Serve Him Only
Deuteronomy 6:10-19 – New International Version (NIV)
10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to
your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large,
flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds
of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards
and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not
forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery.
13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your
oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other gods, the
gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God
and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of
the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at
Massah. 17 Be sure to keep the
commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he
has given you. 18 Do what is right and good in
the Lord’s sight, so that it may
go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your
enemies before you, as the Lord said.
Who is going to bring the people into “the
land he swore to your fathers” (verse 10)?
What do the houses,
wells, vineyards, and olive groves have in common (verse 11)?
Who had brought the
people “out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” (verse 12)?
Who are the Israelites
to serve (verse 13)?
Who are the
Israelites to avoid (verse 14)?
Who is jealous
(verse 15)?
Where did the Israelites
put God to the test (verse 16)?
What are the Israelites
to keep (verse 17)?
Who determines what
is “right and good” (verse 18)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what
do we learn about worshipping God in this passage?
1 Chronicles 21:1-8
- New International
Version (NIV)
1 Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a
census of Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and
count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that
I may know how many there are.”
3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply
his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my
lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on
Israel?”
4 The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went
throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem. 5 Joab
reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were
one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four
hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering,
because the king’s command was repulsive to him. 7 This
command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now,
I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish
thing.”
Who “rose up against Israel” (verse 1)?
What did David tell Joab to do (verse 2)?
In your
opinion, why did Joab think this would “bring guilt on Israel” (verse 3)?
What “overruled Joab” (verse 4)?
How many fighting men did Joab report were in Israel (verse 5)?
Why did Joab not include “Levi and Benjamin” (verse 6)?
How did God view the command (verse 7)?
What did David say to God (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what do we learn about worshipping God in this passage?
In your opinion, how is David demanding a census of the Israelites in 1
Chronicles 21:1-8 a failure to be obedient to the commands of Moses given to
the Israelites in Deuteronomy 6:10-19?
Matthew 4:8-11 - New International Version (NIV)
8 Again,
the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of
the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give
you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Jesus
said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and
serve him only.’”
11 Then the
devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Where did the devil take Jesus (verse 8)?
What did the devil show Jesus (verse 8)?
What did
the devil promise Jesus (verse 9)?
What did Jesus have to do to receive the promise (verse
9)?
Where did Jesus tell Satan to go (verse 10)?
Who did Jesus say was to be worshiped (verse 10)?
What happened after the devil left Jesus (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what do we learn about worshipping God
in this passage?
In your
opinion, how does Jesus’s reply to Satan in Matthew 4:8-11 put into action the
commands of Deuteronomy 6:10-19?
In your
opinion, how is Satan’s incitement of David to sin in 1 Chronicles 21:1-8
similar to his temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4:8-11?
Revelation 14:6-13 – New International Version (NIV)
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had
the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation,
tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice,
“Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has
come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs
of water.”
8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is
Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of
her adulteries.”
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If
anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on
their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will
drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the
cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the
presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the
smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest
day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for
anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12 This calls
for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his
commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
What did angel “flying in midair” have to “proclaim to
those who live on the earth” (verse 6)?
How are “those who live on the earth” to respond to
God (verse 7)?
Who does the second angel say has “fallen” (verse 8)?
Who says “if anyone worships the beast and its image and
receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand” (verse 9)?
What will the people who receive “its mark on their
forehead or on their hand” drink (verses 9 and 10)?
How long will the “smoke of their torment” rise (verse
11)?
What is called for “on the part of the people of God who
keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus” (verse 12)?
Who is “blessed” (verse 13)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion,
what do we learn about worshipping God in this passage?
In
your opinion, how is the futility of David relying on the numbers in 1
Chronicles 21:1-8 revealed in Revelation 14:6-13?
In your opinion, how
does Revelation 14:6-13 warn us that the temptation Jesus received to worship
Satan in Matthew 4:8-11 is still offered to people today?
In your opinion, what do these passages from Deuteronomy, 1
Chronicles, Matthew, and Revelation teach us about what interferes with our
worship of God?
In your
opinion, how can we serve only God today?
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