February 19 - Deuteronomy
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
Deuteronomy is written by Moses and is the last of the five book he wrote .(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Deuteronomy is the conclusion of the Torah. It is the final message God gives through Moses to the children of Israel. Jesus considers this an important book. Matthew 4 tells the story of Jesus’ temptation and He uses the words of Deuteronomy three times to battle and answer the enemy. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:13, 6:16 and 6:13. The Book of Deuteronomy was written in the 11th month of the 40th year of the Israelite wanderings - they are...
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February 12 - Numbers
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
Pastor considers the Book of Numbers to be one the more important books of the Bible. The Book of Numbers is the story of the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness starting 13 months after their deliverance and shares the importance of following God. The book opens with God having Moses take a census. And we see that the group was as many as 2 million total. The numbers show the incredible provision of God to guide, direct and feed this many people. God even provided the first “fast food” by providing manna for them to eat. We also see the hand of God teaching the Israelites...
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February 5 - Leviticus
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
Pastor takes us on an exploration of the Book of Leviticus, a book that many would choose as their least favorite book of the Bible. However, what we will see in Leviticus is the foundation of true worship, the foundation of God’s plan for the world and His people. This book may surprise you - as you see it’s filled with some really good instruction. Exodus speaks of WHERE to worship God. Leviticus speaks of HOW to worship God. (Sacrifices and Festivals). The life of God’s people revolved around worship and Leviticus sets forth life time patterns of how to worship God. ...
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January 29 - Exodus (Part 2)
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
This class continues our study of Exodus. Pastor opens with a look at the Red Sea and where it is traditionally thought that the Israelite crossing took place. But then shares new information that points to a possible different location. It’s an exciting look at circumstantial evidence like trade routes, to a peninsula in the Gulf of Aqaba, an underwater “land bridge,” and the possibility of having discovered that Mt. Sinai maybe isn’t where we traditionally thought it was. Pastor shares discoveries of interesting artifacts, petroglyphs, circular stone patterns which may be the...
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January 22 - Exodus (Part 1)
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
This week we begin our exploration of the book of Exodus. We will spend 2 weeks examining this book that is the foundation for the biblical faith, that lays out the fundamentals of worship of the One true God and shows and tells us who He is, how He works, what He does and what that means for us. In the book of Exodus we see God moving in a powerful way to save His people, to deliver them from bondage. We also see that as God moves throughout history He makes Himself known and in each incident they point to an even greater reality. As we look at this book we will look at it with the...
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January 15 - Genesis (Part 2)
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
The genealogies and the scriptures have been proven over and over again to be reliable. Up until recent times the Hittites in the Bible have been viewed as made up and a group of people that never was. Then recently ancient tablets were uncovered and we discover an empire that we did not know existed - it was the Hittite empire. What was discovered is that what the Bible has said for millennia is finally proven true in modern times. Today we know the Hittites as a massive empire, closely connected to the Trojans, but Scripture had it right all along. God’s promise to Abraham: Genesis 12:2-3...
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January 8 - Genesis (Part 1)
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
This study takes us from Creation to the Tower of Babel. Genesis is the first of 5 books that Moses compiled records of the actions and directions of God. Pastor shares that “toledoth” - ancient colophon - may indicate key evidence was passed down through generations. This is eye witness material that Moses used to write the Torah - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Toledoth is interpreted in our Bibles as “this is the account….” Or “These are the generations….” A computer analysis verifies these 5 books of the Bible were written by...
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January 1 - Introduction
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
Week 1 - Welcome to the Introduction of Pastor Dodge's study, The Bible in a Year. Pastor gives a captivating overview of the Bible and what we will discover in the next 52 weeks! Unsheathing the Sword - Is the title of this Bible in a year class. What does Unsheathing the Sword mean? Why this title? “Unsheathing” is a word men will understand. Our culture has wandered far from God’s truth and one of the things we need to reclaim is godly men. Because God has called husbands and fathers to spiritual headship, responsibility before God for our families. What’s happened today is...
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December 31 - Revelation
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
The final book of our Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge! The Book of Revelation is a revelation of Jesus and who He is. He is the central character of this and every other book of the Old and New Testaments. Our Bible in a Year study with Pastor Dodge will take you from Genesis to Revelation. Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active, not dry, dusty old stuff! We will also see evidence of Jesus throughout the entire Scriptures, from beginning to end. Join us as we travel through the Bible together.
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December 24 - I & II Peter, Jude
Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge
These three epistles, 1 & 2 Peter and Jude, exhort believers to hold fast the the Gospel of Jesus, warning against false teachers and of the trials the church can expect in the Last Days. Our Bible in a Year study with Pastor Dodge will take you from Genesis to Revelation. Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active, not dry, dusty old stuff! We will also see evidence of Jesus throughout the entire Scriptures, from beginning to end. Join us as we travel through the Bible together.
info_outlineDeuteronomy is written by Moses and is the last of the five book he wrote .(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Deuteronomy is the conclusion of the Torah. It is the final message God gives through Moses to the children of Israel.
Jesus considers this an important book. Matthew 4 tells the story of Jesus’ temptation and He uses the words of Deuteronomy three times to battle and answer the enemy. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:13, 6:16 and 6:13.
The Book of Deuteronomy was written in the 11th month of the 40th year of the Israelite wanderings - they are getting close to the Promised Land, they have almost arrived - they are only a few weeks for the end of their journey..
This book can be outlined as three sermons of Moses:
1st sermon - 1:1 - 4:43
2nd sermon - 4:44 - 28:68
3rd sermon - 29-33
Deuteronomy is a legal document. Covenant. Treaty. So a second way to outline Deuteronomy is according to the Treaty Structure that was used at that time in history:
Treaty Structure
Preamble 1:1-5
Historical Prologue 1:6-4:44
Law/Stipulations 4:45-26:19
General laws 4:45-11:32
Specific laws 12:1 - 26:19
Blessings & Curses 27:1 - 30:20
Succession & Witnesses 31:1 - 34:12
God establishes a treaty with His people - in Deuteronomy He is setting up a covenant with Himself as the High King over all - over the universe - and setting up His agreement - His treaty - with the Israelites. It is a legal agreement.
Pastor shares that our motivation for following God’s commands is not to earn His favor but because He first loved us and our obedience is a response to that love. We are called to be obedient not for forgiveness but because we are forgiven.
Pastor shares a personal story showing the difference between:
A performance-based life vs grace-based life. It’s law vs love.
The greatest commandment is found in Deuteronomy 6:4 - the Shema. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!”
God is asking us to not just know this intellectually - but to show it - do it. As we read on we read in verse 5: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” We are to love Him with all we have, with every part of our being, with everything that we are.
Verses 6-9 continue: “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
We are to remember what God has done, to hold them close in our hearts, to impress them onto our children, write them on our door frames of our homes. When we know the mercy of God it changes the way we behave.
We close the class looking at the prophetic words in Deuteronomy 28:68. Pastor shares the story of the fullfilment of these words in the summer 70 AD along with Jesus’ words from the New Testament. In 70AD Josephus tells us that between 600,000 - 1.1 million died in that siege of Jerusalem and those that remained were sold off as slaves in Egypt.
Pastor ends with two passages:
Deuteronomy 18:15-19
And
Deuteronomy 34:10-12
These are prophetic words of a Savior to come. One like Moses only greater. The Gospel of John tells us, “The law came through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” Jesus fulfills what the Torah was pointing to.
Join us next time for our study of Joshua.
Join us next week for a study of the book of Joshua.
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