1. Looking Back and Trusting God for the Future
Deuteronomy 29:1-15
Pastor Keone

2. Deuteronomy 29:1-2
1 These are the terms of the covenant the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. 2 Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them:

3. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done.

4. Deuteronomy 29:2-4 Your eyes have seen all that the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land. 3 With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those miraculous signs and great wonders. 4 But to this day the LORD has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.

5. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done.
10 plagues and leaving Egypt

6. Deuteronomy 29:5-6 5 During the forty years that I led you through the desert, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet. 6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

7. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done.
10 plagues and leaving Egypt
Provision during the dessert years

8. Deuteronomy 29:7-8 7 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them. 8 We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

9. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done.
10 plagues and leaving Egypt
Provision during the dessert years
Preliminary fulfillment of the promise of land

10. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done.
10 plagues and leaving Egypt
Provision during the dessert years
Preliminary fulfillment of the promise of land
God did these things so that they would know they are loved by God!

11. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done
Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done. In light of God’s love, Moses challenges the nation of Israel to…

12. Deuteronomy 29:9 9 Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do.

13. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done
Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done. In light of God’s love, Moses challenges the nation of Israel to affirm their commitment to the covenant.

14. Deuteronomy 29: All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God-- your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel, 11 together with your children and your wives, and the aliens living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.

15. Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done
Moses first tells them to look back to see what the Lord has done. In light of God’s love, Moses challenges the nation of Israel to affirm their commitment to the covenant.

16. While the promise of land was given specifically to the nation of Israel, God has said in that all who believe in Jesus can become His children.

17. God has said in that all who believe in Jesus can become His children.
While the promise of land was given specifically to the nation of Israel,
God has said in that all who believe in Jesus can become His children.
John 1:12-13
12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

18. Look back over 2017, how has God proven His love for you?
Spiritually
Physically
Mentally
Emotionally
Relationally
Financially

19. We don’t want to be like the nation of Israel that didn’t understand God’s good intent towards them.

20. In 2018 May you realize that God loves you!

21. In 2018 May you realize that God loves you
In 2018 May you realize that God loves you! May you realize that Jesus came so that you could have life! John 10:10 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

22. In 2018 May you realize that God loves you
In 2018 May you realize that God loves you! May you realize that Jesus came so that you could have life! May you reaffirm your commitment to love the Lord you God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself.