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Discipleship Focus: Imitation
- Imitation: This is the second over-arching step of the discipleship process. First we gain information, then we imitate our spiritual mentor. Imitation leads to innovation of spirituality in our own life.
The second half of this chapter is all about imitation. Most of this book has been all about Moses
speaking law to the people before he goes up the mountain to die. But when we get to this chapter, the emphasis
changes drastically. In the second half
of this chapter, Moses has the people stand up and speak the section of curses.
What’s Moses doing here?
Moses is taking the people from the information stage to the imitation
stage. Moses knows that if they only hear
the curses there is a large chance that they’ll go in one ear and out the
other. Learning information is not the goal;
it is merely the first step in the discipleship process! For these people to really become God’s
people, they need to learn the information and then have it become a part of
their experience.
Moses has the people speak these curses themselves. They will say these words. They will place these words upon their
lips. These words will become a part of
who they are. Moses wants these people
to live the words, not just know them.
NOTE: I could have easily spoken this day on “Up.” If you’d like to put that one together
yourself, take a look at my theological commentary from three years ago on the
first half of this chapter regarding buildings and the altar Moses directs them
to build. You should be able to go from there.
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