Just Weights and the Cross of Life

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Deut. 25:13-16 Just Weights and the Cross of Life Sermon Notes for November 4, 2007 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri I ntroduction The Cross of Life - Past, Future, In, Out Apostles, Prophets, Pastor-teachers, Evangelists (Eph. 4) Priests, Prophets, Rulers, Heads (Micah 1) Assembly Line, Engineers, Managers, Salesmen I. Dt. 25:13-16 A. Context - Deuteronomy 25:4 - 26:15 (Tenth Word) 1. T ranscendence God Initiates 1A 2. H ierarchy - History opf Gods People 1B-4A 3. E thics - Laws for Living in the Land 4B-26A 6-11 1 st Commandment Loyalty 12-13 2 nd Commandment - Mediation 14:1-21a 3 rd Commandment Witness to Others 14:21b-16:17 4 th Commandment Kid Law 16:18-18:22 5 th Commandment - Judgesd and Officers 19:1-22:8 6 th Commandment Cities of Refuge 22:9-23:14 7 th Commandment - Vineyard 23:15-24:7 8 th Commandment Dont return run-away slaves. 24:8-25:3 9 th Commandment Miriams Leprosy 25:4-26:19 10 th Commandment Dont muzzle the ox. 4. O ath - Sanctions-Witnesses 27-30 5. S uccession - Rest-Continuity 31-34 B. Bookends - Dt 25:4; 26:1-15, see also 25:16-1919 C. This and Related Texts Lev. 19:35 -37; Prov. 20:10 ,23; Amos 8:4-8; Isa. 1:22 II. Application A. What about paper currency ? Descriptions (Gen. 23:14ff. 1 Chr. 21:24-26), Prescriptions and Proscriptions Anno Domini The Christian Era Gal. 3:24,25; Romans 7; Col. 2:16-23 B. What about the Federal Reserve? The Enoch Factor Gen. 4:16-23 and the Genetic Fallacy C. What about weights and measures? 1. Thanksgiving for our Post-Christian Culture 2. Repentance for our Larcenous Old Man - Dt 25:4; 26:1-15 3. Thanksgiving for our True Identity Romans 7 D. The Significance of Commerce Childrens Notes for Just Weights and the Cross of Life 1. We live between the ____ ___ ___ ___ and the future. 2. We have houses, but they have ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, to let others in. 3. The church must be tied to the past, but it also must go forward into the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. The Sabbath teaches us this. 4. The church is a growing ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 5. We are in the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ but not of it. 6. Most of Deuteronomy is a ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ on the Ten Commandments. 7. Todays text is on the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Commandment. 8. This Commandment tells us not to ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 9. This text begins and ends talking about ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 10. This law says we shouldnt ___ ___ ___ about what we sell to others. 11. It is a great sin to ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ others. 1. This sin makes God very ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 13. The bible says such sin starts in the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 14. If the bible describes something good people do, must we do it? 15. This law does not tell us what we must use for ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 16. If we ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, it will help us not to covet. 17. Gods law gives us ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.