{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Deuteronomy 4-7","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ded55d9f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4608,"description":"Constantly explaining and reiterating what God has done (the historical context) (1:5-3:29, 4:3-4, 10-14, 20-22, 45-49, 5:2-6, 22-31, 6:20-23, 7:7-8, 17-19), what God requires or promises and Who God is (the theological context) (4:1-2, 5-9, 15-19, 23-40, 5:1, 32-33, 6:1-4, 10-19, 24-25, 7:6, 9-16a, 20-24) is essential to establishing: 1) God’s justice (4:41-43, 6:25, 7:16b) and 2) covenant laws (4:44-45a, 5:7-21, 6:5-9, 7:1-5, 25-26).\nObeying God’s “commandments/statutes/rules” is the repeated prerequisite to possessing: 1) abundant life/God’s promises and avoiding God’s wrath (4:1, 3-4, 40, 5:29-33, 6:17-19, 7:9-26), 2) a good reputation with outsiders/evangelizing others (4:6-8).\nObeying God’s “commandments/statutes/rules” requires: 1) continual instruction (4:1, 5 – “taught” [perfect participle – continually teaching], 14, 5:1, 6:1), 2) not adding or taking away from the list (4:2, also 5:32 – “You shall not turn to the right hand [add] or the left [take way]”), 3) carefulness & diligence (i.e. investing lots of time and energy) (5:1, 32, 6:3, 17).\nAccording to God, we are to “be careful to do” or obey His commands versus what Evangelical Christianity teaches: we are to be careful not to stress obedience to God’s commands (5:1, 32, 6:3).\nApostasy will eventually happen to those who are not diligent – i.e. investing lots of time and energy in their spiritual walk (6:17, 4:9a – “lest you forget…lest they depart from your heart” – Heb 3:12-13; “diligently” = “might” – see 6:5; 2Pe 1:5-11; Pro 4:23).\nLoving and fearing God means you: 1) obey God and teach your kids to obey God (4:9b-10, 6:1-7, 20-25), 2) spend so much time thinking and talking about His commands that it becomes your personal reputation and the reputation of your house (4:9, 6:6-9), 3) are actively thankful (i.e. always remembering and thanking God as the source of good things to you) (4:9 – “lest you forget the things your eyes have seen” = No longer actively thankful; 6:10-12), 4) are actively...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}