God's Covenant People

In Deuteronomy, God re-establishes Israel as his covenant people. What does it mean to be the covenant people of God, and what are the implications for our lives today.?

Sermon Outline:
I. A Promise of Land, People, and Blessing.
II. The Establishment of God’s Covenant People.
III. Deuteronomy as a Covenant Treaty.
IV. The Long Way of Disobedience.
V. Living as God’s Covenant People Today.

Sermon Discussion Questions:
1. What has been your past experience, if any, with the book of Deuteronomy?
2. How does seeing God’s relationship to Israel in terms of a suzerain/vassal treaty enhance your understanding of God’s dealings with Israel?
3. In a typical suzerain/vassal treaty, the suzerain kingdom was expected to do certain things for the vassal kingdom. What were some of those things? How do you see God doing these things for his covenant people?
4. Likewise, the vassal people were supposed to be faithful to the suzerain in some particular ways. How do you see Israel either doing that or failing to do that? How does God respond?
5. What can we learn as the covenant people of God today from Israel’s unnecessary 38 years of wandering around in the wilderness? What does God desire from his covenant people today?

This is the First sermon in the series "Remember, Trust, and Obey", today, August 29th, 2021, Pastor Trent Casto delivers his sermon entitled "God's Covenant People” based on Deuteronomy 1:1-5