Download - Remember - Part Deux
Pastor Michael J Paris
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Deut. 8:1-20
Can you identify the thief?
Jack the Ripper drawn from an eyewitness account and description
Remember This
• Deut. is Moses’ memoirs, writtendown, so that Israel would remember
• Moses knew that the people were forgetful
• So, he identified key “memory enemies”
“… you shall remember
the whole way that the
LORD your God … ”
“…lest you forget the
LORD your God…”
“…and you forget the
LORD your God…”
“You shall remember the
LORD your God…”
“… and if you forget…”
Chapter 8
All Points Bulletin
• Moses warned the Israelites against the real potential of forgetting God
– He called for “great care” against forgetting
– Failure to remember is a dangerous practice that leads to death
• Moses described the potential perils as a protection against failure
Disobedience
• Not keeping His
– commandments
– rules
– statutes
• These have been repeated again in Deut.
v.11
Arrogance
• After you have
– eaten and are full
– built good houses and moved into them
– increased your livestock
– multiplied silver & gold
– gained lots of stuff
• Lifting your heart up in pride
vv.12-14a
REMEMBER!!
• He brought you out of slavery
• He led you through the dangerous wilderness
• He gave you water from a rock
• He served you bread that was new to you
vv.14b-16a
Independence
• “My power and mighty hand have gotten me this wealth”
– arrogance and independence are “brothers”
• You would not be here except for God’s help
v.17
REMEMBER!!
• The situations that have revealed God’s goodness.
• The gifted strength & ability to get wealth.
• The covenant He has made with you.
Co-existence
• Going after other gods
– to serve them
– to worship them
• You will surely perish
• There is a track record of death for other criminals
vv.19-20
Prayers
• Help me to obey You completely without ‘loopholes’.
• Grow gratitude in me through a sticky historical mind.
• Break my independent spirit.
• Bind my wandering heart to You alone.