Deuteronomy 7:6-8 NKJV
"Because He Loves You!"
September 21, 2025
Intro: Israel is about to enter the Promised Land after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness while a rebellious generation die off. Before they are allowed to enter the land, Moses delivers a series of sermons to the people of God. The content of this book was given to the people of Israel during the last month of Moses’ life. These discourses were given to the generation of Israelites that were born during the wilderness wanderings, who had either been very young, or not yet born, when the Law was first given to Israel. Thus, the book is named “Deuteronomy,” which means “second law.” Deuteronomy is a restatement of the Law of God. It’s the same law but a different delivery! This generation needed to know that God was with them, just as He had promised to be with their fathers. They were about to face the fight of their lives, and they needed divine assurance that they could depend on God as they faced the people of Canaan and committed to live their lives for the Lord. This passage identifies to Israel that their God is an intentional interactive intimate God. They can rest in His love. They can trust in His Word. They can believe in His promises. They can depend on His power. Verse 6 reads, “For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself.” This should remind us of Apostle Peter’s letter to the church (1 Peter 2:9), “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light:”
1. His Way (because ye were the fewest of all people)
I would not have done it this way! Why choose a few when you could of chosen many? Why choose the least when He could have chosen the most? Proverbs 16:25 says “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” God says in Isaiah 55:8, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” In 2 Corinthians 12:9 God said to the Apostle Paul, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” So, Paul answers, “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” God’s strength is made perfect in weakness because He delights in taking situations where human strength is lacking to demonstrate the greatness of His power. 1 Corinthians 1:27 teaches, “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” We must never shrink away from God because of our weakness but run to Him, letting Him equip and empower us to accomplish His will. We must remember His promise: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” Isaiah 40:29.
2. His Will (because the Lord loves you)
God will never love you more than He loves you right now… God will never love you less than He loves you right now… God’s love is immutable, It does not change because His love is not based on our response! You can’t make God love you more and praise God that you can’t make Him love you less! It’s always been and always will be His will and not our will! The Apostle John said that, “We love Him, because He first loved us!” The Apostle Paul said in Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Pastor Chip Ingram defines love in this way, “Love is giving someone what they need the most, when they deserve it the least, at great personal cost.” Pastor Crawford Kimble wrote in his book “Adventures in Love” that, “The defining act of love is revealed solely in the rituals of sacrifice.” John teaches, “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” The Apostle is clear that we did not come to our senses on our own. We did not come to Jesus without His direct call on our lives. We are here today because He loved us first! What is PROPITIATION? Propitiation expresses the idea that Jesus died on the cross to pay the price for sin which a holy God demanded of man the sinner. It is the atoning death of Jesus on the cross, through which He paid the penalty demanded by God because of man's sin, thus because of His love for us He set us free from sin and death and the grave.
3. His Word (because he would keep the oath)
Isaiah said (40:8), “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” Peter added, “And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.” I’ve come today to share that because He Loves You, the GOSPEL teaches that He kept His word and endured that FRIDAY because He promised that in three days He was getting up from the grave. He brought us out with His Mighty Hand… He redeemed us from the house of slavery just like He promised in His word!”
It may feel like Friday in your life … but the Word says that Sunday is Coming!
• It’s Friday… Jesus is arrested in the garden where He was praying. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… The disciples are hiding and Peter’s denying that he knows the Lord. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… Jesus is standing before the His accusers, silent as a lamb before the slaughter. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… Jesus is beaten, mocked, and spit upon. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… Roman soldiers are flogging our Lord with a whip that has bits of bones and metal, tearing at his flesh. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… The Son of man stands firm as they press the crown of thorns down into his brow. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… He is struggling up that ole rugged hill to Calvary, the blood dripping from His body. The cross crashing down on His back as He stumbles under the load. But Sunday’s coming.
• It’s Friday… The Roman soldiers drove the nails into the hands and feet of our Lord. But Sunday’s coming.
• Jesus died on that cross but that was Friday but Sunday’s coming!
• Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb on that Friday BUT Sunday is coming!
• Death and the Devil must have celebrated all night Friday and all-day Saturday!
• Sunday is here! The Lamb that was silent before the slaughter is now the resurrected Lion from the tribe of Judah, for He is risen! Just as He said He would!
• It’s Sunday, and our Christ has defeated death, hell, sin and the grave!
• It’s Sunday, and now everything has changed for those that trust in Him! "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
