Verse: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deu 6:4-5

Background: Deuteronomy 6 is set in Moab, 40 days before the Israelites reach the Promised Land. In this chapter, Moses, who is 120 years old and aware of his approaching death, reminds the Israelites of God’s covenant with them and exhorts them to obey God’s laws. 

Moses tells the Israelites that if they obey God, he will bless them, allow them to live in Canaan, and multiply them. He also instructs them to teach God’s laws to their children so that they are not forgotten, and to live as if God’s laws are always on their minds. 

Deuteronomy 6:1-11:32 continues the subject of the commandments, which are also the subject of chapter 5. Many commentators believe that Deuteronomy 6 is an extended exhortation or sermon based on the first commandment.

Summary of Deuteronomy 6

1. The Commandment: The essence of God’s law.

• (1-3) Remember the commandment before entering Canaan.
• (4-5) The great commandment: Love the LORD your God.
• (6-9) The continual reminder of the law.

2. The danger of disobedience.

• 10-12) The danger of leaving God in times of prosperity.
• (13-19) Honoring the LORD in everything we do.
• (20-25) Teach your children to understand and honor the LORD.

Lesson:

Remember: Always intentionally remember to be taught of the ways of the Lord, fear the Lord, and keep what we learn. –

“Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules —that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.  Deu 6:1-2

Careful: There is seriousness, very careful, and sincere effort to keep the word of God. –

Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Deu 6:3

Commitment: Constant reminder that Jesus is our King, the Lord is our Father and the Holy Spirit is our companion and helper. –

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deu 6:4-5

Teach Planned training Bible-based foundational study, lifelong teaching with family and kids. –

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.  Deu 6:6-7

Reminder: Place it in places that will always remind you of who you are. –

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deu 6:8-9