Deuteronômio 8

Deuteronômio 8

Vernon McGee - God wants them to remember the past. They should see in the past that God has been dealing with them, that He has been testing and training them. God wants us to remember our past, too. Paul put it like this for the believer: "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). We are to remember that God has led us and blessed us. Isn't this true for you? Can't you say that God has brought you up to this very moment? If He has done that in the past, He will continue to do so in the future. Remembering is for our encouragement. It is to give us assurance for the future. (Deuteronomy 8 Mp3's) God tests His children and we see a NT parallel in First Peter... In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if (first class conditional = "SINCE IT IS") necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, 7 so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (1Pe 1:6-7+) And in James... Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. (James 1:2-4+) Blessed (makarios - fully satisfied independent of circumstances) is a man who perseveres under trial; for (TERM OF EXPLANATION - WHY IS TRIAL A BLESSING?) once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. (James 1:12+) Deuteronomy 8:3 "He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. fed : Ex 16:2-3,12-35 Ps 78:23-25 Ps 105:40 1Co 10:3 does: Ps 37:3 104:27-29 Mt 4:4 Lu 4:4 12:29,30 Heb 13:5,6 Deuteronomy 8 Resources Related Passages: Exodus 16:1-4+ Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. 2 The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the LORD’S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. 5 “On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.” 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt; 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your grumblings against the LORD; and what are we, that you grumble against us?” 8 Moses said, “This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.” Exodus 16:16+ “This is what the LORD has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’” 17 The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. 18 When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat. 19 Moses said to them, “Let no man leave any of it until morning.” 20 But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them. 21 They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt. 22 Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, 23 then he said to them, “This is what the LORD meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.” 24 So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it. 25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field. 26 “Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none.” 27 It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions? 29 “See, the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” GOD HUMBLED ISRAEL GRUMBLED He humbled you and let you be hungry - So the humbling (affliction) of Israel was no food. This was also the test, but there seems to be more than one "test." In other words, Israel failed the first part of the test when "The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness." (Ex 16:2, see above for full context of Ex 16:1-8) Then in Ex 16:4+ Yahweh tells Moses "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that (PURPOSE) I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction." Here the test was provision of manna and whether they would obey God's instructions regarding collection of the manna. So did Israel keep His commandments or not (Dt 8:2)? Notice in the related passages above the yellow highlighted passages from Exodus 16. The commandments from God were part of the test, and they (some of the people) failed both of these tests! This showed what was in their heart. In this case it was (1) failure to trust and obey God's promise and provision and (2) greed to feed the flesh! As an aside, in this first failure by Israel to obey God's simple commandments, disobedience made Moses angry, but there was no more severe punishment. So even though they profaned the Sabbath by disobeying, there was no corporal punishment. However after they arrived at Mt Sinai God specifically decreed that anyone who broke the Sabbath would be put to death. (Ex 31:14+). And fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know - In Ex 16:15+ "When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat." The gift of manna ceased when Israel entered the promised land (Josh 5:12). That (purpose clause) The purpose of the test in addition to showing them what was in their heart was to give them spiritual insight. He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone - Physical bread is for physical life. But man is also spiritual and thus needs spiritual food. The daily provision of manna taught Israel the spiritual lesson that they were dependent on God, not on themselves.