The Lord's Day Bible Message Outlines
January 24,
2010
Pastor Dana Johnson
"...because the
LORD loves you...(He) has brought you out with a mighty
hand..."
-Deuteronomy
7:8
"but because the LORD loves you,
and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your
fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty
hand,
and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt."
1. Consider the
relevance for us Christians today to reflect on God's love
for Israel.
a. We are
loved with the same divine love.
John
3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life."
b. We are blessed
by our participation in Israel's covenants.
Galatians 3:7-9 -
Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons
of Abraham. 8And the Scripture, foreseeing
that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached
the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the
nations shall be blessed." 9So then those who
are of faith are blessed with believing
Abraham.
2. Consider the why
and wherefore of God's will to set His love on Israel- and
us.
a. His love
was not a reaction. He was not impressed or inspired by
Israel's quantity or quality. Rather, His love was an
action of His own sovereign will.
Deuteronomy
7:7; 26:5 - "The LORD did not set His love on you nor
choose you because you were more in number than any other
people, for you were the least of all peoples."
26:5 "And you shall answer and say before the
LORD your God: 'My father was a Syrian, about to perish,
and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number;
and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and
populous.'"
Romans 5:8) - But God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
1 John 4:10, 19 - In this is love, not that we loved
God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins. 19 We love Him
because He first loved us.
b. Notice the
theocentric (God-centered) purposes of divine love.
Deuteronomy
7:6 - "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God;
the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for
Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the
face of the earth."
Ephesians 1:5, 9 - Having predestined us to adoption as
sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good
pleasure of His will, 9having made known to us
the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure
which He purposed in Himself.
c. God's love is
selective.
Deuteronomy
7:6 - "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God;
the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for
Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the
face of the earth."
Romans
9:10-13 - And not only this, but when Rebecca also had
conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac
11(for the children not yet being born, nor
having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God
according to election might stand, not of works but of
Him who calls), 12it was said to her, "The
older shall serve the younger." 13As it is
written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
1 Corinthians 1:26-28 - For you see your calling,
brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27But
God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to
shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the
world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
28and the base things of the world and the
things which are despised God has chosen, and the things
which are not, to bring to nothing the things that
are.
3. God confirmed His
love with a covenant.
Deuteronomy
7:8 - "But because the LORD loves you, and because He would
keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has
brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from
the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of
Egypt."
Hebrews 6:13-18 - For when God made a promise to Abraham,
because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by
Himself, 14saying, "Surely blessing I will bless
you, and multiplying I will multiply you." 15And
so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men indeed swear by the greater, and an
oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.
17Thus God, determining to show more abundantly
to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel,
confirmed it by an oath, 18that by two immutable
things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might
have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay
hold of the hope set before us.
4. God's love is
unchanging and constant.
Deuteronomy
7:8 - "But because the LORD loves you, and because He would
keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has
brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from
the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of
Egypt."
5. The right and
reasonable response for God's people is to love Him.
Deuteronomy 7:9 - "Therefore know that the LORD your God,
He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for
a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His
commandments."
Deuteronomy 6:5-6 - "You shall love the LORD your God with
all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
strength. 6And these words which I command you
today shall be in your heart."
John 14:15 - "If you love Me, keep My
commandments."
(All
Scripture quoted is from the New King James
Version)
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