{"id":451,"date":"2015-03-10T03:10:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=451"},"modified":"2015-03-10T03:10:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:10:41","slug":"psalm-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-42\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 42"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 39 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 42<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

What Distinguished The Truly Godly Person\u2019s
\ndesires from those of A Merely Religious Man ?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. THE DESIRE OF THE GODLY SOUL. <\/span><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 V.1.
\n<\/b> *COMPARED TO A DEER SEEKING LIVING (RUNNING)<\/i> WATERS. <\/p>\n

THESE ARE CONSCIOUS, INTENSE,
\nAND ACTIVE DESIRES !<\/i><\/b>
\nA. FOR GOD.
\nTHE LOST\u2014BY THEMSELVES\u2014DO NOT SEEK GOD. PS. 14:2,
\nPS. 53:2.
\nTHE HUMBLE\u2014WHO SUBMIT TO GOD\u2019S WORKING IN THEM\u2014
\nTHEY SEEK GOD. PS. 69:32.
\nBUT, IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO DRAWS THEM FIRST, AND
\nTHEY SIMPLY RESPOND HUMBLY TO HIM. JOHN 6:44,
\nI JOHN 4:19.
\nB. FOR THE TRUE GOD, THE LIVING GOD.
\nTHERE ARE MANY GODS. EX. 15:11, EX. 18:11, EX. 20:3.
\nOUR GOD IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD. I JOHN 5:20, JER. 10:10.
\n*EMPHASIS ON \u201cLIVING\u201d \u2014 2 CHRONICLES 15:3.
\nC. FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. (DEPENDS ON ACTIONS)
\nDEPENDS UPON OUR WALKING WITH HIM. PS. 56:13
\nMUST WALK IN THE LIGHT. I JOHN 1:6-7.<\/p>\n

2. THE TEARS OF THE GODLY SOUL. <\/span> <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0V. 3.<\/p>\n

YOU DO NOT FIND ALL THESE IN A LOST SOUL !<\/i><\/b>
\nA. TEARS OVER OUR OWN SINS. LUKE 7:38,44, 2 COR. 7:10.
\n\u2014TEARS OVER THEIR PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES. PS. 56:8.
\nB. TEARS OVER THE REBELLION IN THIS WORLD. JER. 9:1.
\n\u2014EVEN FOR THE CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE FALLEN. ACTS 20:31.
\nC. TEARS FOR THE LOST. ACTS 20:19, PS. 126:5.<\/p>\n

3. THE MEMORY OF THE GODLY SOUL. <\/span> <\/span>\u00a0 V. 4.
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. IT PROCLAIMS THE WORKS OF GOD. PS. 145:7.
\nB. IT REMEMBERS TO COMMITMENTS WE MADE TO GOD.
\nTHE AGREEMENTS. GEN. 9:15-16.
\nC. IT REMEMBERS HOW GOOD THINGS COULD BE\u2014AND ONCE
\nWERE. REV. 2:5, REV. 3:3.
\nD. IT REMEMBERS THE SPIRITUAL FOOD. JUDE 1:17<\/p>\n

4. THE PAIN OF THE GODLY SOUL. <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span> V. 5
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. IT\u2019S CONCERN OVER WRONG FEELINGS.
\n\u2014RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. PS. 53:1,, MATT. 5:6.
\nB. CONCERN OVER THE LACK OF FAITH.
\n*HOW DO WE OVERCOME THOUGHTS OF DOUBT ?
\n\u2014WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF MEMORY ? ROMANS 12:2.
\n\u2014WHAT SHOULD OUR PROSPECTS BE ? V.8.
\n>HAVING THE SONG OF GOD. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A
\nTESTIMONIAL SONG. REV. 15:3.
\n>EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH GOD. PS. 61:1-2.
\nC. AGONY FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PRESENCE.
\n\u2014YET GOD DIDN\u2019T GO ANYWHERE. HEB. 13:5.
\n\u2014COMES FROM LACK OF FELLOWSHIP. I JOHN 1:7.<\/p>\n

5. THE SOLUTION TO THE DIFFICULT QUESTION.<\/span> <\/span> V. 10.
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. HOW DO YOU ANSWER \u201cWHERE IS YOUR GOD ?\u201d
\n\u2014DOES GOD HAVE TO ANSWER IN OUR TIME ?
\nJOB 19:27, HEB. 11:13, JOHN 20:25, HEB. 4:16.
\n\u2014DOES GOD PROMISE TO ANSWER AT ALL ?
\n>HE ANSWERS FAITH. JAMES 1:5-8.
\n>HE ANSWERS ACCORDING TO HIS TIME. 1 PETER 5:6.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 39 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 42 What Distinguished The Truly Godly Person\u2019s desires from those of A Merely Religious Man ?   1. THE DESIRE OF THE GODLY SOUL. \u00a0\u00a0 V.1. *COMPARED TO A DEER SEEKING LIVING (RUNNING) WATERS. THESE ARE CONSCIOUS, INTENSE, AND ACTIVE DESIRES ! A. FOR GOD. THE LOST\u2014BY THEMSELVES\u2014DO NOT SEEK GOD. PS. 14:2, PS. 53:2. THE HUMBLE\u2014WHO SUBMIT<\/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\/451"}],"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=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}