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4/24/15

Moses life’s end is focused on God’s faithfulness to Israel

AIM: Our faith’s focus is on God’s everlasting faithfulness

A) Moses blessings for Israel are 100% dependent upon God
(33:1-5) Moses, man of God praises God for majesty, love, instruction, law and kingship over Jeshurun/upright one/Israel
(6-25) Blessings: Reuben-live, Judah-defender (Simeon Joshua 19:9), Levi-skills, Benjamin-beloved, Joseph-land, Zebulun/Issachar-seas, Gad-leadership, Dan-inheritance, Naphtali-favor, Asher-strength
(26-27) God, travels across heaven to help you on clouds of majesty, eternal God your refuge
(28-29) Israel is blessed by God, saved by the Lord – shield, helper, sword
Application: What is the source of your blessing? Is your faith in your image, investments or information or is your faith in the One Holy, Creator Lord of all? Is your value backed by the full faith of the Sovereign God? Martin Luther wrote, “I’ve held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.”

B) Moses end of life is marked by confident, strong faith and an enduring legacy
(34:1-4) Moses 120 years old, climb the mountain sees the land (Hebrews 11:13-16) living in faith is seeing eternal life and welcoming it from a distance.
(5-8) Moses servant of the Lord, dies at 120 (Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.) and Israelites grieved for 30 days
(9) Joshua filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him
(10-12) no prophet like Moses, Lord knew face to face, signs/wonders/mighty power in the sight of all Israel

Application: How prepared to die am I? If today was my last day on earth would I live it differently? As a Christian we are commanded to live as foreigners, ambassadors for Heaven and speak the very words of God as God’s word has the power to save, heal and restore.

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