A Nation
of Promise – The Promises Rejected
This is the
Lord’s doing;..we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:23-24
Hymn 20: Safety in
Obeying God
The Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:2-4)
Psalm 118:14-24: I will praise the Lord
Bible Readings: –
Moses Calls-out Bad Behaviour: Deut. 32:15-29
Continuing Rejection of God: Jeremiah 44:1-10
Jesus’ Parable of Rejection: Matt 21:33-46
God’s Everlasting Love: Romans 10:1-3, 13-21
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God
chose Israel to be His peculiar treasure to Himself, to be a kingdom
of priests, and an holy nation, and to receive His Promised Blessings (Exodus
19:5-6)
·
However,
even whilst journeying to the Promised Land, the people rebelled against the
Lord – Deuteronomy 32:15-19
·
There
was a period in which the Nation experienced the Blessings promised by God
under the reign of Kings Saul, David and Solomon, but subsequent to that most kings
rejected God’s instructions, despite the continuing Promises
·
The
Nation was divided into 2 Kingdoms, and one, Israel, had no Godly King and was
sent into dispersion, whilst the other, Judah, had a few Godly kings, but
overall grew further away from God and was taken into captivity - Jeremiah
44:1-10
·
Jesus
told a parable about Israel’s rejection of God’s ways and how they did not
honour His Son – Matthew 21:33-46
·
Nevertheless,
God still continues, to hold out His Hand to deliver His People from the power
of their enemy, Satan; He will bring them to dwell in The Land – their physical
bodies – when Jesus Christ returns to reign over this World.
Hymn 122
(Tune 123): Overcoming the Enemy Within
Message
Doxology
The right hand of the LORD is
exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the
works of the LORD. (Psalm 118:15-16).
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