Message summary: Today, and every day, let us not forget the Lord and primarily His Gospel.   

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“When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant–then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” (Deuteronomy 6:10-12). "Do this in remembrance of Me" (Luke 22:19). "Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel" (2 Timothy 2:8Brooksyne and I are at that stage in life when we tend to be a bit more forgetful. Sometimes it’s humorous, other times a bit scary and and still at times it is downright aggravating. For the most part our forgetfulness is is in regard to misplacing smaller daily items like where we put the car keys, our coffee cups, etc. Or we walk downstairs with the intention of getting an item, but we can't remember what that item was.....until we walk back upstairs and get back to the reason we went downstairs in the first place. Our pantry is downstairs from the kitchen, so Brooksyne goes through this frustrating time waster often when preparing food.

Our first daily Scripture is a caution that we are not to forget that which is of utmost importance, a solemn warning from Moses to the people of God camped on the east side of the Jordan. We do well to heed this warning today some 3500 years later: "Be careful that you do not forget the LORD".

The people of Israel were poised to enter the Promised Land and Moses gathered them in one place. That must have been quite a sight! He knew he was not the one who was going to lead them into the Promised Land and that his departure was nearing. He gave the people he faithfully led through the wilderness one last rousing sermon. (Many Bible students consider the entire book of Deuteronomy a single sermon. For that reason in Bible College we were expected to read the entire book on our own in one setting which Brooksyne and I did individually.)

Notice the phrase in our first daily text, "Be careful that you do not forget the Lord". Moses knew the blessed life in which they were about to enter would carry with it the risk of forgetting how they got there in the first place. Due to our sin nature every child of God is at high risk for falling prey  to forgetfulness and apathy.  Our greatest temptation to fail, fall or forget may be in part due to the prosperity and blessings we have received from God.

In the New Testament the prime means of remembering is participating in an ordinance established by our Lord which He commanded, "Do this in remembrance of Me". When we participate in Communion we are declaring our belief in the essential heart of the Gospel, that Jesus died for our sins.

In our final text we have a brief word from Paul to Timothy concerning a call to remember another essential, "Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel".

Today, and every day, let’s not forget the Lord and primarily His Gospel.

Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13

Stephen and Brooksyne Weber