{"id":418,"date":"2015-03-10T02:40:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=418"},"modified":"2015-03-10T02:40:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:40:08","slug":"psalm-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-26\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 26"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 24 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 26<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

AT ISSUE:\u00a0<\/em><\/span>
\n HOW DOES ONE BECOME RIGHTEOUS ?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

<\/h3>\n

Is Anyone Righteous In and Of Themselves ?<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. THE INVITATION.<\/span><\/span> V.1-2.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 A. DAVID ASKS GOD TO JUDGE HIM. WHY ?
\n\u2014GOD WILL JUDGE ALL, WHETHER THEY ASK FOR IT, OR NOT.
\nACTS 17:31.
\n\u2014CHOICE IS TO JUDGE SELF FIRST, OR LET GOD JUDGE FIRST.
\nI COR. 11:31.
\n\u2014DAVID WANTS GUIDANCE. Psalms 139:23
\nB. DAVID ASKS GOD TO TEST HIS PURPOSES AND MOTIVATES.
\n\u2014THEY RESULT IN ACTIONS. JER. 17:10.
\n*BASIS OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST IS NOT YOUR
\nINTENTS, BUT YOUR ACTIONS. 2 COR. 5:10. <\/b><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong>
\n2. DAVID\u2019S CONFIDENCE IN PASSING THE JUDGMENT TIME. <\/span> V.3.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 A. NOT AS MANY TODAY WHO SUGGEST THAT THEY CANNOT LIVE
\nFOR THE LORD. PHIL. 4:13.
\nB. DAVID\u2019S STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE:
\n\u2014TRUSTING IN THE LORD. V.1 I SHALL NOT SLIDE. 2 PET. 1:10.
\n\u2014THE LOVINGKINDNESS OF GOD. RESULTS IN PRACTICAL
\nLIVING FOR GOD. I JOHN 5:3.
\n\u2014HE HAS WALKED IN THOSE WAYS BEFORE, AND THUS
\nKNOWS THE POWER OF GODLY LIVING. 2 TIM. 3:5. <\/b><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong>
\n3. THE OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.<\/span> V. 4.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 *NOT \u201cONLY GOD KNOWS MY HEART\u201d<\/i> JAS. 2:18, MATT. 7:16,20.
\nA. JESUS CALLED ATTENTION TO WORKS. Rev. 2:2,9,13,19, 3:1.
\nB. THE HEART CONDITION COMES OUT. MATT. 15:19.
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 C. A MAN IS KNOWN BY HIS WAYS. PROV. 20:11, LUKE 6:44.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. SEPARATION IS EVIDENCE TO GOD OF A PURE HEART.<\/span> V. 4.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 A. OUR AFFILIATIONS DO COUNT ! 2 COR. 6:17, EPH. 5:11.
\nDIFFERENCE BETWEEN FELLOWSHIP AND WITNESSING:
\n“FELLOWSHIP”<\/i> = ENJOYING THE OTHER\u2019S COMPANY,
\nBEING A PARTY TO THEIR ACTIVITIES AND
\nCONVERSATION
\nRIGHT KIND\u2014ACTS 2:42,
\nWRONG KIND\u2014EPH. 5:11.
\n“WITNESSING”<\/i> =SHARING THE DIFFERENCE IN JESUS CHRIST,
\nAND NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE ABOVE.
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PHIL. 2:15, I JOHN 2:15-16.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

5. WHAT GOD FREELY GIVES.<\/span><\/span> V. 7-12.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 A. RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT BECOMES OURS AFTER GOD GIVES IT
\nTO US. PHIL. 3:9, REV. 19:8
\nB. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. V. 8
\n\u2014REQUIRES REMOVAL FROM FELLOWSHIP IN THE WORLD.
\n2 COR. 6:14-18, EPH. 5:11.
\n\u2014REQUIRES WALKING, NOT BASKING IN THE LIGHT. I JN. 1:6-7.
\nC. STABILITY. V. 12. PS. 112:5-9. PS. 62:6, PS. 66:9, IS. 28:16.
\nWHAT DOES STABILITY MEAN TO GOD ?
\nNOT MOVED. COL. 1:23, PROV. 12:3
\n(ROOT NOT MOVED\u2014EPH. 3:17, COL. 2:7).
\nSAFETY. PROV. 21:31, PS. 4:8.
\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ANCHORED. HEB. 6:18-19, PS. 62:6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. WHAT DAVID DOES: BLESS THE LORD.<\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>REV. 5:12, 13, REV. 7:12.<\/b><\/span><\/strong>
\nA. HOW ? WITH ALL THAT IS IN ME. PS. 103:1.
\nB. ALLOWING HIM TO DO HIS WORKS THROUGH ME. PS. 103:22.
\nC. HOW OFTEN ? AT ALL TIMES !<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/strong> PS. 34:1.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

ARE YOU A BLESSING TO THE LORD AT ALL TIMES ?
\nDO YOU STRIVE TO BE THAT ?<\/b><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 24 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 26 AT ISSUE:\u00a0 HOW DOES ONE BECOME RIGHTEOUS ? Is Anyone Righteous In and Of Themselves ?   1. THE INVITATION. V.1-2. \u00a0\u00a0 A. DAVID ASKS GOD TO JUDGE HIM. WHY ? \u2014GOD WILL JUDGE ALL, WHETHER THEY ASK FOR IT, OR NOT. ACTS 17:31. \u2014CHOICE IS TO JUDGE SELF FIRST, OR LET GOD JUDGE FIRST. I COR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}