More Than a Feeling
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
1. Background
• restatement of Ten Commandments (5:1-21) and summary of Law giving (5:22-33)
• right response to the LORD’S sovereign care
• right response to the LORD’S sovereign care
2. Fearing 1-3
• purpose of instruction: that you may do…
• that you may fear…by keeping (Psa. 111:10, 1 Jn. 5:3)
• hearing and doing
• contingency to consider (Ex. 3:7-8)
• that you may fear…by keeping (Psa. 111:10, 1 Jn. 5:3)
• hearing and doing
• contingency to consider (Ex. 3:7-8)
3. Treasuring 4-5
• passion expressed in the shema
• foundational fidelity to the only One to be worshiped (4:35, 39; Ex. 20:5)
• heart, soul and might: totality of being
• stress on the LORD’S unity and uniqueness
• foundational fidelity to the only One to be worshiped (4:35, 39; Ex. 20:5)
• heart, soul and might: totality of being
• stress on the LORD’S unity and uniqueness
4. Transmitting 6-9
• “words” as the “bridge” between love and obedience
• total “immersion”
• establishment and elimination (Psa. 119:165)
• repeated reminders
• total “immersion”
• establishment and elimination (Psa. 119:165)
• repeated reminders
5. So What?
• Because you transmit what you treasure, treasure the LORD supremely.
• connections to Christ: Jn. 10:30, 14:31
• “May the Living God, who is the portion and rest of the saints, make these our carnal minds so spiritual, and our earthly hearts so heavenly, that loving Him and delighting in Him may be the work of our lives.” (R. Baxter)
• connections to Christ: Jn. 10:30, 14:31
• “May the Living God, who is the portion and rest of the saints, make these our carnal minds so spiritual, and our earthly hearts so heavenly, that loving Him and delighting in Him may be the work of our lives.” (R. Baxter)