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June 9 - Deuteronomy 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's a new week.
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  It's Monday, it's the 9th of June.
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  And I'm glad to have your company.
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  Thank you for inviting me in. Thank you for saying, come on
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  Sean, let's crack open that Bible together and read some
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  more of God's word. And today we begin.
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  You've heard of a dialogue right?
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  Where two people are talking. Does that.
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  Mean that when it's three people, it's a trilogue.
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  Well, that just sounds like you want to give a log a try, but.
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  If we go all the way up to 10, that is what this next part of
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  the book of Deuteronomy is called.
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  It's called a Decalogue where Moses begins the speech which is
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  going to cover the vast majority of the rest of Deuteronomy as he
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  pulls apart the 10 commandments and what they look like living
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  that way, following the spirit of that commandment to shape our
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  lives. Not just saying this is a rule,
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  but saying this is a way of life and this is something that we
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  now believe, or this is a, a promise that you can make to God
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  in the way that you choose to live.
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  And so today Moses gives a sweeping overview of all ten of
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  those commandments. And then the rest of the week,
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  we're actually going to hone in on the 1st commandment, which is
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  about having no other gods beside our God.
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  How fantastic. You ready to dive in with me,
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  you Ripper? Let's do it.
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  Let's read together. Deuteronomy chapter 5.
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  Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, listen
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  carefully, Israel. Hear the decrees and regulations
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  I'm giving you today so you may learn them and obey them.
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  The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai.
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  The Lord did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but
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  with all of us who are alive today.
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  At the mountain. The Lord spoke to you face to
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  face from the heart of the fire. I stood as an intermediary
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  between you and the Lord, for you were afraid of the fire and
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  did not want to approach the mountain.
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  He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you.
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  This is what he said. I am the Lord your God, who
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  rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your
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  slavery. You must not have any other God
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  but me. You must not make for yourself
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  an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on
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  the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or
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  worship them. For I, the Lord your God, am a
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  jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any
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  other gods. I lay the sins of the parents
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  upon their children. The entire family is affected,
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  even children in the 3rd and 4th generations of those who reject
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  Me. But I will lavish unfailing love
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  for 1000 generations on those who love Me and obey My
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  commands. You must not misuse the name of
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  the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go
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  unpunished if you misuse His name.
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  Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord
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  your God has commanded you. You have 6 days each week for
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  your ordinary work, but the 7th day is a Sabbath day of rest
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  dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day, no one in your
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  household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and
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  daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys
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  and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you.
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  All your male and female servants must rest as you do.
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  Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the Lord
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  your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful
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  arm. That is why the Lord your God
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  has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.
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  Honour your father and mother as the Lord your God commanded you.
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  Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your
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  God is giving you. You must not murder.
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  You must not commit adultery. You must not steal.
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  You must not testify falsely against your neighbour.
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  You must not covet your neighbour's wife.
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  You must not covet your neighbour's house or land, male
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  or female, servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that
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  belongs to your neighbour. The Lord spoke these words to
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  all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain.
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  He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire,
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  surrounded by clouds and deep darkness.
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  This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on
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  2 stone tablets and gave them to me.
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  But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness,
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  while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal
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  leaders and elders came to me. They said, look, the Lord our
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  God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His
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  voice from the heart of the fire.
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  Today. We have seen that God can speak
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  to us humans and yet we live. But now why should we risk death
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  again? If the Lord our God speaks to us
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  again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome
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  fire. Can any living thing hear the
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  voice of the living God from the heart of the fire as we did and
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  yet survive? Go yourself and listen to what
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  the Lord our God says. Then come and tell us everything
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  He tells you and we will listen and obey.
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  The Lord heard the request you made to me and He said, I've
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  heard what the people said to you and they are right.
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  Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they
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  might fear me and obey all my commands.
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  If they did, they and their descendants would prosper
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  forever. Go and tell them.
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  Return to your tents. But you stand here with me so I
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  can give you all my commands, decrees, and regulations.
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  You must teach them to the people so they can obey them in
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  the land I'm giving them as their possession.
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  So Moses told the people, you must be careful to obey all the
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  commands of the Lord your God, following His instructions in
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  every detail. Stay on the path that the Lord
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  your God has commanded you to follow.
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  Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you
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  are about to enter and occupy. Our Lord, we hear in this
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  reading that you are indeed the most powerful of all, and that
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  it's even a remarkable thing for us just to hear your voice and
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  survive it. Because then your voice is such
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  raw power that it's enough to end the life of a human, A mere
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  human who might be foolish enough to think they can listen
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  to your words. Ah, but Lord, you find a way to
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  communicate your truth with us. And Jesus, you are truth, and
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  You brought that truth to us in a way that we can understand.
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  Thank You that you, the awesome and creative God, have found a
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  way to come to us and speak with us and even give us your Spirit
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  to dwell in US so that your voice is just a natural part of
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  our internal workings. Spirit, may your voice always be
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  elevated, elevated to a place above all others, so that you
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  can reign supreme not only in the broad cosmos, but also in
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  our hearts and in our lives. So we commit ourselves to you,
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  our awesome, mighty and incredible God who dwells here
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  so close to us, and we pray all of this in the saving name of
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  Jesus, Amen.