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John 20:30-31
Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in
the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but
these have been written so that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing you may havelife in His name.
Some ObservationsSome Observations
• No Preface Telling Us How To Read The BookNo Preface Telling Us How To Read The Book
• Not Simply A Book of LawsNot Simply A Book of Laws
• The Bible Is "HIS STORY"The Bible Is "HIS STORY"and It Is Meant to Help Us Believeand It Is Meant to Help Us Believe
Believe = TRUSTBelieve = TRUST
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Some ObservationsSome Observations
• No Preface Telling Us How To Read The BookNo Preface Telling Us How To Read The Book
• Not Simply A Book of LawsNot Simply A Book of Laws
• The Bible Is "HIS STORY"The Bible Is "HIS STORY"and It Is Meant to Help Us Believeand It Is Meant to Help Us Believe
Believe =Believe = TRUST TRUST
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"Consider the "Consider the
Table of Contents"Table of Contents"
Deuteronomy 4:1-4
"Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. 4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you."
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
Genesis 12
1 Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; 2 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; 3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
Exodus 20-24
24:9 Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. 11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank.
2 Samuel 7:1-72 Samuel 7:1-7
Now it came about when the king lived in his Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest on house, and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2 that the king every side from all his enemies, 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains."within tent curtains." 3 Nathan said to the king, 3 Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is "Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you." with you."
2 Samuel 7:4-72 Samuel 7:4-74 But in the same night the word of the LORD 4 But in the same night the word of the LORD
came to Nathan, saying, 5 "Go and say to My came to Nathan, saying, 5 "Go and say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Are you servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? 6 For I have not dwelt in a house since the in? 6 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. 7 Wherever I in a tent, even in a tabernacle. 7 Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?"' house of cedar?"'
2 Samuel 7:4-72 Samuel 7:4-74 But in the same night the word of the LORD 4 But in the same night the word of the LORD
came to Nathan, saying, 5 "Go and say to My came to Nathan, saying, 5 "Go and say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Are you servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Are you the one who should build Me a the one who should build Me a househouse to dwell to dwell in? 6 For I have not dwelt in a in? 6 For I have not dwelt in a househouse since the since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. 7 Wherever I in a tent, even in a tabernacle. 7 Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house house of cedar?"' of cedar?"'
2 Samuel 7:8-112 Samuel 7:8-11"Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant "Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant
David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. 9 I have been to be ruler over My people Israel. 9 I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth. 10 I will also great men who are on the earth. 10 I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11 wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11 even from the day that I commanded judges to even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel;"be over My people Israel;"
2 Samuel 7:8-162 Samuel 7:8-16""…and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also ""…and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also
declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12 declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12 When your days are complete and you lie down with your When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He He shall build a shall build a househouse for My name, and I will establish the throne for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be a father to him and he will 14 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your Your househouse and your kingdom shall endure before and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'" forever."'"
Jeremiah 31:31-34Jeremiah 31:31-3431 "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will 31 "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. 33 although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. 33 "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." remember no more."
Most Mistakes Are Made When We Improvise When
God Is Silent
When We Try To Work Things Out For God
We Lack Faith
Three EssentialsThree Essentialsof Salvationof Salvation
• GRACEGRACE
• FAITHFAITH
• OBEDIENCEOBEDIENCE
Deliberating DeuteronomyDeliberating DeuteronomyChapter 6Chapter 6
4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
9 "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Consequences of the CovenantDeuteronomy 28
58 "If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the LORD your God,
59 then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses.
60 "He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you.
61 "Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring on you until you are destroyed.
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Consequences of the CovenantDeuteronomy 28
62 "Then you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the LORD your God.
63 "It shall come about that as the LORD delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the LORD will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it.
Deuteronomy 27:26
'Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Galatians 310 For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM." 11 Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." 12 However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."
Is There Anything Else WeGain From Studying The
Pentateuch?
1Corinthians 10
1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ate the same spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.
Take Note of Their Blessings!Take Note of Their Blessings!
•All DeliveredAll Delivered
•All BaptizedAll Baptized
•Same Spiritual LeaderSame Spiritual Leader
•Same Spiritual FoodSame Spiritual Food
•Same Spiritual DrinkSame Spiritual Drink
•Same Spiritual RockSame Spiritual Rock
1Corinthians5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased;
for they were laid low in the wilderness. 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY." 8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. *
1Corinthians5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-
pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY." 8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
1Corinthians5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased;
for they were laid low in the wilderness. 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY." 8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has
overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
An Outline of the BibleAn Outline of the Bible
Man Is Created & SinsMan Is Created & Sins
Jesus Is ComingJesus Is Coming
Jesus CameJesus Came
Jesus Is Coming Again!Jesus Is Coming Again!
Are You Ready ForAre You Ready ForHim To Come?Him To Come?