:29 and I have Wednesday's lesson Eaten and Full. 35:33 And if I were going to retitle this, 35:35 I think I would retitle it, 35:37 Deceitfulness of a Life of Ease. 35:41 I just have to make a comment that I hadn't planned on. 35:44 But, you know, in Exodus 1 verse, 35:47 or excuse me, Exodus 2:24. 35:50 It says that God heard the groaning of the children 35:54 that are in bondage. 35:56 And this is interesting. 35:58 It said, "And God remembered His covenant 36:02 with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." 36:08 Did God just forget about His covenant, 36:11 and then all of a sudden just go, 36:12 oh, yeah, I made a promise to Abraham, 36:15 Isaac and Jacob. 36:17 No, the word as I started this out, 36:20 the word remembered means to take action. 36:24 To forget means you are not acting. 36:29 So here God, 36:32 we see that the everlasting covenant. 36:34 Revelation 13:8, the Lamb slain 36:37 from the foundation of the world, 36:39 then God tells His everlasting covenant 36:43 to Abraham who is justified by faith. 36:46 And now we're going to see 36:47 the progressive revelation of this covenant. 36:51 Even in Luke 1:72, it says, I think it's in Mary song, 36:57 it says, God remembered His covenant with Abraham, 37:02 Isaac, and Jacob. 37:03 So it is unfolding the same covenant 37:07 all throughout Scripture, it's beautiful. 37:10 So Exodus 4:22-23. 37:13 God begot Israel 37:17 as His covenant son. 37:20 He says to Moses, 37:22 you shall tell Pharaoh thus says the Lord. 37:25 Israel, he's had a covenant renewal with... 37:31 He started with Abraham, 37:32 it was renewed with Isaac, then with Jacob. 37:34 Now, Jacob's 12 sons are called Israel. 37:39 He said, "Israel is my son, my firstborn." 37:43 Israel's now a nation. 37:45 "So I say to you, 37:47 'Let My son go that he may serve Me." 37:51 Sonship is a covenant term to be the Son of God. 37:55 We're called sons of God 37:56 if we're led by the Holy Spirit. 37:59 And also firstborn is a covenant term. 38:03 So God became Israel's father having the expectation 38:06 of His covenant people 38:08 that they would submit to His leadership, 38:12 that they would submit to His care 38:15 and that they would follow the path 38:18 that He laid out for an abundant life 38:20 which is the path of obedience. 38:23 So now let's look at Deuteronomy 8. 38:26 Deuteronomy 8, we'll begin with verse 5. 38:29 Deuteronomy 8:5 says, 38:31 "You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, 38:35 so the Lord your God chastens you." 38:38 He saying, God's gonna direct you 38:40 in His loving Fatherly care. 38:43 "Therefore," verse 6, "therefore, 38:46 because you can anticipate 38:48 God's going to chasten you as his son. 38:51 You shall keep the commandments 38:52 of the Lord your God to walk in His ways, 38:55 and to fear Him as a child would fear a parent 38:58 with respect and honor. 38:59 Deuteronomy 8, let's jump down to verse 7. 39:04 "For the Lord your God 39:05 is bringing you into a good land, 39:07 a land of brooks of water, fountains and springs, 39:09 that flow out of valleys and hills, 39:11 a land of wheat and barley, 39:14 of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, 39:17 a land of olive oil and honey, 39:19 a land in which you will eat bread 39:22 without scarcity, 39:24 in which you will lack nothing, 39:25 a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills 39:29 you can dig copper." 39:32 This is the land of plenty. 39:36 Look at verse 10. 39:38 Deuteronomy 8:10, 39:40 "When you have eaten and are full, 39:43 then you shall bless the Lord your God 39:46 for the good land which He has given you. 39:49 Beware," verse 11 says, 39:52 "that you do not forget the Lord your God 39:55 by not keeping His commandments, 39:58 judgments, statutes which I command you today, 40:01 lest when you are eaten and full." 40:05 This is 8:12, 40:08 "Lest when you have eaten and are full, 40:11 and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them, 40:14 when your herds and your flocks multiply, 40:16 your silver and your gold are multiplied, 40:18 and all that you have is multiplied. 40:22 When your heart," verse 14 said, "is lifted up, 40:26 and you become prideful, 40:28 you forget the Lord your God." 40:30 You quit taking action according to His covenant. 40:33 You quit walking in His ways. 40:37 "You forget the Lord your God, 40:38 who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, 40:40 from the house of bondage." 40:42 God was the deliverer. 40:43 He was the redeemer, He brought him out. 40:45 "Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness." 40:48 He guided them in such a protective way. 40:52 He said, this wilderness 40:53 which were fiery serpents and scorpions 40:55 and thirsty land where there was no water." 40:58 God was their provider. 41:00 He says, "He brought you water out of the flinty rock, 41:02 He fed you in the wilderness with manna, 41:04 which your fathers did not know." 41:07 And what is the purpose? 41:09 Why was God doing all of this 41:11 so that He might humble you, and test you. 41:17 Now, hang on just a second, 41:19 what he is saying 41:20 is all of this wilderness wandering 41:24 was to teach the people to depend upon God. 41:29 See, as long as they were in the wilderness, 41:32 every day, they were, 41:35 they had a divine awareness of His presence. 41:37 From cloud there was the fire. 41:39 Yeah. 41:41 They were depending upon God for their very existence. 41:45 So you can believe me, 41:47 while they were in the wilderness wanderings. 41:49 You bet, they remembered God. 41:52 But he's saying here, 41:56 don't forget is not a loss of memory. 42:02 It's a loss of action. 42:05 You know, when He says that people forgot My covenant. 42:08 It's not like that He didn't say, 42:09 oh, yeah, He did that. 42:11 No, they just quit acting on it. 42:13 And they started serving the Baals. 42:15 And you, if we forget God's blessings, 42:18 it can lead us to a lack of obedience. 42:21 You know, Jesus said, Luke 6:46, 42:25 "Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord, ' 42:29 but you don't do what I say?'" 42:33 The wilderness test was to teach them 42:36 reliance on God, 42:39 and so that they would learn to walk in obedience. 42:43 And then all the rest of the nations would see, 42:47 look at what their God does for them. 42:49 Deuteronomy 8:18. 42:51 He says, "You shall remember the Lord your God, 42:55 for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, 42:58 that He may establish the covenant 43:00 which He swore to your fathers, 43:01 as it is this day." 43:03 Remember His covenant promises, His activities in the world, 43:07 His warnings, remember, take action 43:10 in recognizing the gracious hand of God. 43:13 I'll tell you what. 43:15 It's praise, as you said. 43:18 You don't pray, half of my prayers is praise, 43:21 thanking God for all the blessings daily. 43:24 And then it's to walk in covenant loyalty, obedience. 43:29 Now, I have to say this, 43:32 there is deceitfulness in riches. 43:35 Jesus said in Matthew 13:22, 43:38 that the seed that was sown among thorns, 43:41 he said, that's the one who hears the word, 43:43 but the cares the world, 43:45 the pleasure that like the glamour, 43:47 that a deceitfulness of riches choking, 43:50 suffocate the Word of God 43:52 right out of them, and it yields no fruit." 43:55 There can be danger in wealth and ease. 43:59 We forget to rely on God, we become self sufficient. 44:04 And when riches in this life are your goal, 44:08 guess what? 44:09 There's never enough. 44:11 Rich people always want more. 44:13 If that's your goal in life, and you know what? 44:15 Riches can be a really harsh taskmaster, 44:19 the more you have, the more time you have to spend 44:22 managing what you have. 44:24 They don't, riches don't buy happiness. 44:27 They won't even buy security, really, 44:29 because riches can be lost overnight. 44:32 So Jesus said in Matthew 6:24, 44:35 "You can't serve both God and money. 44:38 You can't serve two masters." 44:41 And Paul wrote to Timothy, said, 44:43 "If you desire to be rich, 44:45 you're gonna fall into temptation." 44:48 And he says, "The love of money is the root of all evil." 44:51 Money, wealth, prosperity is a gift from God. 44:55 But the love of money causes us 44:58 to pursue gold instead of pursuing God." 45:01 Amen. 45:03 Amen. 45:04 Thank you all so much incredible study. 45:06 Remember my lesson Thursday, and my name is Jill Morikone. 45:10 My lesson Thursday is Remember 45:14 That You Were a Slave. 45:15 Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. 45:20 Think about Rahab was a harlot, 45:22 yet she became a forerunner of the Messiah. 45:25 Saul was a murderer, his name was changed to Paul, 45:28 and he became the apostle to the Gentiles. 45:31 Ruth was a Moabites, a heathen, 45:34 yet she became part of the nation of Israel, 45:37 and through her seed Messiah came. 45:41 Peter swore, David lusted, 45:44 Tamar prostituted, Jonah ran, Paul murdered, 45:49 and yet God used each of these in ministry 45:53 as His children to proclaim His gospel. 45:57 When we look at remember that you were a slave. 46:00 A few lessons ago, I had the same lesson, 46:03 remember that you were a slave. 46:04 And I told you if you watch that lesson, 46:07 I told you I like why questions. 46:09 In that particular lesson, we looked at 46:11 why they were brought out of Egypt. 46:14 This lesson we're going to look at 46:15 why questions again, 46:17 but this will be why do we forget? 46:20 Deuteronomy 5, 46:21 remember, this is the heart of the Ten Commandments, 46:24 Fourth Commandment there, 46:25 the re-giving of the commandments. 46:27 Deuteronomy 5:15. 46:28 We've quoted this many times this quarter so far. 46:31 "Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, 46:34 and the Lord your God brought you out 46:35 from there by a mighty hand, 46:36 by an outstretched arm, 46:38 therefore the Lord your God commanded you 46:40 to keep the Sabbath day." 46:43 Why do we forget? 46:44 Remember that you were a slave? 46:46 Yeah. 46:47 Why do we forget that? 46:48 Why do we forget where we came from? 46:51 I would submit to you there's four reasons we forget. 46:55 The first reason is found in Deuteronomy 6. 46:57 Turn over to Deuteronomy Chapter 6, 46:59 we're going to verse 12. 47:00 The context of this, 47:02 this is God bringing the Israelites 47:04 to the Promised Land. 47:06 And Moses is telling the people and says, 47:08 "When God brings you to the Promised Land, 47:11 to cities that you didn't build, 47:13 to beautifully decorated houses that you didn't decorate, 47:16 to wells that you didn't dig, 47:19 to vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, 47:22 when you've eaten and are full." 47:24 Then we read verse 12, what happens. 47:26 When you've eaten and are full, 47:27 and you're in this beautiful land 47:29 that God brought you to. 47:30 "Then beware, lest you forget 47:34 the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 47:37 from the house of bondage?" 47:39 Why do we forget? 47:41 We forget God when life is easy. 47:44 When it's easy, we tend to forget God. 47:47 Never rest content with what you've been given. 47:50 Never think I've arrived. 47:53 Philippians 3, I love this passage. 47:55 Philippians 3:13-14, Paul speaking, 47:58 he says, "Brethren, I do not count myself 48:00 to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, 48:04 forgetting those things which are behind 48:06 and reaching forward to those which are before, 48:09 I press toward the goal 48:11 for the prize of the upward call of God 48:14 in Christ Jesus." 48:15 In the context, we're looking specifically 48:17 at forgetting the good that you think you've done. 48:21 But also we can forget the bad that we've endured. 48:23 We forget the defeats and the victories. 48:25 We only remember what He has done. 48:28 So be careful when life is easy, 48:32 that you do not forget where God has brought you. 48:35 Takeaway number two, 48:37 we're going to Deuteronomy 15:15. 48:41 Deuteronomy 15:15. 48:42 This is the second reason why we forget. 48:46 Now the context of this is, 48:48 of course, owning slaves or servants. 48:52 Now, the regulation, the commandment, 48:56 though, whatever the word is the... 48:58 Statute. 48:59 Statute, whatever, that they had, 49:02 if they owned a slave, 49:03 if they owned a Hebrew man or woman for six years, 49:06 what happened on the seventh year, 49:07 they set them free. 49:10 And the Word of God said, 49:11 "Do not send them empty, 49:14 supply them with whatever the Lord 49:16 has blessed you with." 49:18 Now we come to verse 15. 49:21 "You shall remember 49:22 that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, 49:24 and the Lord your God redeemed you, 49:27 therefore I command you this thing today." 49:32 We forget God when we think 49:34 we're better than other people. 49:37 That is what was happening in this context. 49:39 They forgot that they used to be slaves. 49:41 And then when they're seeking 49:43 to set a slave or a servant free, 49:45 they don't even give them any blessings 49:48 or give them anything when they set them free. 49:50 They forgot where they came from. 49:52 We forget God 49:54 when we think we are better than other people. 49:57 The same thing we see in Deuteronomy 24. 50:00 This is same concept we forget God 50:02 when we think we're better than other people. 50:03 Deuteronomy 24:17-18, 50:07 "You shall not pervert justice 50:09 to the stranger or the fatherless, 50:11 nor take a widow's garment as a pledge." 50:13 Why? 50:15 "Because you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, 50:18 and the Lord your God redeemed you from there, 50:20 therefore I command you to do this thing." 50:24 2 Corinthians, Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:12, 50:27 "We dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves 50:29 with those who commend themselves. 50:32 But they, measuring themselves by themselves, 50:34 and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise." 50:39 It's a dangerous thing 50:40 when we start looking around at other people. 50:42 It's a dangerous thing when we start thinking 50:44 I'm spiritually superior, 50:46 or spiritually even on the same plane 50:48 with another person. 50:50 It's a dangerous thing 50:51 when we forget where God brought us from, 50:54 and the pit of hell where we came from. 50:58 Let's look at the next verse, Deuteronomy 16:3. 51:02 This is the third reason why we forget. 51:06 Now this is in the context of observing the Passover, 51:09 on the yearly basis. 51:11 Deuteronomy 16:3, 51:12 "You shall eat no leavened bread with it, 51:17 seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, 51:19 that is, the bread of affliction, 51:21 for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste, 51:23 that you may remember the day 51:25 in which you came out of the land of Egypt 51:28 all the days of your life." 51:31 Why do we forget? 51:32 We forget God when life becomes busy, 51:36 and we need constant reminders of where we came from. 51:40 The Passover was a constant, every time they celebrated it, 51:44 it reminded them 51:45 that God delivered them from Egypt, 51:47 that God redeemed them. 51:48 You know, sometimes this is telling myself, 51:51 but when one of my friend's birthday comes up, 51:55 it reminds me how blessed I am to have them 51:57 in their life, in my life. 51:59 Sometimes I get busy, 52:01 and maybe I take people for granted. 52:03 You forget how much people mean to you, 52:05 you forget to express that 52:07 and when their birthday comes up, 52:09 or a special celebration, 52:10 I'm reminded of that friendship. 52:14 So we need to have reminders of where we came from. 52:18 And the Sabbath is a weekly reminder 52:20 that we were redeemed from the land of Egypt. 52:23 Reminder number four, why? 52:27 Why do we forget? 52:28 Here's reason number four, we're going to Ephesians. 52:30 Pastor James was in Ephesians 2, 52:31 we're going there. 52:33 We're going to pick up verse 8, I think he finished in verse 7. 52:35 So we're going to pick up in verse 8, 52:36 we've read this before, 52:38 "By grace you have been saved through faith, 52:40 and that not of yourselves, it's the gift of God, 52:43 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 52:45 For we are His workmanship, 52:46 created in Christ Jesus for good works, 52:48 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." 52:51 Now we're going to keep reading. 52:53 "Therefore remember that you, 52:57 once Gentiles in the flesh, 53:00 who are called Uncircumcision 53:02 by what is called the Circumcision 53:04 made in the flesh by hands, 53:06 that at that time you were without Christ, 53:09 being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel 53:12 and strangers from the covenant of promise, 53:15 having no hope and without God in the world." 53:19 Verse 13, "But now in Christ Jesus 53:22 you who once were far off 53:25 have been brought near by the blood of Christ." 53:28 We forget God, 53:29 when we forget where we came from. 53:31 Now this, of course, is referring to Gentiles, 53:34 but they forgot where they came from. 53:35 They forgot 53:37 that they were not children of the promise 53:38 that they were not God's people, 53:40 and they forgot where they came from. 53:42 We forget God, 53:43 when we forget where we came from. 53:45 Yes. 53:46 Where did you come from? 53:47 I don't know about you, 53:49 but I came from a place steeped in sin, 53:50 a place of addiction and God reached down 53:52 and said, I can deliver you. 53:55 So do not forget where God has brought you from. 53:59 And how do we remember? 54:00 We remember by looking to Jesus, 54:03 more than we look to other people. 54:05 Amen. 54:06 2 Corinthians 3:18, "We all with opened face, 54:09 beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, 54:11 are being transformed into the same image 54:14 from glory to glory." 54:15 So we remember by looking to Jesus 54:18 more than we look around us to other people. 54:20 We remember by thinking about others 54:24 more than we think about ourselves. 54:26 Philippians Chapter 2, that incredible passage about 54:29 not doing anything through selfish ambition or conceit, 54:31 but esteeming other people 54:34 as better than ourselves. 54:36 And finally, we remember 54:38 by remembering what He's done for us, 54:40 instead of spending our time 54:42 focused and worrying on the future. 54:44 We remember how He's led us in the past 54:47 that gives us hope and confidence, 54:50 knowing that He will be with us in the future. 54:53 Psalm 103:2, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, 54:57 and do not forget all His benefits." 55:00 So remember what God has done for you, 55:02 His promises, His death and resurrection, 55:05 His soon return and His mercy 55:07 and unfailing love and deliverance. 55:09 Amen. Praise the Lord. 55:11 Oh, so I'm gonna encourage those of you at home. 55:14 Remember, do not forget what's been said here 55:17 and all the notes that you've been taking down, 55:19 so you can go back 55:21 and study a little more on this. 55:22 You're going to be just blessed again and again. 55:24 We're gonna have some thoughts here just, 55:26 you know, a couple minutes here. 55:27 So, Brother James, what do you have? 55:29 Concerning the days that are passed, 55:30 Remember that the gospel and the law are together. 55:33 Remember that our past, 55:35 our failures magnify God's goodness and grace 55:38 and delivering us from that past. 55:39 Amen. 55:41 That's right. Good. 55:42 Take heed, lest you forget. 55:43 Jeremiah 29:12-13. 55:45 I love the promises here. 55:47 "Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, 55:50 and I will listen to you. 55:51 And you will seek Me and find Me, 55:53 when you search for Me with all your heart." 55:56 Oh, there it is. 55:57 My thought is that when you're eating full, 55:59 it reminds me of the Laodicean Church 56:01 that ways, oh, we are rich and in need of nothing. 56:05 And when really Christ tells them, 56:07 hey, you are wretched, 56:09 you are miserable, you are poor, 56:11 you're blind, you're naked. 56:13 Remember, that we always need God, 56:17 never become self-sufficient. 56:19 Amen. 56:20 Thursday, we talked about remember that you were a slave, 56:23 remember where you came from. 56:24 Don't forget where God brought you from 56:27 and don't forget whose you are. 56:30 That's who you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. 56:32 Amen. Amen. 56:34 Today another just lesson 56:36 that's just indelibly on my heart and in my mind, 56:39 I want to keep it there. 56:40 And I pray that you do too. 56:42 You know, remember, do not forget, 56:43 we're remembering the rainbow, 56:44 we did concerning the days that our pastor went down. 56:47 Take heed lest, you forget, 56:49 eaten and full and remember you were slave. 56:51 We can just remember those things. 56:53 And the things that were said 56:54 it will be a real blessing to us. 56:55 I know in the coming days and months that lie ahead. 56:58 Again, we're glad that you have joined us today. 57:00 You stayed right with us. 57:01 I know that the Holy Spirit did some wonderful things. 57:03 I want to just read a quick thing here 57:04 in Patriarchs and Prophets 106. 57:06 It says, "It was God's purpose," 57:08 notice this, "that as the children 57:09 after the generation should ask the meaning of the glorious, 57:13 glorious arch that spans the heaven, 57:16 their parents should repeat the story of the flood, 57:18 and I will test it, 57:19 and it will testify of divine love." 57:22 We need that, we need a testimony, right? 57:23 When He's something written in the heavens. 57:25 Praise God for that. 57:26 I want to make sure and just join us next week. 57:28 We're going to talk about Deuteronomy 57:30 in the later writings. 57:31 Now I know you don't want to miss that, 57:32 gonna be lesson number 11. 57:34 So be prepared for that. God bless you. 57:35 We love you and we'll see you next time. 57:37 Amen. |
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