(#854, Imperial, 1960, 1968)
Read Deuteronomy 8:1-20.
Memorial day is
a day of remembrance. In our text there
are things God instructs us not to forget.
The root of the world's distress today is that they have forgotten
God. Let us see which things we are
"to mark".
ƒ Remember
the past in relation to God. 3 things to
remember:
1. God's
deliverance, v14. Israel's history started when they were
delivered from Egypt. In our backward look we must see everything
in relation to our deliverance when God freed us from the bondage of sin.
2. All
the way which God led them, vs.2-15. God
led them through that great, terrible wilderness. We are passing through a wilderness. As we remember God's leading in the past we
are encouraged to trust Him for the future.
3. God's
provision in the wilderness, v16. Israel had been
supplied with the necessities: raiment (v4), water (v15), bread (v16). We may look back and say the same.
ƒ Remember
the lessons taught. The purpose is
3-fold...
4. "That
He might humble thee" (vs.3-16).
Pride is the most ghastly of all human failures. Pride foreshadows ruin. All of God's methods are toward humbling that
He might free us from all He hates, at the root of which is pride.
5. "To
prove thee and to know what was in thine heart" (v2). God wants us to find
out what we are in ourselves. Evil,
rebellion, blasphemy, cowardice, dishonesty, impurity, greed: all these may be
hidden beneath the surface. God will
lead us into places where they will be revealed.
6. "That
we might know that man doth not live by bread alone but by every word of
God" (v3). God wants to show us how
completely we are shut up to Him.
ƒ Remember
that we might look forward (vs.7-9).
Remember God's promises for the future.
We remember that we might be aware of the perils of the future, such
as...
7. The
peril of self-satisfaction.
8. The
peril of self-glorification.
9. The
peril of self-righteousness.
Forgetting God is a serious matter (vs.19-20).
Mark all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee.
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