Week 2: The Law Reviewed

Objective: 

• Review of the commandments

• The importance of keeping the Lord's commandments 
• Good's children are different than all people 

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
  

Reading:

• Deuteronomy 5
• Deuteronomy 6
• Deuteronomy 7
• Deuteronomy 8
• Deuteronomy 9: skip (A review of the rebellion of the Israelites) 

Key verse(s):

• "Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand :generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;" Deuteronomy 7:9

Comments:

Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

1.  Whom does this chapter state that the Lord actually made the Covenant with?
2. Which of the Ten Commandments comes with a promise fulfilled on earth?
3. State the phrase that was often used from the Holy Books Exodus through Deuteronomy to describe the “Promised Land.”
4. What is meant by, “Fearing the Lord”?
5. List the rewards of obeying God.
6. The Lord’s command against intermarriage was not racially motivated but was intended to prevent
   what?
7.  The Lord Jesus Christ quoted the passage “man does not live by bread alone” in response to what?
8. Describe the rich and fertile land the Israelites were to possess.
9. How were the Israelites “humbled” by the Lord?
10. Explain “Man does not live on bread alone.” 

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

1.  We learn in the Holy Book of Deuteronomy that the Lord made His covenant not with the fathers of the
   Israelites but with whom?
2. What was at the heart of Israel’s relationship with God? (HINT: It told the Israelites what God expected in terms of conduct, faith, and worship)
3. How were the children of Israel to show FEAR to the Lord? a) worshipping idols b) keeping His decrees c) stealing d) giving false witness
4. Love the Lord your God with all your _________, all your ___________, and all your ___________.
5. You should love the Lord your God with _______, with __________ and with ____________.
6. State the consequences of “following other gods” for the Israelites.
7. Why did the Lord set His affection upon the Nation of Israel? a) great numbers of people b) they didn’t disobey c) He loved them d) they were poor slaves
8. The carved images were to be destroyed by: a) fire b) burial c) breaking into pieces d) tossing into the sea
9. Name the seven nations the Israelite Nation drove out of the Promised Land.
10. Describe what the Israelites were to do with the carved images?
11. God fed the Israelites a food they and their fathers before them had not known. It was: a) bread b) manna c) quail d) fish from the oceans
12. When the Israelites had eaten and were satisfied, what were they to do? a) sleep b) exercise c) praise the Lord d) offer sacrifices
13. How did the Lord discipline Israel during the forty years desert wanderings?
14. Describe the “good land.”