True Worship vs False Worship
According to Scripture, how must Israel NOT worship the Lord?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:4 (NIV) —
“You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.”
Where must Israel go to seek proper worship?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:5 (NIV) —
“You are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose… to put his Name there for his dwelling.”
What must be done to all pagan worship locations?
Deuteronomy 12:2 (NIV) —
“Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains… where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.”
Who may arise and test the people spiritually?
Deuteronomy 13:1 (NIV) —
“If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you…”
What must happen to the false prophet?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:5 (NIV) —
“That prophet or dreamer must be put to death…”
What behavior was no longer acceptable once entering the land?
Deuteronomy 12:8 (NIV) —
“You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit.”
What command shows worship is no longer random or scattered?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:13 (NIV) —
“Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.”
What must be done to their altars and sacred objects?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:3 (NIV) —
“Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire…”
What makes their deception convincing?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:2 (NIV) —
“If the sign or wonder spoken of takes place…”
What must you NOT do if someone entices you to idolatry?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:8 (NIV) —
“Do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them.”
What does proper worship include emotionally?
Deuteronomy 12:7 (NIV) —
“There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall REJOICE…”
What were they commanded to bring to that place?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:6 (NIV) —
“There bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts…”
What command is given about consuming blood?
Deuteronomy 12:16 (NIV) —
“But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.”
What is God’s purpose behind allowing this?
Deuteronomy 13:3 (NIV) —
“The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Who must take the first action in judgment?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:9 (NIV) —
“You must certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death…”
What rule governs all acceptable worship practices?
Deuteronomy 12:32 (NIV) —
“See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.”
Who is included in worship at God’s chosen place?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:12 (NIV) —
“… you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites…”
What reason is given for not eating blood?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:23 (NIV) —
“Be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life…”
What does true loyalty to God look like?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:4 (NIV) —
“It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere… obey him, serve him and hold fast to him.”
What must be done to a city that turns to idolatry?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:15 (NIV) —
“You must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely…”
What warning is given about curiosity toward pagan worship?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:30 (NIV) —
“Be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.’”
What instruction ties obedience to the exact place God chooses?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:14 (NIV) —
“Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose… and there observe everything I command you.”
What detestable act of worship does God specifically condemn?
📖 Deuteronomy 12:31 (NIV) —
“They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.”
From whom can temptation come that makes it especially dangerous?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:6 (NIV) —
“If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you…”
What must be done with everything devoted to destruction?
📖 Deuteronomy 13:16–17 (NIV) —
“You are to gather all the plunder… and burn it… None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands…”