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*Passing on the Essentials*
*Sunday, December 31, 2007*
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
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Subject: Passing on the Essentials
Theme: How to pass on the Essentials to our children
Proposition: ??
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OPENER:
As many of you know, Amanda & I are new parents.
I know not all of you have been able to see baby Elizabeth, so I thought I’d bless you with a few pictures.
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Maybe it’s the lack of sleep, but have you ever noticed how becoming a parent can cause insanity?
· TOYS: Last time I shared that I received all sorts of toys at our baby showers which I wouldn’t play with.
I had several folks tell me that I would.
You know what, they were right!
· SWAY: And the other day were with some friends from our small group.
Amanda was holding Elizabeth, but I’m standing there talking like this (sway and bounce).
· TALK: I carry on conversations with a little person who cannot possibly understand me.
I tell her all sorts of things she’ll never remember.
I ask questions like “Oh, did you just make a big poo-poo?”
or “Are you ready for beddy bye?” or “Why won’t you stop crying?”
Don’t laugh; you’ve done it too.
But sometimes I tell her something very important, like “you are so beautiful” or “God made you so special” or “Mommy & Daddy love you so very much.”
I don’t know when she’ll start understanding it, but it sure seems important to say it anyway b~/c
These are truths I want her to KNOW – AND NEVER FORGET.
(TRANS) How do I help Elizabeth remember these things?
How do I help her NEVER FORGET so these Essential Truths become part of her person?
With my six weeks of experience, I don’t claim to be an expert on parenting.
But I do trust that our heavenly Father knows how we should do it.
He has given us lots of instructions in the Bible on how to be good parents.
This morning we are going to examine a few verses where Moses tells the nation of Israel the ESSENTIALS they must know and never forget.
He also goes on to explain how we can pass on these ESSENTIALS to our children.
Now, those of you who are not parents, or whose children are already out of the home, don’t tune out.
Though the passage speaks of passing on the essentials to our children, the principles really apply to anyone you have relationship with.
If you’d like, you can start turning to Deut 6.
BACKGROUND:
As you are navigating there, let’s get our bearings about this book.
It’s the fifth book of the Bible, and it’s mostly just Moses’ final speech to the nation of Israel.
He’s just finished sharing with them the 10 Commandments.
He’ll go on to share many more commandments with them.
But in the middle of all this, Moses boils it all down to just a couple ESSENTIALS.
Please STAND as we read God’s word in Deut 6:4-9
*Deuteronomy 6:4-9*
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
7 Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
SIT
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Let’s unpack this verse by verse.
You can follow along, if you would like, with the sermon notes in your bulletin.
You can only pass to others what you possess.
You can’t pass along to your kids what you don’t know yourself.
Have you noticed how they learn so well by mimicking what you do?
You teach first by example, then by explanation.
If there is any hypocrisy, and contradiction between what I say and do, kids will see right thru it.
If so, which will they remember better, my words or my actions?
The best way to pass along the ESSENTIALS is to know them yourself and live them out before your kids.
So, what are these essentials I must know?
*KNOW THE ESSENTIALS*
*1) WHO IS GOD?*
(v.4) establishes the identity of the God whom they are to worship.
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*Deuteronomy 6:4*
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
Whenever you see the word LORD all in capital letters, that is not a title; it God’s actual name – Yahweh, or Jehovah.
He is not just A GOD, he is THE GOD.
He is the only true God.
He’s not one of many.
Yes, there are other so-called “gods”, but they are nothing compared to him.
He is in a class by himself.
All the commands that follow mean nothing unless they direct us toward this God.
(TRANS) Once I realize who he really is, the next logical question is “How Do I Respond to Him?”
*2) HOW DO I RESPOND TO HIM?*
That is found in v.5.
*Deuteronomy 6:5*
5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
If you want your children follow this command, the best way is for them to see Dad & Mom loving God wholeheartedly.
(ILL) I remember thru my years growing up at home that nearly every morning, if I was up early enough, I would see my dad reading his floppy paper-back Bible.
I talked to him about this later.
He didn’t think of it as a way of being an example.
But it showed me what it looks like when of a man loves God and his Word.
What does love look like?
If I told you to draw a picture of love on your bulletin, what would you draw?
If I love God, what is that going to look like to my kids or to others who see me?
(EXTRA) A good principle of Bible interpretation is to always let the New Testament direct how we understand the Old Testament.
In the NT Jesus explains the significance of this OT verse.
Look at Matthew 22:34-40 on the screens.
*Matthew 22:34-40*
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
You want a summary of the ESSENTIALS God requires of us? It’s this: Love God; Love people.
Loving God is most important.
Everything else, including love of other people, grows out of this one command.
Our obedience to God and his laws should flow out of love.
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