{"id":4879,"date":"2014-01-02T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2014-01-02T15:49:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T21:49:23","slug":"deuteronomy-in-34-thoughts-on-the-fifth-book-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=4879","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy in 34: Thoughts on the fifth book of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Deuteronomy<\/h1>\n<p>I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/genesis-in-50-thoughts-on-the-first-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/exodus-in-40-thoughts-on-the-second-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-R4\" target=\"_blank\">Leviticus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/numbers-in-36-thoughts-on-the-fourth-book-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deut1 Despite what we know and have experienced, we still often fail to trust the wisdom and goodness of\u00a0God (Deut1\/Ps119:68\/Matt14:22ff)<\/li>\n<li>Deut2 Seeing God\u2019s works hardens some hearts and softens others (Deut2\/Exod7\/Josh2\/John11)<\/li>\n<li>Deut3 The LORD fights for his people, even against the greatest enemy (Deut3\/John11\/1Cor15)<\/li>\n<li>Deut4 Unlike any other god, our God is near. So Listen and Do that you might experience Life (Deut4\/Exod40\/John1\/John15)<\/li>\n<li>Deut5 The living God is glorious, full of greatness, and fearful. When we remember that, we obey and have life (Deut5\/Isa48\/Mark9\/Rev4)<\/li>\n<li>Deut6 Do not put your God to the test by forgetting his goodness, his commandments, or his warnings. Love him over all (Deut6\/Matt4\/Mark12:28ff)<\/li>\n<li>Deut7 Destroy the old idols or they will destroy you (Deut7\/1Kgs11\/Luke19)<\/li>\n<li>Deut8 Don\u2019t fool yourself, you did not earn God\u2019s blessing (Deut8\/Ps67\/Eph2)<\/li>\n<li>Deut9 As a consuming fire, the LORD draws his people and destroys his enemies (Deut9\/2Thess1\/Rev20:10\/Rev21:23)<\/li>\n<li>Deut10 In order to obey, my heart has to undergo a radical change (Deut10\/Jer4:1-4\/Rom2:28-29\/Phil2:13)<\/li>\n<li>Deut11 Love God with everything and you will find peace (Deut11\/Mark12:30\/Matt11:28)<\/li>\n<li>Deut12 False gods are fickle, angry, and unsatisfied tyrants. You cannot serve the true God like you served them (Deut12\/Ezek16\/1Thess1:9-10)<\/li>\n<li>Deut13 False prophets proclaim false gods with false hope. Reject them (Deut13\/Matt24\/1John4)<\/li>\n<li>Deut14 Being adopted by the true God changes everything from how you eat to how you mourn to how you celebrate (Deut14\/John1:12\/1Pet1:13ff)<\/li>\n<li>Deut15 Open your hands wide to the poor for you have been extravagantly blessed (Deut15\/Matt6\/Eph1\/Jas2)<\/li>\n<li>Deut16 Remembering is the motivation for worship (Deut16\/Ps143\/Luke22:7ff\/1Cor11:17ff)<\/li>\n<li>Deut17 The long awaited king will not multiply wives, horses, or wealth. He will love the LORD and his Word (Deut17\/Ps1\/Matt4\/John17)<\/li>\n<li>Deut18 A prophet would come who would speak the words of God. Listen to him (Deut18\/John6:68\/John17:8)<\/li>\n<li>Deut19 Accidents, anger, planned hostility&#8230; we need a righteous Judge (Deut19\/Isa33\/Acts10:42)<\/li>\n<li>Deut20 You do not need to fear, for the LORD your God is with you (Deut20\/Ps105\/Matt8:23-27)<\/li>\n<li>Deut21 Sin makes everything complicated, but Someone\u2019s dealing with the problem (Deut21\/Luke19:10\/Heb10)<\/li>\n<li>Deut22-23 Love your neighbor as yourself (Deut22-23\/Matt22:39\/Jas2)<\/li>\n<li>Deut24 Don&#8217;t withhold from the powerless, for their God hears them. Give freely (Deut 24\/Mal3\/Jas5)<\/li>\n<li>Deut25 Hindering, harming, and cheating others is wicked because God is just (Deut25\/Ps119:137\/Rev16)<\/li>\n<li>Deut26 The Lord chose you, led you, freed you, guided you, and provided for you, and made you a people, as he promised (Deut26\/Heb11\/1Pet2)<\/li>\n<li>Deut27 A rejection of God&#8217;s laws results in judgment (Deut27\/1Cor6:9-11\/Rev21:8)<\/li>\n<li>Deut28 The God you serve determines whether blessing will follow you or cursing will pursue you (Deut28\/Ps23\/Eph1)<\/li>\n<li>Deut29 The only thing that awaits those who turn back is the fearful expectation of judgment (Deut29\/2Tim4:10\/Heb6:1-8)<\/li>\n<li>Deut30 He is life (Deut30\/Ps27\/John11)<\/li>\n<li>Deut31 He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed (Deut31\/1Chr28:20\/John14\/Heb13:5)<\/li>\n<li>Deut32 A song would remind them of their Rock and convict them of their rebellion (Deut32\/Eph5:18-21)<\/li>\n<li>Deut33 The eternal God is your dwelling place (Deut33\/Ps90\/John14\/Rev22)<\/li>\n<li>Deut34 A greater Moses would come\u2026(Deut34\/John5:43ff\/Heb3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>How has Deuteronomy challenged your own understanding of God and the Bible&#8217;s Big Story?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deuteronomy I don\u2019t consider these summaries but focus points.\u00a0The earlier books:\u00a0Genesis,\u00a0Exodus,Leviticus, Numbers Deut1 Despite what we know and have experienced, we still often fail to trust the wisdom and goodness of\u00a0God (Deut1\/Ps119:68\/Matt14:22ff) Deut2 Seeing God\u2019s works hardens some hearts and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=4879\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-1gH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4881,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions\/4881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}