Title: Know This (Deuteronomy 8:1-10)
It is said that our present age is facing the worst crisis since 6.25.
But there is no need to think about the wretched times of the past, in our time of crisis now.
Even in the unfortunate history of the past, God was with us and in danger and crisis.
In order to save, God worked in God's way.
We should think about the grateful past rather than the miserable past.
1. Turn your unhappy past into a proud present.
The past of human beings and the past of life are not all glamorous and satisfying.
Sometimes, there are shameful pasts that I don't want to re-think and don't even want to recall.
Some people turn their embarrassing past into beautiful memories, a stepping stone for a better future.
There are those who take the misfortunes of the past into the misfortunes of the present and the future.
have.
The people of Israel sinned against God, worshiped idols, and became slaves in Egypt.
had a past
But we must remember that in the midst of misfortune, God protects and protects them.
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“Remember that the LORD your God made you walk in the wilderness these forty years” (Deuteronomy 8:2).
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You must remember that you came.
And we must have expectations and hope for God who will lead us in the future.
“In these forty years your garments have not parted, and your feet have not worn out” (Deuteronomy 8:4).
2. Man must not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
A person needs food for the body to live.
But that's not all, we need food for the soul as well.
Human beings are not happy just because they have enough food and have no material regrets.
I can't have a feeling of superiority just because I'm a little better off than others right now.
When the people of Israel ate manna while in the wilderness, it was a necessary food for that time.
Everyone who ate the manna died.
But the Word of God is living and active, and whoever believes in the Word, Jesus Christ,
Even if they die, they will live, and those who live and believe will never die.
Therefore, Jesus Christ, who came as the Bread of Life, is the satisfaction of our lives and the source of life.
do.
“Keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him” (Deuteronomy 8:6).
When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, he fasted forty days and then told him to make bread out of stones.
He was tempted by Satan.
The words quoted at that time were, 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
You have to live by the word.
3. We need to know that God is giving us the best now.
God led us in the wilderness, "He humbles you and tests you...
makes you hungry...forty years your clothes have not parted, and your feet have not worn out.
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God is bringing us to a beautiful land today.
“It is a land of brooks, springs, and springs, flowing in the valleys and in the mountains...
A land in which you shall not lack of food, and in which you lack nothing; you shall eat and be satisfied.
You will praise the LORD your God for giving you good soil” (Deuteronomy 8:6-10).
“It is not the intention of the Lord to afflict and grieve throughout life” (Lamentations 3:33).