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How To Guard Against Forgetting God, Deuteronomy 8:1-20

1. Be careful and observe to obey every commandment of God
a. Assures life
b. Assures increase in fruitfulness and population
c. Assures an inheritance in the promised land
Remember God’s guidance through the wilderness wanderings
a. God’s humbling you and testing you
1.) To prove your character
2.) To prove your obedience or disobedience
b. God’s provision of food
1.) He provided manna
2.) His purpose: To teach one great truth
*Man’s life does not depend on bread alone
*Man’s life depends on the Word of God - on every word He speaks
c. God’s provision of clothing and strength
1.) Clothes did not wear out
2.) Feet did not swell
d. God’s discipline: Just as a father loves and corrects, so God loves and corrects
e. God’s expectation: Obedience
1.) Must walk in His ways
2.) Must fear, revere Him
3. Praise the Lord for the promised land and its wonderful provision
a. The great provision of the land
1.) An overflowing supply of water
2.) An abundance of food
3.) A scarcity or lack of nothing
4.) A rich deposit of minerals
b. The strong charge: Always praise the Lord for the promised land and its wonderful provision
Guard against forgetting God
a. The cause of forgetting God
1.) Failing to obey God’s commandments
2.) Being propersous, at ease, satisfied, complacent
*Plenty to eat
*Comfortable housing
*Wealth: large herds and flocks-gold and silver-all has multiplied
3.) Pride, a sense of self-sufficiency
b. The result of forgetting God
1.) You forget that it was God who saved you
2.) You forget that it was God who led you through the wilderness wanderings (a picture of the world with all its trials)
3.) You forget that it was God who provided for you
*Provided water, food (both spiritual & physical)
4.) You forget that it was God who humbled and tested you: Made things go well
5.) You forget humility: Develop a sense of self-
sufficiency
c. The protection against forgetting God
1.) Remember the Lord
*It is God who gives you the ability to work
*It is God who fulfills His covenant, the gift of the promised land
2.) Remember the judgment of God
*Must not forget God nor engage in false worship
*The result-judgment: Will be destroyed just like the nations and peoples before you

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