The Lord is God
Questions for Study 4

Deuteronomy 4:1-49
Memory Verse: 35

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I. Follow Them as Long as You Live (1-14)

1. What two promises did the Israelites receive if they followed the decrees and laws? (1-2) Was anyone able to keep all the laws? (Rom. 3:10-12; 3:23; 2:17-24) How then are we justified and how does this clarify the purpose of the law? (Rom. 3:21-22; 7:7; 13:9)

2. What does it mean to add and subtract from the law? (2) How did the religious leaders do this in Jesus' day? (Mark 7:9; Luke 11:38-39; 12:1)

3. What is to be learned by what happened at Baal Peor? (3-4; Num. 25:1-3) What will happen when we follow the Lord's commands? (5-6) Did or will this ever happen? (Mark 16:15; Acts 28:28-31)

4. How do verses 7-8 apply to us? (John 14:23) What are we who have God in us suppose to do with our children? (9-10)

5. How did God confirm his covenant, the Ten Commandments with Israel? (11-14) How did Jesus confirm the new covenant with us? (Jer. 31:31-32; Luke 22:20; and 2 Cor. 3:6; Heb. 8:13, 9:15)

II. The Lord Your God is a Consuming Fire (15-31)

6. What is the nature of an idol? (15-18) What does it mean to bow down to created things in our day? (19) How is Egypt's slavery like the slavery to the sinful nature? (20; Rom. 6:6, 22)

7. How is God described in verses 21-24? (Consider Num. 20:9-12.) What will happen if they broke the covenant? (25-28) What hope is there for a nation that repents? How is the heart of God revealed in verses 30-31?

III. The Lord is God (32-40)

8. How did God's dealing with Israel show his love for them and commitment to the promises made to Abraham? (32-34; Gen. 15:13-16) Why did God show such a fearful display in Egypt and Mt. Sinai? (35-26) What was God's Presence to Israel and is to us? (37-38; Ex. 13:21-22; John 14:16-17)

9. With many enemies before them and battles to be waged, who should we remember is in control? How is following God's ways good?

IV. Cities of Refuge (41-49)

10. What did the provision of cities of refuge tell us about God's knowledge of man's sinful nature? (41-43) What can be learned from verses 44-49?