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SAA Notes
Trust and obey is the way to be happy in Jesus! Hebrews 12:18-24 gives you a New Testament perspective on verses 9-14. We have come to Jerusalem Above and to Jesus the mediator of the New Covenant. This greater joy is yours!
SJA Notes
* God the LORD, the Mighty One, out of Zion You shine forth. The heavens declare Your righteousness, for You are judge!
“To you is was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him.”
In this sermon Moses unpacks the important outworkings of the first commandment.
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
Moses exhorts the people to hold fast to the Lord – because He is like no other god!
God spoke to them out of the midst of His great fire (be in awe, what god is like the Lord).
God is a consuming fire (be warned, be encouraged).
God gave them righteous statutes and rules (acknowledge them, live by them).
God is a jealous God (have no other gods but Him!).
God is a faithful God (He will not leave or destroy or forget His covenant with His people).
There is no other god such as Him (therefore keep His statutes).
Moses is calling on the people to remember!
All of these things are true for us today.
God has sent Jesus, who is the vine we are grafted into, bringing a new covenant – His law in our minds and written on our hearts.
“For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?”
We see Jesus clear here – That God would draw so near to us as to come as a babe and walk through this vale of suffering to the cross!
Hallelujah, what a Saviour!
* Gracious Lord God,
We remember You today. There is none like You.
Please help us to remember!
Amen.