Sermon Title: Famous Last Words
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-25

I. The Shama
    a. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
    (Deuteronomy 6:5)
II. Overarching themes
    a. Not just your ancestors God
    b. Shama/Shamar - hear/obey
    c. Asah - do
        i. In combination with Shama/Shamar -> do carefully
        ii. Further emphasizes the thought but
           reminds listeners that there is a call to action
        iii. Used 19 times in ch 4-11
    d. Love
        i. Called to love the Lord with all heart, soul and strength
        ii. Because God first loved us

     Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength (4:37)
             
     But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. (7:8-9)

     To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. (10:14-18)