It’s been forty years since the Israelites left Egypt. That generation has passed away and now Moses recounts the “how we got to be where we are” to their children and challenges the people to move forward in obedience.Deuteronomy – second law; but really more of a renewal and reinforcement of the covenantEstablishes Boundaries: Geographical, historical, spiritual, and moral—God gives the people THE SPECIFIC WAY to live in COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with HimWhy Deuteronomy? 1. They probably felt that the covenant wasn’t really their covenant. 2. There were questions that needed to be addressed. 3. God desired His people be a model for the nations.Summary: Deuteronomy establishes the covenant to a new generation of Israelites and teaches them how to live in a theocracy.Three Events 1. The One with the Quail Fiasco 2. The One with the Spineless Spies 3. The One with the Rebellious RabbleREMEMBER: God can do again what you have seen him do before—He initiates and He directs—YOU NEED TO OBEY.When the Israelistes did things God’s way, they had success; when they tried to do things their own way, spurning the covenant and their relationship with God, they were miserable failures.Table Discussion 1. Browse through Deuteronomy 2 and 3 noting the times of success and the differences in the people’s attitudes and behaviors. 2. Get vulnerable—share a time when you did things your own way and your enterprise was a failure. 3. Share a time when you sought the Lord, obeyed, and experienced success even when the situation looked bleak

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