Tag: Christ in Deuteronomy

The “Jesus Focus” in the Book of Deuteronomy

Reading The Bible Through The Jesus Lens in Deuteronomy

“From Biblical Book to Biblical Hook”

Charts adapted from Dr. Michael Williams Book

Deuteronomy Title

Deuteronomy: Theme

Deuteronomy 10:12-13

 “Instruction”

 God gives Moses instructions for the second generation of Israel regarding faithful living in the Promised land.

 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your God?” 

Christ-Focus in Deuteronomy

Implications from Deuteronomy

Hooks from Deuteronomy

Christ perfectly fulfills the law, and so secures our relationship with God.

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”

 – Matthew 5:17

We may now serve God confidently in the power of the Spirit of the one who fulfills the law, without fear of the penalty of the law.

“Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of written code.”

– Romans 7:4-6

What drives your relationship with God, fear or gratitude?

Do you want to know your Creator better, or are you just trying to avoid His anger?

Do you view God’s instructions as restrictive or freeing?

How does your view of God affect your answer to the the question?

Who would know best how a human being should live in order to experience life most fully?

Whose effort secures your relationship with God?

Where does the Spirit of Christ dwell?