Deuteronomy 5:22-33  (HCSB)The People’s Response22 “The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. 23 All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing...  Read More

Our Relationship With God is Defined by LoveDeuteronomy 5:1-21  (HCSB)The Ten Commandments5 Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am proclaiming as you hear them today. Learn and follow them carefully. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here to...  Read More

REMEMBERApply The TextWe are to obey God’s commands.We are to value and seek the wisdom that comes from the Lord.We can rejoice that God has called us to be His people.What makes worship, worship? What makes worship meaningful to you? What hinders your worship? What can you do to help eliminate those hindrances? Be ready to discuss your thoughts with your Bible study group.If God’s Word gives us w...  Read More

What does it look like to live a lifestyle of obedience to God? Who is our sense of authority? Who are we choosing to submit to?Where are you placing your trust?What is your true passion? How are you spending your personal time?...  Read More

Deuteronomy 4:32-40  (HCSB)32 “Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? 33 Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived? 34 Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his ...  Read More

Deuteronomy 4:25-31  (HCSB)25 “When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, provoking Him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess....  Read More

Deuteronomy 4:15-24  (HCSB)Worshiping the True God15 “For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb— 16 not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form, 17 or the form of any beast on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky, 18 any creature that c...  Read More

Deuteronomy 4:9-14  (HCSB)9 “Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren. 10 The day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before Me, and I will let them hear My words, ...  Read More

Recalling God’s Past Faithfulness Leads us to Worship HimDeuteronomy 4:1-8  (HCSB)Call to Obedience4 “Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the com...  Read More

INSTRUCTIONS GIVENApply The TextFollowing God often requires believers to remove potential distractions.Believers can expect to encounter challenges while following God.We can trust God to keep His promises.What promises have you seen God fulfill in your life? How does reflecting on those promises increase your faith? Be willing to share your thoughts with your Bible study group.Examine your life ...  Read More

 Israel did not do a complete job of driving out the Promised Land inhabitants. In Numbers 33:55-56, God told them that would be a problem. In what way did this affect Israel then? How is it still affecting them today? If they had completely obeyed, what would be different then/now?We don’t live under the same societal structure that Israel did in the Old Testament. God provided for both justice a...  Read More

Numbers 35:16-34  (HCSB)16 “If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 17 If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death. 18 If a man has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murd...  Read More