That You Might Know
Deuteronomy 4:32-40
1. Setting
• Deut. 4: hinge between preceding historical prologue and covenant stipulations of Deut. 5-26
• conclusion of Moses’s first major speech in Deuteronomy
• conclusion of Moses’s first major speech in Deuteronomy
2. Exhaustive Perspective 32
• invitation to ponder
• chronological and geographical inquiry
• references to earth and heaven
• chronological and geographical inquiry
• references to earth and heaven
3. Inestimable Privilege 33-34
• hearing God’s voice (revelation)
• extraction from Egypt (redemption)
• the LORD’S methodology detailed and His sovereignty described (mighty hand…outstretched arm)
• extraction from Egypt (redemption)
• the LORD’S methodology detailed and His sovereignty described (mighty hand…outstretched arm)
4. Explicit Purpose 35-38
• that you might know…
• hearing from heaven and discipline
• seeing on earth and deliverance
• hearing from heaven and discipline
• seeing on earth and deliverance
5. Abiding Principles 39-40
• know it: intellectual assent
• take it to heart: internal appropriation
• claim the promises of prolonged days and permanent possession
• take it to heart: internal appropriation
• claim the promises of prolonged days and permanent possession
6. So What?
• Because God is matchless in grace and power, trust Him and obey Him
• Connection to Christ: Heb. 1:1-4, Jn. 1:14 and Col. 1:13
• “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” (L. Stead)
• Connection to Christ: Heb. 1:1-4, Jn. 1:14 and Col. 1:13
• “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” (L. Stead)