Deuteronomy 6:1-9

“The Shema--Hear”
Part 1 “The Context”
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
 The Awesome
Appearance at Sinai.
• The fire!
• The fear!
• The family!
Deuteronomy 6:1 “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,”
 “2 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.”
 “3 Hear, O Israel, and be
careful to obey so that it may
go well with you and so that
you may increase greatly in a
land flowing with milk and
honey, just as the LORD, the
God of your fathers,
promised you.”
The four “so that” phrases
• So that you and your children
may fear God.
• So that you may enjoy long life.
• So that it may go well with you.
• So that you may increase greatly.
 “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”
 Part 2 “One God”
• Shema (Hebrew: "Hear")
• The Jewish “confession of
faith”
• Deuteronomy 6:4-9
• Deuteronomy 11:13-21
• Numbers 15:37-41
This Is An Exclusive
Position
• God is a jealous God
• Contrast with our
pluralistic world.
 Elijah and the
prophets of Baal
• God is the unique
God of the universe.
Teach Your Children
Well - Part 3
 “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.”
 Teach Your Children
• When you lie down
• When you get up.
• When you are walking
beside the road.
• In other words - In the mini-van!
 Teach Your Children
Well - Part 3
• We are to teach these concepts
• We are to teach our children
• Then we are to teach others
 Remember:
“The faith is one generation
from extinction.”
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