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May it be said of us that God was pleased!
He gave sight to the blind, made the lame walk, healed the diseased, made the deaf hear, brought the dead back to life, and preached Good News to the poor (Matthew 11:5).
Satan, knowing that Jesus would do these things tried to stop Him! How did Jesus defeat Satan?
He defeated the devil by obeying the duties spoken of in Deuteronomy.
When Jesus was hungry, Satan tempted “tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
Matthew 4:4 (NLT)
4 But Jesus told him, “No!
The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’* ”
Satan challenged Jesus from the highest point of the Temple, “If you are the Son of God, jump off!”.
Matthew 4:7 (NLT)
7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the LORD your God.’”*
Satan then tempts Jesus with the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Matthew 4:9 (NLT)
9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
Matthew 4:10 (NLT)
10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him.
“For the Scriptures say,
‘You must worship the LORD your God
and serve only him.’*
”
Jesus knew the book of Deuteronomy because each of his responses to Satan comes from this book.
In the “second law” are our specific duties towards God and one another.
Do you know what they are called?
God brought the Israelites out of slavery—but not out of bounds.
They had freedom, but the freedom was tempered with certain clear-cut duties.
Not “The Ten Guidelines” or “The Ten Suggestions,” but “The Ten Commandments.”
Can anyone tell me these duties?
Our greatest words often come during our last days.
For example: Moses spoke the Ten Commandments during the last month of his life.
Granddad, on a hospital bed and just before passing away said to his wife with his entire family present, “I have always been faithful to you Bonnie.”
And Jesus’ last words before ascending back into Heaven were go and make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).
So that we would know our duty toward God and our duty toward our neighbor was Moses’ purpose for giving the Ten Commandments.
To always be faithful to God and one another was Granddad’s purpose for telling his wife that he had always been faithful.
And Jesus’ purpose for telling us to go and make disciples is so that the end will come (Matthew 24:14)!
Go with me in your Bibles to Deuteronomy 5 and see where Moses recalls God’s covenant that was originally given forty years previously when the Israelites fled from their Egyptian oppressors.
• And while you are doing that tell me the duties again because obeying them pleases God
Deuteronomy 5:1-6 (NLT)
Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, “Listen carefully, Israel.
Hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today, so you may learn them and obey them!
2 “The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai.* 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.
4 At the mountain the LORD spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire.
5 I stood as an intermediary between you and the LORD, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain.
He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you.
This is what he said:
6 “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
Did you see what the Lord said?
Forty years after he delivered them from slavery in Egypt he wants them to remember their “Exodus.”
When his people had first left Egypt and shortly after they crossed the Sea he gave them similar words.
Exodus 20:2 (NLT)
2 “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
Look with me once again at Deuteronomy 5:6.
God wants his people to remember that He rescued them from Egyptian captivity.
Are you with me?
I hope you are because God wants His people to remember Him as the One True God who saved them from oppression and sorrow in Egypt.
There is another image God wants His people to remember Him by, do you know what that is?
Along with Savior God want His people to remember Him as Creator, let me explain.
In Exodus God commands his people to set aside a specific day of the week for his remembrance a day called the Sabbath.
Look closely at Exodus 20:11 to see what God says about the Sabbath.
Exodus 20:11 (NLT)
11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested.
That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Pay particular attention to what God did on the seventh day—he rested from His work of creating.
Take notice what God said through Moses forty years later when recalling these same Ten Commandments.
Deuteronomy 5:15 (NLT)
15 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm.
That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.
By holding up and comparing these two events that were separated by 40 years can you see the two images of God?
In Exodus 20:11 God wants his people to remember him as Creator.
“For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.”
In Deuteronomy 5:15 God wants his people to remember him as Savior.
“Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm.”
The Sabbath is a day of rest and remembrance.
Least we abuse the Sabbath pay particular attention to Jesus’ words.
Mark 2:27 (NLT)
27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.
In Acts 20:7a—“The Lord’s Supper” or also known as “Communion” allows us to participate with Christ and one another on the Sabbath.
Here we are not spectators but participants that get to meet weekly for the purpose of remembering God as Creator, and Savior.
There is something special that happens when we obey the Sabbath as God intends.
Although God saved His people in the Sea, His ultimate image of Savior came through His Son Jesus Christ when He died for our sins!
All followers of Christ are invited to join us as we receive Holy Communion
• I came across a neat illustration recently
“After serving the cup, ask the congregation, ‘What did God just say?’ God speaks to us through our senses if we will pay attention.
Not only does the smell and the taste take us back to the upper room, it pulls us back to this place, to the church
Like it did with Abby, who is seven.
She went to the refrigerator and grabbed a juice box.
As she was about to shove the straw into the box, she noticed it was grape flavored.
That made her hesitate.
She took the juice box to her sister, handed it to her and said, ‘Here, taste this, and tell me if it tastes like church.’
What does church taste like?
For Abby, it tastes like the juice her church uses for the Lord's Supper.
Not a bad connection for her to make.
When we take the Lord's Supper, we are connecting with the body of Christ throughout all times.
It connects us with the church of yesterday and tomorrow.
It is one way we get a real taste of Church.”
Deuteronomy 5:12 (NLT)
12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
Observing the “Lord’s Supper” weekly pleases God but what happens when the Sabbath day is not observed?
What happens when we neglect our duty to God and one another?
“South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was out of touch with family and staff for several days recently, having implied that he would be hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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