Relevant Verses: Deut 4:32–39; 5:15; 8:7–18

Theme: Remember the past, but don’t be a captive to it!

Leading Question: Is it always good to remember the past?

The book of Deuteronomy upholds a religion of memory. The verb “remember” (Hebrew zachor) appears 15 times in this book. Actually, throughout the entire Old Testament memory is a prominent word with no fewer than 169 occurrences. “Remember that you were strangers in Egypt”; “Remember the days of old”; “Remember the seventh day to keep it holy.”

The first paragraph in the official Sabbath School lesson for this week begins as follows, “Two words appear all ...