Sunday Night Bible Study - Deut. 7:6-11
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Sunday Night Bible Study - Deut. 7:6-11
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- Good evening and welcome to Sunday night Bible study with Pastor Josiah Shipley at Witten Baptist Church.
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- We're still in between Series for Sunday night Bible study.
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- 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
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- We're going to start a series very soon on Some of the feasts and festivals mentioned in the
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- Bible particularly in the New Testament so that you can know what those are Right now on Sunday night in the in -person
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- Bible study, we're doing some studies on textual criticism It suited better for in -person
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- Bible studies But if people want to need to hear it we might do some online also
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- 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
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- Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11 This is one worth
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- Reading over and over church. So listen Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11.
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- This is God speaking to his people Israel For you are a people holy to the
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- 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
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- 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
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- But it's because the Lord loves you and is keeping it over you swore to your fathers But the
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- 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
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- 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
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- He repays those who Repays to their face those who hate him by destroying him.
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- 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
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- Just a few things real quickly. We could go into a lot of things. This is after after God has given the people the
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- Ten Commandments This is the book of Deuteronomy the last book of Moses and I want you to listen very carefully to why
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- God loves his people. Why does God love his people? Your people holy to the
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- Lord remember Lord in all caps means the personal name Yahweh or Jehovah is used your people for his treasured possession
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- 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
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- Because you're actually the fewest of people but it's because the Lord loves you so that again
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- Why does God love you Verse 8 because he loves you.
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- 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
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- Son of God Trust in Jesus Christ. You are one of God's children. You're one of his people a
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- 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
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- The reason God loves them is because he loves Church believer
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- 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
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- Smallest of an intimate degree of how much God loves you because it can't compare I didn't start loving
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- 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
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- Before they had made me happy or disappointed me. I already loved them God loves you because he loves you and according to 1st
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- John The only reason you love him is because he first loved you God loves you because he loves you now
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- 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.
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- 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
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- Commandments those who love him and keep his commandments. Jesus himself said if you love me, you'll keep my commandments.
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- I Tell Ava this all the time You show I tell her you show me you love me my baby.
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- You show God you love him by obeying him guys Obedience is what
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- God desires First Samuel 15 22 to obey is better than sacrifice better than any religious pomp or service to obeying
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- 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.
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- Do not forget that that's what the Word of God says Deuteronomy 7 6 through 11 read it read it.