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DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER ONE
We saw that God's people were unable to enter into the promises of God under Moses. They were unable to step out by faith in His Word (1:21) and claim the promised land, Canaan. How many years later was it before they were able to step out by faith under Joshua?
Joshua is an OT picture of Christ, his name meaning Jesus. Here we see that under the law (Moses), man does not have the faith to step out in God's Word. Under grace, which is the result of being born again, man has the faith to step out on God's Word and claim the promises of God. Obviously, faith is a work of the indwelling Spirit of God. (See Ezra 1:1, 5, and a great many other passages that show that it is the Spirit of God that must stir up fallen man to serve him. Grace is God working in man both to give him the desire and to give him the power to please God, Ph. 2:13)
Joshua was told to obey the law as given to Moses by God, which Joshua did. In doing this, he caused Israel to inherit the land, Deut. 31:23; Joshua 1:1-11. When our Lord came, He came in perfect obedience to the law as given through Moses. Through His obedience, we not only receive the power to obey Him, but He also causes us to inherit God's promises, Heb. 4:8. Canaan was only a picture of that rest in Christ.
1. Without Jesus, His people could not obey, therefore could not claim Deut. 1:30. Why? V. 21?
2. What did they see in the wilderness from the Red sea to Kadesh-barnea, vv. 31-33?
3. Even though they saw vv.31-33, what were they unable to do, v. 32?
Jude gives a significant recount of this, Jude 4-5. Jude reminds those being influenced by the teachers of something: He reminds them that even though Israel was redeemed by the blood of the Lamb from Egypt, they were still destroyed because they refused to obey God's word.
The modern heresy Jude countered is a heresy that says, "You are saved now, so you don't have to obey God's law any longer." Such a teaching turns the grace of God (salvation) into lasciviousness (obeying the sensual over the spiritual -- stronger sensual desire than spiritual desire; a stronger desire to please self than God). It says salvation now permits us to serve the flesh. Jude's warning is that even though we are saved, we can not allow the self-desire to control us. To do so leads to destruction just as sure as it did for Israel when they refused to obey God and go into Canaan, Heb. 10:26-31.
The unbelief of Heb. 3:17-19 is the refusal to step out by faith and obey God's law-word. Israel came to the very edge of God's promises, and refused to simply obey His word even though they had seen His mighty works in delivering them, guiding them, and providing for them. We can read of this in Num. 14.
4. They murmured and complained at God's word and requirement. What did this cause, Deut. 1:28?
We have already seen that God calls this whoredom in His word, and He uses the word often.
a. Who paid the price for their actions, Num. 14:18, 33?
b. Which of the Ten Commandments refers to this or makes the "promise" of who will pay the price, Ex. 20?
In v. 37, notice that Moses even admits his faults, pointing out that he is not perfect, Num. 27:14. We can read this account in Num. 20. Observe here that others may "drive" us to doing something , yet, we are still accountable to God for it and we will pay the price.
5. Who was Joshua, v. 38? Ex. 24:13; 33:11; Joshua 1:1?
(Note the importance Christ placed upon the office Joshua held, Jn. 13.)
6. What did Moses tell the people to do towards Joshua, v. 38?
a. How can this be done, 1 Thess. chp. 2; 3 Jn. 4?
7) What happened to those who refused to obey God, v. 40?
How many people have missed the promised blessings of God for a simple little thing? Refusing to step out by faith in obedience to God's Word, thereby preventing God from showing Himself strong. The result is wandering around without any direction in life. Yes, God may still lead and provide for them, but they are missing the promised rest in Him. God still supernaturally provide for them in the wilderness.
V. 41, they confess their sin, but it is too late. They have disobeyed God when God wanted them to move. We can read of this incident in Num. 13:26; 14:45.