Beware of Spiritual Treason

Hey, hey, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This morning we're at Deuteronomy chapter 6, verses 10 through 25. We're gonna look at God's warnings against disobedience. Let's have some coffee, we'll pray, and get into God's Word. Let's pray.
Father, we thank you so much for this day. What a blessing it is to get to read your Word. What a joy it is to get to serve you and to follow in your ways. God, we pray that you would please help us Give us your Spirit, Lord, to understand the words on the page, what they meant for the people then, and how they should apply to our lives today. We need your instruction, Lord, we pray for your help. In Jesus' name, Amen. Alright, so here we go. Deuteronomy chapter 6, beginning at verse 10.
And it shall be when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities, which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn out wells, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, when you have eaten and are full.
Then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage. You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the people who are all around you. For the Lord your God is a jealous God among you. Lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth. You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massa.
You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken. When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?
Then you shall say to your son, We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household. Then he brought us out of there, that he might bring us in and give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes. to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God as He has commanded us." Well, we need to ask ourselves our three questions like every day. A, what is this about? B, what's the best verse to summarize this? And C, what are we called to do in response to these words? So A, what is this about? Well, we've just gotten the great Shema.
Hero Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And then they ought to teach it to their children, inscribe it upon their hearts, pass it down from generation to generation. And now we come to this section so that they are called to not forget that it is the Lord who redeemed them. This is a section commanding them to remember it was Jehovah who redeemed them. It was the God of their redemption who is their covenant king.
And so they're going to go into the land, and the Lord knows this is a precarious, dangerous situation. They're going into enemy territory. And there's going to be a very acute danger for them. And that danger is that they may start worshipping the gods of the people there.
They may take on Baal, they may go start worshipping Asherah, or Chemosh, or Molech, or any of the other Canaanite type gods, and the Lord is saying to them, you gotta be careful. You can't do it, right? This is what he's getting at in verses 12 through 15.
Beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and shall take oaths in His name. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you, for the Lord your God is a jealous God, and notice what it says, among you. Lest, lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth." See, it is the Lord who is the sovereign in this covenant.
And if His people go and they play Benedict Arnold, they go and they start worshipping other gods, they commit cosmic treason, they go against their covenant king, and the Lord says He will discipline them for this. He walks amongst them. He is in their midst. And so if they go and start committing spiritual adultery or cosmic treason, the Lord's going to judge them for that. So he's telling them, you've got to love me, right? There is no other gods. It's just me.
And the way that this will continue from generation to generation is you tell it to your children. When they're curious, talk to them about it. Remind them of the testimonies. Remind them of the judgments. Remind them of the statutes. Remind them of the redemption of the King of Heaven.
So that's what this passage is about. Well, what's the best verse to summarize this? Well, in my Bible, I have verses 12 through 15 underlined. You can disagree with that. Maybe you would underline something else that you think it's at the best verse for this. But last, seek calling. What are we called to do? We're in the same boat, guys. We struggle with the same thing, don't we?
We can go after the gods all around us, especially as we live in this pluralistic society? Especially when people will say, you know, there's many different roads that go up the same mountain, and all of them lead to God? Will we believe what Jesus says?
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Do we worship that one true living God? Do we come through the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit? And do we serve Him alone? Or will we be enticed by the gods of this world? By the people who come knocking at your door trying to peddle their cult? Will you hold firm to the God of your salvation? Will you trust in Jesus Christ who redeemed you from sin and death? And will you love Him only?
I hope that you will. I pray that you will. Let's pray now. Father, you have redeemed us, not with gold or silver, but with the blood of your own Son. Lord, you put to shame the rulers and the principalities of the air. Lord, you defeated even our greatest foe, sin, death, and Satan. Lord, we pray that you'd make us faithful to you. Lord, we pray that we would follow after you. And we thank you, Lord, that just as you moved heaven and earth to redeem your people out of the land of Egypt, so you moved heaven and earth to send your son, born of a woman, under the law, to live a perfect life. And that though he suffered under your hand by the authority of Pontius Pilate, Lord, he became a vicarious sacrifice for us.
And once again, you did something amazing. Father, death had no claim over him. And you rose your son up again, and he ascended up into heaven. He sits at your right hand. So Lord, we pray that we would rest in you, trust in you, love you, and follow you. Because the redemption that you've given us is amazing. Thank you, God, in Jesus's name. Amen. May you love the Lord. May you follow Him. May you go after His ways. May He strengthen you. May you endure. I'll see you next time. Bye.