OT: Deuteronomy 6:4-13

Reading:

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:   And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.   And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:   And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.   And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.   And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.   And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,   And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;   Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.   Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Commentary:

We need to keep God's Word constantly before our eyes, and especially before (and in) our heart.  Due to our sinful flesh, the old man, though we are indeed redeemed by the blood of Christ (hence our justification is secure), we still need His commandments, that we may never grow comfortable in our sin (beware lest thou forget the LORD).  Regarding God's law then, the Ten Commandments, "thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house….and when thou risest up.   And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.   And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house."  Also we should teach our children the great works and wonders of God, especially His miracles of deliverance and protection by the angels.  But high and above all these things, Christ must shine as this world's Savior, "for the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give His life a ransom for many."