Sunday Night Bible Study - Deut. 7:6-11

Good evening and welcome to Sunday night Bible study with Pastor Josiah Shipley at Witten Baptist Church.

We're still in between Series for Sunday night Bible study.

We finished our series on the book of Revelation a few weeks ago Which I'm glad last week we spoke on Ephesians 1 11

We're going to start a series very soon on Some of the feasts and festivals mentioned in the

Bible particularly in the New Testament so that you can know what those are Right now on Sunday night in the in -person

Bible study, we're doing some studies on textual criticism It suited better for in -person

Bible studies But if people want to need to hear it we might do some online also

But for the time being until we start our study on the feasts of the Bible I want to do a short video on a passage in Deuteronomy 7 so This is

Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11 This is one worth

Reading over and over church. So listen Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11.

This is God speaking to his people Israel For you are a people holy to the

Lord your God Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasure possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth

It is not because you were more number Than the other people that Yahweh has said his love on you and chose you for you are the fewest of all people

But it's because the Lord loves you and is keeping it over you swore to your fathers But the

Lord has brought you out with the mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt Know therefore that Yahweh your

God is God The faithful God who keeps his covenant and steadfast love with those who love them and keep his commandments to a thousand generations

He repays those who Repays to their face those who hate him by destroying him.

He will not slack with one who hates him He will repay him to his face You shall therefore be careful to do the commandment the statutes and the rules that I command you today

Just a few things real quickly. We could go into a lot of things. This is after after God has given the people the

Ten Commandments This is the book of Deuteronomy the last book of Moses and I want you to listen very carefully to why

God loves his people. Why does God love his people? Your people holy to the

Lord remember Lord in all caps means the personal name Yahweh or Jehovah is used your people for his treasured possession

Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth It's not because you were more number that the Lord set his love on you and chose you

Because you're actually the fewest of people but it's because the Lord loves you so that again

Why does God love you Verse 8 because he loves you.

That's Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11. I want you to think about that of his people Israel in this passage his people and That would be we are his people if you're a born -again believer in the

Son of God Trust in Jesus Christ. You are one of God's children. You're one of his people a

Holy people a peculiar nation as Peter calls us Royal priesthood it wasn't anything in Israel wasn't that hurt their military size wasn't the type of people because they were nothing and nobody

The reason God loves them is because he loves Church believer

Son of God The reason God loves you is because he loves you If you are a parent think of your child and you will understand this at least to the

Smallest of an intimate degree of how much God loves you because it can't compare I didn't start loving

Ava when she started loving me or Naomi because in one sense, they still don't kind of I Actually loved them before they were ever born before they had ever done anything right or wrong

Before they had made me happy or disappointed me. I already loved them God loves you because he loves you and according to 1st

John The only reason you love him is because he first loved you God loves you because he loves you now

How do you show that love to him? it's not through singing the song or getting emotional or praying six times a day and crying while you do it or Raising your hands in your worship or anything.

Not those things are wrong. My point is that's not how you show God love What does it say right here? You show him love verse 9 by keeping his

Commandments those who love him and keep his commandments. Jesus himself said if you love me, you'll keep my commandments.

I Tell Ava this all the time You show I tell her you show me you love me my baby.

You show God you love him by obeying him guys Obedience is what

God desires First Samuel 15 22 to obey is better than sacrifice better than any religious pomp or service to obeying

Obeying God is how you show him you love him. He loves you because he loves you You show that you love him by obeying him.

Do not forget that that's what the Word of God says Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11 read it read it.