Deuteronomy 5 - Introduction

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER FIVE

God's covenant with the people in Horeb, 1-4. Moses the mediator of it, 5. A repetition of the ten commandments, 6-21; which God wrote on two tables of stone, 22. The people are filled with dread at the terrible majesty of God, 23-26; and beseech Moses to be their mediator, 27. The Lord admits of their request, 28; and deplores their ungodliness, 29. They are exhorted to obedience, that they may be preserved in the possession of the promised land, 30-33.

QUESTIONS, LESSON FIVE (Deuteronomy 4:44 to Deuteronomy 6:3)

1.

Discuss Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers (Deuteronomy 5:3). What conclusions can you draw?

2.

How did God visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children (Deuteronomy 5:9)? Were children guilty because parents sinned?

3.

What, exactly, is the prohibition of the 3rd commandment, Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain?

4.

Show from scripture that the sabbath was a national law, given only to Israel.

5.

Show how no present-day religious group keeps the sabbath as it was given to Israel.

6.

Where and how many times is the sabbath mentioned in the book of Genesis? Record the instances where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob observed the sabbath.

7.

If Jesus kept the sabbath, why shouldn-'t we?

8.

How many of the ten commandments are now binding? Explain.

9.

If the old covenant is done away in Christ, why study it?

10.

What blessings are promised for Israel's obedience?