Skill: Word study of the words “obey”, “fear”, “hear”,
“being careful” and “heart”.
Deuteronomy 6
These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
1) Why
were the Israelites asked to obey the commands of God? (Background: Before this
point the Israelites were not a nation. When they entered the promise land,
they had to learn to live together and govern themselves. Many of these
promises were for building a strong foundation for growing a nation). If you
built a city online, in Sims or Minecraft would you put in perimeters on how
people can behave, why and what would you put in?
2) What
do you think fear means? In Hebrew: Shema. Do you see that God needs to be
constantly appeased so that he is not angry with us?
3) What
do you think hearing is important? Why do think the Israelities had to hear the
Shema so often? Do you regularly listen to anything as often? What and why?
4) What
are we asked to be careful about? How do we go about being careful? Give
examples.
5) What
does it mean to love God with heart, soul and strength? In Hebrew the heart is http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/heart/.
6) How do
you stay connected to God?
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