Deuteronomy 4

Deuteronomy 4 - Israel Urged to Obey God's Law

• Moses said, "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you"
• If the people follow God's laws they will inherit the land.
• The Lord spoke to the people from the midst of the fire; they heard the sound of words, but they saw no form-only a voice.
  
• The Ten Commandments were written on two tablets of stone and the Lord commanded Moses to teach the people the statutes and judgments so that they may perform them in the land that they will possess.
• People were encouraged not to make idols and not to worship things like the stars, moon, and sky, but to worship God.
• God is a jealous God and does not want anything to come before Him.
  
• "Jealous" from Deut. 4:24 in Hebrew means to be zealous, used to describe the character of God. This does not mean to envy someone or something.
• If the people become corrupt and make any kind of idol, they will perish from the land.
  
• If you fall away from God, but turn back and seek him, the Lord is a merciful God and he will not abandon you.
• Hebrews 6:4 explains more about falling away.