Deuteronomy 6:1-9

“Now this is the commandment¹—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy,² so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life, and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you,³ so that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey,⁴ as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.”

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.⁵ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.⁶ Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.⁷ Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away,⁸ when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”⁹
1 This commandment is to be especially highlighted

2 Again the connection is made with the land they are about to occupy

3 Commandments are taught so that fear/obedience to God will continue through the generations, not just in God's presence.

4 Following the commandments will lead to blessings

5 First, clearly, God is God alone.

6 Second, love God with all you have.

7 Beautiful picture of remembering God for yourself.

8 Again, the purpose of having commands is to pass them down.

9 Another beautiful picture of remembering God everywhere. None of these things are regularly practiced in a literal sense by today's Christians.


Take-home: The central thing to remember in life is that there is but one God for us, and we are to love and obey him.