“Many Commandments in One� - sermon from deuteronomy
Remembering the Covenant: March 19 “Many Commandments in One� (Deuteronomy 11)
Have you noticed the repetition in the teaching of Moses? He has been addressing the second generation of Israel, teaching her to remember the covenant. In this particular section of his address, Moses asks the second generation to remember that her children were not eyewitnesses of the Exodus or the divine discipline in the desert. This third generation did not see the waters of the Red Sea swallow the Egyptian army. They did not see the earth swallow the households of the disobedient Reubenites. The second generation must tell the third generation the stories of God’s redemption so that the children will love God and obey his law. Moses is preparing these two generations to enter the land. Moses not only uses repetition of important lessons to prepare Israel, he also concisely summarizes the law.
