PSALM CHAPTER 54 ~~ The Friendliness of Enemies ~~ GOD SAVES HIS FAITHFUL PEOPLE 1. THE PEOPLE OF ZIPH. A. BETRAYED DAVID FOR PERSONAL GAIN. 2 SAM 23:19-23. B. AN ENEMY CAN MERELY COLLABORATE. (AS ZIPHIM). C. AN ENEMY MAY POSE AS A FRIEND. —PRETENDS TO LIKE YOU. PROV. 27:6. —TREATED AS A BROTHER. PS. 35:11-16. —PARTICIPATES WITH YOU. JUDE
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 53 ~~ The Fools And Their Fall. ~~ “For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.” —Titus 3:3 1. THE EPITOME OF A FOOL DENIES GOD. V. 1. A. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY CHARACTERISTIC OF A FOOL. —HE ARGUES,
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 52 ~~ Evil Men Will Pay Someday For Sin ~~ 1. IT IS BASED UPON ACTUAL EVENTS. A. DOEG WAS A BAD INFLUENCE TO BE AROUND. WRONG NATION, WRONG GODS, WRONG ATTITUDE. 1 SAMUEL 21:7. *DEMON-POSSESSED SAUL CHOSE HIM TO BE A COMPANION. THE RIGHT WAY: PSALM 119:63. B. HE WAS A VIOLENT PERSON, DESIRING WRATH ON GOOD
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 51 ~~ The Rise From The Fall ~~ 1. THE BACKGROUND : HAVING MERCY FOR WHAT ? V. 1. A. THE FALL OF DAVID AS COMMANDER AND CHIEF. WHY DIDN’T HE GO TO BATTLE ? 2 SAM. 10:17-19. REACTION TO VICTORY ? B. THE FALL OF DAVID AS THE MEDITATOR OF GOD’S WORD. PSALM 63:6. —IT WILL
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 50 ~~ How Great Is The Power of God’s Spoken Word ? ~~ 1. HE BROUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE OF CREATION. V. 1 A. HE BROUGHT THE EARTH INTO BEING. HEBREWS 11:3, 2 PETER 3:5, GENESIS 1:3,6,9,11. GENESIS 1:28. B. HE BROUGHT THE SUN INTO BEING. C. HE CREATED THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY OPERATE. GENESIS 1:14.
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 49 ~~ Some Things Everyone Needs To Know ! ~~ 1. THERE IS A UNIVERSAL MESSAGE FROM GOD. A. NOT JUST FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE. IS. 49:6, HEB. 5:9. —TO THE JEW FIRST, HOWEVER. ROMANS 1:16. —ONE MESSAGE FOR ALL PEOPLE. EPH. 4:3-6, ROM. 4:1-4. B. FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. JEREMIAH 1:5, MATT. 24:14, MARK 16:15, events
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 48 ~~ How Great Is Your God ??? ~~ 1. HIS GREATNESS IS ACKNOWLEDGED IN MANY WAYS. A. RESULTING IN THE NEED TO PRAISE HIM. HIS GREATNESS IS UNSEARCHABLE. PS. 145:3, PROV. 26:10, DEUT. 10:17. HE IS TO BE FEARED ABOVE ALL GODS. I CHRON. 16:25, REV. 19:17. B. HIS PRAISE SHALL BE ESPECIALLY IN HIS SPECIAL
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 47 ~~ Good Reasons For Worship ~~ 1. THE DIRECTION OF WORSHIP. V. 1. A. IT IS ALWAYS GOD-CENTERED. COLOSSIANS 3:23. —CANNOT BE A DIVIDED WORSHIP. MATT. 16:24. —LUKE 19:37….PRAISING GOD ALONE. B. IT USES WHAT GOD GAVE TO US. EXAMPLE: HANDS TO CLAP. —EACH CREATURE DOES IT DIFFERENTLY. —WATERS—PS. 99:8. TREES—PSALM 55:12, 96:12. C. IT
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 46 ~~ God is Our Refuge and Strength ! ~~ 1. THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. A. HE IS OUR HIDING PLACE FROM TROUBLES. —FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO DESERVE THEIR TROUBLES, AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT. NUMBERS 35:12, DEUTERONOMY 33:27, PS. 9:9, PS. 62:7-8. —FOR THOSE WHO HUNGER
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 45 How Shall People Know The Beauty of The Messiah Unless Those Who Know Him Tell It ? 1. DAVID’S HEART IS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING GOOD. V.1. A. THE CHOICE IS OURS, AS WELL. PHIL. 4:8, PS. 63:6, PS. 77:12, 1 TIMOTHY 4:15. B. HE IS WILLING TO SHARE WHAT HE HAS DISCOVERED. THE FOCUS REMAINS ON
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