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A. God’s work of building humility in Israel during the wilderness wanderings. 1. ( Deuteronomy 8:1-2) God humbled and tested Israel. Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers.
1. Be careful to obey the whole commandment – The theme of Deuteronomy is obedience. It is repeated over and over throughout the book. God gave His law. The people were to obey it. It is stressed that they are to obey the “whole” commandment. Sometimes we like to pick and choose.
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Deuteronomy Chapter 8 Summary. Deuteronomy 8 begins with Moses reminding Israel to (you guessed it), do all the commandments God commanded them to do. They were to remember how God humbled them in the wilderness those 40 years to prove them and see what was in their heart. God proved them to see if they would keep the commandments or not.
To prompt obedience to God. “Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments,” etc. ( Deuteronomy 8:6 ). Without a sense of obligation there can be no real obedience. “Those who forget God’s works,” says Spurgeon, “are sure to fail in their own.” “Thanksgiving is good,” observes Matthew Henry, “but thanksliving is better.”.
- (1-2) God Humbled and Tested Israel.
- (3-5) God’s Education of Israel in The Wilderness.
- (6-10) Blessings in The Land For Israel.
Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether...
So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. You should know...
Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a la...
Chapter 8. And all the commandments which I command thee this day you shall observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land. And thou shalt remember all the way the LORD thy God led thee for these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep ...
Deuteronomy 8. Moses had charged parents in teaching their children to whet the word of God upon them ( ch. 6 7) by frequent repetition of the same things over and over again; and here he himself takes the same method of instructing the Israelites as his children, frequently inculcating the same precepts and cautions, with the same motives or ...
