Not Exalted Over Other Members

Monday, May 4, 2015
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 KJV 

14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that [are] about me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Lord, through His servant Moses, tell the Israelites that they would do after possessing the land He promised them and why would they want to do that? (v.14)
2) Whom did the Lord command the people to set as king over Israel? (v.15)
3) What was Israel's king to refrain from doing? (v.16-17)
4) What was Israel's king to do and why? (v.18-20) 

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Whom has the Lord placed over you in your house of worship or study group?
6) How acquainted is your spiritual leader with Scripture from the Bible?

LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord ordains spiritual leaders over His people who know, and are obedient to, His word.
8) One cannot lead the people of God without a relationship with the Lord, maintained through prayer and study of His word.

Ascribe Greatness to our God

Friday, December 12, 2014
Deuteronomy 32:1-7 KJV 

1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he. 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) It is believed that Moses is the author of the first five books of the Bible. What does Moses ask of the heavens and earth? (v.1)
2) How does Moses describe his doctrine and speech? Why? (v.2-3)
3) How does Moses describe God? (v.4)
4) How does Moses describe the people of God? (v.5)
5) What does Moses ask of God's people? (v.6)
6) What does Moses encourage God's people to do? (v.7)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) What do you do to show the greatness of our God?
8) Do you know of anyone who does not honor the Lord? If so, what do you do to help them?
9) What has the Lord done for you through your spiritual leaders?

LIFE LESSONS
10) We exalt God through our words, as well as our deeds.
11) Those who do not know the Lord are not able to honor Him.
12) The Lord blesses spiritual leaders to share His goodness with His people.