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Lessons from Moses
Keep God’s Commands (Deut. 6:1-3). “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.”
Teach Them To Your Children (Deut. 6:4-9). “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 commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 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. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your
foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”
Don’t Forget God (Deut. 6:10-12). “When the Lord your God brings you into the land He
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you —a land with large, flourishing
cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you
did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are
satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the
land of slavery.”
These three simple world and life changing lessons are the basics of a faithful Christian life
that God still wants from us today. Putting God first and teaching our children will ensure our
future and theirs. ~Brad Tolbert
