Deuteronomy 4:25

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23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, ^aand make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.

24 For ^athe Lord your God is a consuming fire, ^ba jealous God.

25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and ^ado evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger,

26 ^aI call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not¹ prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.

27 And the Lord ^awill scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

28 And ^athere you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, ^bwhich neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Commentaries:

No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Deuteronomy 4:25.

Deuteronomy 4:25-26

It is time to bring out the big guns. It is time to bring out the grandparents. Of course we understand that parents have the prime goal in raising children. I am certainly not denying that in any way. And certainly, I understand that we in the Church must consider the degree to which the kids' grandparents are converted. Even if once converted, a person may become apostate, backsliding in his old age. Notice the warning against idolatry and how it focuses on old people in Deuteronomy 4. Moses here specifically addresses the older people.

Unconverted, backsliding, even hostile, grandparents, with values quite different from ours, can do significant damage to our own efforts to raise our children in the nurture of the Lord. These are real issues that need to be considered. In some extreme cases, it may be absolutely unwise to bring grandparents into close contact with our children.

Excerpted from The Good Man and His Grandchildren by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)

Deuteronomy 4:25-29

We are all going to go off the path that God has plotted out for us. We are all going to sin from time to time, but because God is faithful, He is holding the door open for us, like the prodigal son, to come back. Certainly, there are stipulations. There are requirements that we have to meet, and we have to seek Him with all of our heart and with all of our soul.

Excerpted from Deuteronomy (Part 6) by John W. Ritenbaugh

Deuteronomy 4:24-31

God is teaching us there what defragments our mind. It is seeking Him with passionate desire to be like Him which defragments our mind and makes it one with Him.

Excerpted from Knowing God by John W. Ritenbaugh

Deuteronomy 4:23-26

I read that to you so you get a sense of the feeling that He has against somebody who is breaking up a beautiful relationship.

Excerpted from Deuteronomy (Part 4) (1994) by John W. Ritenbaugh

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