THE AUDITORIUM SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

OCTOBER 17TH, 2004

DEUTERONOMY 29

CLAIMING WHAT YOU KNOW

 

 

 

 

I.                   God based His promises on a covenant between Himself and the people.

 

A.         A covenant is a conditional promise between two parties:

 

1.      In this case, people are obligated to keep God’s commandments in order to inherit the Promised Land (9).

 

-          They will be established as the people of God  (13).

-          They will be established as the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob  (13).

 

 2.     God obligates Himself to bless the people, or to curse them, in accordance with their obedience  

          to His commandments  (25).

 

B.         The Children of Israel are being reminded that they are heirs to God’s promises, and protected by a covenant made to their fathers, and that applies to future generations  (22).

 

II.                An explanation of the 40 year wandering is given in verse 4:

 

A.         They were unable to perceive (instinctively understand).

 

B.         They were unable to see what they were seeing.

 

C.         They were unable to hear what they heard.

 

III.             In verses 5-6, we have a practical example of Philippians 4:19.

 

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

 

A.         Children of God can see their needs met as they look back on the promises of God  (5).

 

B.         The goal of God in supplying the needs of His children is a deeper knowledge of Himself  to be revealed  (6).

 

-     Knowing God more deeply is the closest that we can come to touching God, or seeing God, or hearing God’s voice.

 

IV.              If the Children of Israel turn their backs on God they will force God to keep that part of the covenant dealing with disobedience  (20-21 and 25).

 

A.         Future generations will see God’s hand upon His children  (22).

 

B.         Other nations will see God’s hand upon His children  (24-25).

 

C.         God will do what He says He will do in His Word  (27-28).

 

-     In a sense, we could say that God lives according to the Bible.

 

V.                 God has reserved certain secrets for Himself, and has chosen to reveal other secrets to us  (29).

 

A.         You may claim what you know, and trust God for what you do not know.

 

1.   Some things belong only to God and were not meant for us.

2.   Some things belong to us and God has given them to us.

3.   Some things belong to us but are still reserved until the time of God’s choosing

 

-       see I Peter 1:4

 

 B.     Our children will be effected by how we handle the revealed truths of God’s Word   (29).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION: PLEASE READ DEUTERONOMY 30 FOR NEXT SUNDAY.