Passive Disciplines The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (1) God is actively involved in disciplining His people. “For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 13:3 God knows that active disciplines alone ...

Active Disciplines The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (1) The work of spiritual discipline has two aspects. “See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them…” Deuteronomy 4:5 We have seen that God is the source to Whom we look for ...

Love the Lord The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline(1) When we fear God as we ought, we will love Him as He desires. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to ...

Fear the Lord The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (1) Spiritual discipline begins in the soul’s attitude toward God. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to ...

The Source of Spiritual Disciplines The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (1) Even the discipline we need is an act of God’s grace. “Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your ...

Why Spiritual Disciplines? The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (1) Our sinful nature makes spiritual disciplines most necessary. When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go ...

The Training of the Soul The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Discipline (1) Gaining the promises of God does not come naturally. “You shall love the LORD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Deuteronomy 6:5 The worldview rooted in the Law of God is ...

The Hereafter The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Vision (3) God’s Law indicates an eternal continuance with Him. And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers.” Deuteronomy 31:16 God declared Himself to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is not ...

The Power of God The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Vision (3) God’s power is over everything that He has made. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them, and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, ...

Spiritual Powers The Worldview of God’s Law: Spiritual Vision (3) Satan was not alone in his mission against the glory of God. “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and Jebusites, and I ...