The Kind of Life God Intended (Part 2)

So last Sunday, what did we talk about?

Last Sunday—what did we talk about? Encourage me—what did you talk about last Sunday?

Okay, we talked about living the life that God wants us to live.

And how do we call that kind of life?

Zoe.

Okay, so let’s open our Bibles to Deuteronomy 30:15–18 again.

Now listen.

Today I am giving you a choice—between life and death, between prosperity and disaster.

For I command you this day to love the Lord your God, and to keep His commands and regulations by walking in His ways.

If you do this—you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you.

But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed.

You will not live a long, good life.

Let’s pray…

(Father, we thank You so much, O God, for allowing us at the end of the week to be able to relax, to rejuvenate ourselves in Your presence. And so Father, right now, Lord God, we ask that by Your Spirit our hearts will be opened, and our ears will be opened likewise, so that we will be ready to embrace whatever You have for us tonight. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.)

And so, for a Zoe kind of life—it has requirements, right?

And what’s that requirement?

To love the Lord your God.

Based on what we read—if you love God, an indication that you love God is that you keep His commandments and you walk in His ways.

And so loving God will always mean that we are very devoted to Him.

Being devoted to Him also entails fearing Him—walking in the fear of the Lord—and of course, seeking to fulfill His will in our lives.

So tonight, I’d like to continue.

If you look at verse 16—walking in His ways—last week we discussed Zoe.

And tonight, I’d like to share with you: what does God mean when He says, “If you do this, you will live and multiply”?

Last week, we talked about being blessed.

But here—when we talk about living—it’s not just remaining alive.

It’s more than existing.

It’s having an abundance of life.

Now, let’s open our Bible—Acts 17:28.

It says: “For in Him we live and move and have our being.”

So through Jesus Christ—that’s where we really find life.

Because living here is not just existing.

It is finding meaning in our lives.

Everything that we do—it should be in Him.

As long as we are alive—we find it in Him.

And in Him, we have our being.

Whoever we are—our identity—it is in Him that we find ourselves.

So when you hear the word “multiply,” what comes to your mind?

Increase.

Right?

Now, let me give you an example.

I had to start teaching my child the multiplication table.

And I told him—if you want to be good in math, one of the requirements is that you memorize the multiplication table.

And I was having a hard time teaching him—because someone else was telling him, “You can do it without memorizing.”

And that made it difficult.

Because multiplication requires foundation.

It requires discipline.

It requires order.

And in the same way—when God says you will “live and multiply”—this is not random.

This is not automatic.

This comes from walking in His ways.

This comes from loving Him.

This comes from obeying Him.

Because the life that God intends is not just something we claim—

It is something we live out, in Him, through Him, and for Him.