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Songs of Degrees, Part 17
Who Stands By Night
Songs of Degrees: This is a sermon
series about Psalms 120 through 134. The Songs of Degrees, or the
Songs of Ascents, are meant to teach us about our upward journey
toward what God wills for His church. There are 15 of these songs
and there were 1,500 years between the ministry of Moses and the
earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. When God gave Moses the plan for
the Tabernacle, it was the beginning of His plan to restore man, to
rescue man. This plan, we know, was fulfilled by the death,
resurrection, and ascension of our Lord and Savior.
In this final study
of the Songs of Degrees, we learn what it means to stand by night in
the house of the Lord.
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Psalm 134
| A Song of degrees. Behold,
bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD,
which by night stand in the house of the LORD. |
| Lift up your hands in the
sanctuary, and bless the LORD. |
| The LORD that made heaven
and earth bless thee out of Zion. |
Psalm 134 |
Isaiah 59
| Behold, the LORD'S hand is
not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his
ear heavy, that it cannot hear: |
| But your iniquities have
separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he will
not hear. |
| For your hands are defiled
with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your
lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered
perverseness. |
| None calleth for justice,
nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in
vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief,
and bring forth iniquity. |
| They hatch cockatrice'
eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth
of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed
breaketh out into a viper. |
| Their webs shall not become
garments, neither shall they cover themselves
with their works: their works are works of
iniquity, and the act of violence is in their
hands. |
| Their feet run to evil, and
they make haste to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and
destruction are in their paths. |
| The way of peace they know
not; and there is no judgment in their goings:
they have made them crooked paths: whosoever
goeth therein shall not know peace. |
| Therefore is judgment far
from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we
wait for light, but behold obscurity; for
brightness, but we walk in darkness. |
| We grope for the wall like
the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we
stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in
desolate places as dead men. |
| We roar all like bears, and
mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but
there is none; for salvation, but it is far off
from us. |
| For our transgressions are
multiplied before thee, and our sins testify
against us: for our transgressions are with us;
and as for our iniquities, we know them; |
Isaiah 59:1-12 |
Isaiah 59
| In transgressing and
lying against the LORD, and departing away
from our God, speaking oppression and
revolt, conceiving and uttering from the
heart words of falsehood. |
| And judgment is turned
away backward, and justice standeth afar
off: for truth is fallen in the street, and
equity cannot enter. |
| Yea, truth faileth; and
he that departeth from evil maketh himself a
prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased
him that there was no judgment. |
| And he saw that there
was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought
salvation unto him; and his righteousness,
it sustained him. |
| For he put on
righteousness as a breastplate, and an
helmet of salvation upon his head; and he
put on the garments of vengeance for
clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. |
| According to their
deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to
his adversaries, recompense to his enemies;
to the islands he will repay recompense. |
| So shall they fear the
name of the LORD from the west, and his
glory from the rising of the sun. When the
enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit
of the LORD shall lift up a standard against
him. |
| And the Redeemer shall
come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. |
| As for me, this is my
covenant with them, saith the LORD; My
spirit that is upon thee, and my words which
I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart
out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of
thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's
seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and
for ever. |
Isaiah 60
| Arise, shine; for thy
light is come, and the glory of the LORD is
risen upon thee. |
| For, behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the LORD shall
arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee. |
Isaiah 59:13-60:2 |
2 Thessalonians 2
| Let no man deceive you by
any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of
sin be revealed, the son of perdition; |
2 Thessalonians 2:3 |
Matthew 3
| And now also the ax is laid
unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree
which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire. |
Matthew 3:10 |
Ephesians 6:12-17
| For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. |
| Wherefore take unto you the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand. |
| Stand therefore, having
your loins girt about with truth, and having on
the breastplate of righteousness; |
| And your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace; |
| Above all, taking the
shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. |
| And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God: |
Ephesians 6:12-17 |
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