Homerton Baptist Church
Evening Service (251019)

      • Deuteronomy 33ESV

  • Hymn 50 - God the Lord, the king almighty

      • Matthew 13:24–30ESV

      • Matthew 13:36–43ESV

      • 2 John 1ESV

  • Hymn 877 - HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION, YOU SAINTS OF THE LORD

      • Deuteronomy 33ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:1-2ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:3-5ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:6-7ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:8-9ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:10-11ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:12-14ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:15-16ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:17-18ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:19-20ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:21-22ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:23-25ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:26-27ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:28-29ESV

  • Order of Service

    Welcome

    Prayer

    Hymn -

    Notices

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

    Main Prayer

    Hymn -

    Reading

    Deuteronomy 33 ESV
    This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand. Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you, when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob. Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. “Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.” And this he said of Judah: “Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. With your hands contend for him, and be a help against his adversaries.” And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah; who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant. They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar. Bless, O Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those who hate him, that they rise not again.” Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety. The High God surrounds him all day long, and dwells between his shoulders.” And of Joseph he said, “Blessed by the Lord be his land, with the choicest gifts of heaven above, and of the deep that crouches beneath, with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months, with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills, with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwells in the bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers. A firstborn bull—he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.” And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents. They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.” And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Gad crouches like a lion; he tears off arm and scalp. He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander’s portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments for Israel.” And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps from Bashan.” And of Naphtali he said, “O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the lake and the south.” And of Asher he said, “Most blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be. “There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’ So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew. Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.”

    Sermon

    Previously
    Song of Moses

    The Lord the King (v1-5)

    Deuteronomy 33:1–5 ESV
    This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand. Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you, when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob. Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
    Moses the “man of God”
    Prophet who mediated revelation from God
    Godly Man: God-centred, and a servant of God
    The people are facing the daunting task of cross the the Jordan
    Moses bless them, encourages them, and turns their thoughts to their great and gracious God
    Christians
    In a spiritual war with powers of evil, with temptation and sin
    also for hearts and minds of unconverted people
    For which we need a vision of the almightiness of our God & King

    The Blessing for Reuben and Judah (v6-7)

    Deuteronomy 33:6–7 ESV
    “Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.” And this he said of Judah: “Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. With your hands contend for him, and be a help against his adversaries.”
    Reuben
    The prayer is for preservation of his decendants
    “but let his men be few” (NIV: “nor his men be few”)
    [his people be numbered/numerical]
    Judah
    This tribe went in front when Israel was on the march (Numbers 10:14)
    The would be the vanguard when it came to battle
    The prayer that God would hear their voice as they cry out for help when going against the enemy

    The Blessing for Levi (v8-11)

    Deuteronomy 33:8–11 ESV
    And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah; who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant. They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar. Bless, O Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
    Levi
    They put Zeal for God before natural ties, when the people fell into idolatry at the time of the Golden Calf
    God has given guidance through Urim & Themmim
    They are to teach the law and be the priesthood in offering sacrifices for the sins of the people
    If the work of Levi was acceptable to God, it would be good for Israel
    The enemies of Levi were in effect enemies of the people
    The prayer is that such opposition would be brought to nothing

    The Blessing for Benjamin and Joseph (v12-17)

    Deuteronomy 33:12–17 ESV
    Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety. The High God surrounds him all day long, and dwells between his shoulders.” And of Joseph he said, “Blessed by the Lord be his land, with the choicest gifts of heaven above, and of the deep that crouches beneath, with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months, with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills, with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwells in the bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers. A firstborn bull—he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
    Benjamin
    “The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety”
    Not preference but an example of His Love for His People
    God surrounds them with his protection
    God also makes rrich provision for His People
    “favour of him who dwells in the bush”
    Joseph
    He had two sons who formed two tribes of Israel

    The blessing for Zebulun, Issachar and Gad (v18-21)

    Deuteronomy 33:18–21 ESV
    And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents. They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.” And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Gad crouches like a lion; he tears off arm and scalp. He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander’s portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments for Israel.”
    Their blessing are that of rejoicing in God’s Goodness to them
    Gad executed justice upon the Canaanites tribes along with the rest of Israel

    The blessing for Dan, Naphtali and Asher (v22-25)

    Deuteronomy 33:22–25 ESV
    And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps from Bashan.” And of Naphtali he said, “O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the lake and the south.” And of Asher he said, “Most blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be.
    This would seem to indicate the lands they would have
    Naphtail had the West side of the Sea of Galilee up through to the northern side
    Asher’s promise is that believers will be given the strength to fulfil all that God wants them to do

    There is none like the God of Israel (v26-29)

    Deuteronomy 33:26–29 ESV
    “There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’ So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew. Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.”
    God is our helper, who comes soaring through the sky to our aid
    As the eternal God, he is always the dwelling place of those who trust Him
    His strong arms are always there to bear us up
    All those in covenant with God, who know and love Him, are truly happy (Psalm 144:14)
    In our struggles and service, this is ‘our God forever and ever’ (Psalm 48:14)

    Hymn -

    Q&A

    Hymn -

    Closing Prayer

    Doxology

      • Deuteronomy 33ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:1–5ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:6–7ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:8–11ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:12–17ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:18–21ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:22–25ESV

      • Deuteronomy 33:26–29ESV

  • Hymn 614 - What a friend we have in Jesus
  • Hymn 1229 - My soul finds rest in God alone
  • Doxology 223 v1

      • 1 Corinthians 16:23–24NKJV

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