Faith Not Enabled by Seeing

Sunday Teaching

Deuteronomy - The Law Is Good, If One Uses It Lawfully

Part 4

D. Aaron Wells

Jan 28, 2024

Deuteronomy 1:5-46

Teaching: Deuteronomy - The Law Is Good, If One Uses It Lawfully Part 1, Session 04 - Faith Not Enabled by Seeing D. Aaron Wells Winter Session 2024 January 28, 2024 Text: Deuteronomy 1:5-46 II.B. 4. Faith Not Enabled by Seeing (1:20-40) a. Flow of the Text b. Twisted by Unbelief i. 1:27 → 1:31...Unbelief engendered "...YHWH hated us..." ii. 1:28 → 1:30, 33...Unbelief threw them into confusion. iii. 1:28 → 1:30...Unbelief paralyzed them in fear. 5. "Even with me YHWH was angry on your account..." (1:39) 6. Presumption the Opposite of Faith (1:41-46) a. Unbelief marked by cheap repentance. "...We have sinned..." b. Unbelief marked by cheap use of the word of God. "...as YHWH our God commanded us." Refer to 1 Timothy 6:2-5 c. Unbelief marked by cheap obedience. "...and thought it easy to go up..." i. Luke 13:22-30 "...saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’..." ii. Luke 14:25-35 "...does not first sit down and count the cost..." iii. Matthew 7:13-14 "... the way is easy that leads to destruction..." 7. Hermeneutical Challenge: The Will of God a. Whose will was it? Looking back to Numbers (Deut. 1:22-25 → Numbers 13:1-20) b. Whose will is it? Looking ahead to Samuel (1 Samuel 8) c. Deducing the nature of God's purposes from the text.

Faith Not Enabled by Seeing

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