Deuteronomy 6:1-25
Love the LORD Your God
1 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. 17 Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said.
20 In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”
God wants us to teach children about Him, and His Son...Moses told the people of Israel that the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe these things in the Promised Land, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all His decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy a long life...Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you...Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One...Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength...These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts...Impress them on your children...Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up...Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads...Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates...When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, and out of the land of slavery...
I have read many articles about how the world is bad and unsafe…Much of this belief comes from the headlines of our papers and now the internet news…It seems we get a breaking headline each and everyday...And if one does focus on these negative stories around the world, we can get and have a bleak outlook on life and the world…
Our parents and the people that raise us have much to say in how we see and view life and this outlook…At the earliest of ages, we know nothing about newspapers and internet news…What we know is what they teach us...Yet, how we are raised in life and what we experience at these very young ages determines much of what we love and feel and affects very much our outlook on life…The things we hear from those raising us at the earliest of ages become our truths…And these truths are impressed upon our hearts…We listen and see the actions of those around us, when we are very young and we get a view of life and how we perceive this world...And our view of that is how life really is, even though because we are so young…And the more we sit at home and lie down and hear these views over and over, the more they become a part of us and a part of our life…And sometimes we carry these views we hear and see at ages four, five, and six all the way through our lives…
The problem with this is that if those raising us are giving us improper information about life it greatly affects our morality our love and our feelings and all the other things we hear and see...What we hear and see is shaping our lives and how we see the world...This information in our formidable years sticks with us as we grow up...So we may grow up with a distorted view of life…The information we receive in our early years can come to us in different forms, but two main ways is what we hear and what those raising us actually do to us and for us…
If those raising the youngest and last generation of Christians use God’s Scripture and make Scripture a part of their lives then a better, safer, and more loving view gets taught and remembered…If we repeatedly hear in our early years about God’s Word, life is better for them, those raising them, and the world…If our hearts are impressed with His Truths then living and loving are better and easier…Following God's Word shows us how to live with each other, how to live in the world with each other, and how to honor God...Teach your children well and about our Father and His Son...