Homerton Baptist Church
Evening Service (240714)
  • Hymn 905 - Abide with me, fast falls the eventide

      • Matthew 6:5–14NKJV

      • 2 Thessalonians 3:6–15NKJV

  • Hymn 544 - O spirit of the living God

      • Deuteronomy 4.44-45NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 4.46-47NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 4.48-49NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.1-3NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.4-5NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.6-8NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.9-10NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.11-13NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.14NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.15NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.16-20NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5.21NKJV

  • Order of Service

    Welcome

    Prayer

    Hymn - ABIDE WITH ME, FAST FALLS THE EVENTIDE (905) - HENRY F LYTE 1793-1847

    Notices

    Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm
    Friday 7pm - Online
    Sunday Morning 11am & 6pm
    Tithes & Offerings - £

    Main Prayer

    Hymn - O SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD (544) - James Montgomery 1771-1854

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    Reading

    Deuteronomy 4:44–5:21 ESV
    This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan; from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon), together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, while I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said: “ ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “ ‘You shall have no other gods before me. “ ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. “ ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. “ ‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. “ ‘You shall not murder. “ ‘And you shall not commit adultery. “ ‘And you shall not steal. “ ‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. “ ‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’
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    Sermon

    Living before the Living God
    Do not try to make the invisible visible
    No other God
    God reveals himself through his spoken Word
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    The setting for the second giving of the law (ch 4 v44-49)

    This passage is an introduction to the Law
    “The Law” that Moses is going to give in the next 22 chapters
    “The Law” emphasizes its unity and its divine authority
    There is no distinction between the its discriptors
    Testimonies
    Statues
    Rules
    They simply express the variety of instructions that were given directly to God’s People
    to enrich their lives as a community and as individuals
    Description of the setting to remind the people that the Lord
    delivered them from slavery
    to make them His own
    fashions them as a nation and settles them in the land he had promised
    Moses, God’s spokesman & representation, gives them the law for their obedience as His people in His land
    All God has done shows he is their sovereign Lord
    it is their duty & blessing tokeep his commandments
    Our service and obedience derives their impetus and motivation from His great mercies towards us
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    The setting of the first giving of the law (ch 5 v1-5)

    Moses reminds them of what took place at Horeb
    They are to learn the commands and take care to do them
    He reminds them that the covenant was specifically made in the lifetime of those who are now the older generation standing before Moses
    They heard the voice of the Lord speasking to them out of the fire
    They witness the fire that surrounded the mountain
    They feared when they relaised the holiness and justice of the Lord
    They must therefore take to heart his words
    keep them faithfully
    teaching the rising generation to live in the same obedience
    Two emphases underlie what Moses says
    God’s grace and love that have brought Israel to this moment. They owe him everything.
    The grace and love are God’s and God is great, holy and just.
    He is Lord of all, majestic, clothed in clouds and fire, glorious, the creator before whom humans feel overwhelmed and utterly out of their depth, sinful and unworthy.
    These emphases run throughout the whole Bible and need to be held together in our understanding and worship
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    The Ten Commandments repeated (ch 5 v6-21)

    Deuteronomy 5:6 ESV
    “ ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
    “I am the Lord your God”
    declaraion of Hid greatness; He is God
    “Who brought you out of the land of Egypt”
    shows mercy and their indebtedness to him
    The commands were never intended as a way of salvation
    Nor were they spoken to the world in general
    They were given specifically to the redeemed, covenant people of God
    Summerising the behaviour that the Lord expected from those whom he had made His own
    The grateful response of those people is to live according to His Law
    The 10 Commandments have a unity and stand or fall together
    Romans 3:20 ESV
    For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
    The law brings knowledge of Sin to unbelievers
    It also functions in the same way in believers
    We all fail and fall, and these commandments and their implications are one of the means the Holy Spirit uses to make us aware of our sin and lead us to repentance and renewed obedience.
    Jesus came to fulfil the law not irradicate it
    We have to view the laws in the light of the coming of Jesus and all that he did
    We have to look beyond the outward application of the words and deeper into the attitudes and motives of our hearts
    Compare ...
    Deuteronomy 5:16 ESV
    “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
    With Paul’s words...
    Ephesians 6:3 ESV
    “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
    Paul makes the promise applicable to Christians living far away from the the land or Israel
    The Sabbeth has also been modified with it now the first day of the week, the day or resurrection “The Lord’s Day”.
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    Through the law unbelievers are taught knowledge of sin
    It is therefore binding upon them
    Romans 2:14–15 ESV
    For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
    written on their hearts
    choosing to ignore their consciences
    Commandments 6 to 9 are largely the basis of laws in nations
    It is not the responsibility of secular rulers to enforce laws that directly concern the honour and worship of God
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    First Commandment

    Deuteronomy 5:7 ESV
    “ ‘You shall have no other gods before me.
    God is real and he has revealed himself
    Do not put imagined deities before Him
    Acts 14:17 ESV
    Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
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    Second Commandment

    Deuteronomy 5:8–10 ESV
    “ ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
    God is not to be brought down to the level of created things
    His creative works bear witness to his existence and his transcendence
    His Word tells us all we need to know about Him
    His character shines out supremely in His son Jesus Christ
    A desire for anything else shows sinful impertinence
    Romans 1:18–25 ESV
    For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
    Once people begin to think of God in terms of created things, their understanding of God is deformed
    They lose touch with the real God
    Their worship becomes debased and the need for careful obedience is undermined
    in idolatry images are used as instruments of worship
    Though the use of images and statues can be said to focus the thoughts of the worshippers upon the deity, almost inevitably people begin to feel that in some way the god, or his spirit, is located in or with the image.
    bowing towards, praying towards or walking quietly past the image
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    The only acceptable to God is “in spirit and in truth”
    John 4:23–24 ESV
    But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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    Two cautions and one encouragement is provided with this command
    God is a Jealous God
    His love is stirred into jealousy by unfaithfulness
    Jealousy is not to be confused with covetousness
    To covert is to desire that which is not yours
    Jealousy is being denied what is rightfully yours
    Sinfulness sadly warps our understanding and leads us into error in perceiving what is rightfully ours
    Upon those who hate Him he visits their own iniquity
    Parents bring up their children in their own passions
    So a cycle of hatred and punishment is setup which may last for several generations
    To the third or fourth generation
    Maybe this indicates that God periodically steps in and offers the opportunity of repentance and renewal
    God shows steadfast love to those who love Him, evidenced by their keeping of His commandments.
    showing steadfast (loyal) love to thousands (uncountable number)
    God’s steadfast love never wanes or fails towards those who love Him
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    Third Commandment

    Deuteronomy 5:11 ESV
    “ ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
    The command is about God’s reputation, God’s Name
    Israel must not behave in such a way as to tarnish that reputation
    Rather the nation is to act in ways that enhance it
    This goes to the heart of Israel’s calling to be God’s people in a pagan world
    We must honour God in ...
    corporate life
    personal life
    No one to misuse God’s Name in a curse, as if it had magic power
    But is goes far beyond that...
    Demonstrating our love for God and obedience to Him, by placing worship at the centre of their lives, they were to reflect the character of the Lord to the world around them
    1 Peter 2:9 ESV
    But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
    Paul wrote of the Israelites of his day...
    Romans 2:24 ESV
    For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
    It is a tragedy when the same is true of those who bear the name “Christian”
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    Fourth Commandment

    Deuteronomy 5:12–15 ESV
    “ ‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
    Although some differences exist in the wording between Exodus and Deuteronomy, they are not contradictory
    “To keep it holy”
    Emphasis is on keeping the day seperate from other other six
    A special day, without work
    There was no religious ceremony or worship commanded for the Sabbath, though later it became a suitable day for the synagogue service because people were free to gather together.
    The Sabbath was for the benefit of people and animals
    God established it as a thythm for human life
    example: 6 days of creation and day of rest
    The number seven in scripture, also provides for the fact that the 7th day is blessed by God
    Deuteronomy places a greater emphasis on servants and animals being allowed to rest on the Sabbath
    Life as a nation places greater pressure to work the land at certain times of the year
    The temptation was also to mke servants and animals work, and only israelites to rest
    They are reminded of their own experiences in Egypt being made to work without rest
    Their pattern of life would be different from the surrounding nations
    God’s people, have a different God, they were a different people and living in a different way
    Sadly the Israelites added to the commands with a regidity that became burdensome and lacking in benefit
    Christians need to keep in mind the example and teachings of Jesus
    His Word and Spirit will guide us in its use
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    Jesus’ example...
    Luke 4:16 ESV
    And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
    Jesus said ...
    Mark 2:27–28 ESV
    And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
    Early church example...
    Acts 20:7 ESV
    On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
    Paul’s instruction for thing & gifts ...
    1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV
    On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
    Author of Hewbrew exhortation ...
    Hebrews 10:23–25 ESV
    Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
    John’s revelation and example ...
    Revelation 1:10 ESV
    I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
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    Q&A

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    Closing Prayer

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    Doxology

      • Deuteronomy 5:6NKJV

      • Romans 3:20NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5:16NKJV

      • Ephesians 6:3NKJV

      • Romans 2:14–15NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5:7NKJV

      • Acts 14:17NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5:8–10NKJV

      • Romans 1:18–25NKJV

      • John 4:23–24NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5:11NKJV

      • 1 Peter 2:9NKJV

      • Romans 2:24NKJV

      • Deuteronomy 5:12–15NKJV

      • Luke 4:16NKJV

      • Mark 2:27–28NKJV

      • Acts 20:7NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 16:2NKJV

      • Hebrews 10:23–25NKJV

      • Revelation 1:10NKJV

  • Hymn 1265 - FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST THE KING
  • Hymn 1261 - MY WORTH IS NOT IN WHAT I OWN
  • Doxology 151 v1

      • 1 Corinthians 16:23–24NKJV

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