Now Choose Life

Deuteronomy 30:1-20

Key Verse 30:19b

Read verses 1-2. What will cause the Israelites to return (after dispersion or Diaspora) to the Lord and obey Him?

Read verses 3-10. As the Israelites return to the Lord and obey him, what will the Lord do for them? What does this passage show us about the Lord?

Read verses 11-14. What does it mean that the word is near you? Is it possible that the word is either in one’s mouth or in one’s heart, and yet that person does not obey it?

Read verse 15 and think about two different sets of ideas: “life and prosperity” and “death and destruction”. How is “life” different from “life and prosperity”? How is “death” different from “destruction”?

Read verse 16 and think about the command: to love the LORD your God; to walk in his ways; and to keep his commands, decrees and laws. How are these commands related to one another? What will happen when one follows these commands?

Read verses 17-18. What are “other gods”?

Read verses 19-20 and think about the command, “Now choose life.” Who must choose? What is life?