{"id":479,"date":"2015-03-10T03:33:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=479"},"modified":"2015-03-27T01:12:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T01:12:54","slug":"psalm-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-56\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 56"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 53 of 65 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/series\/psalms\/\" class=\"series-7\" title=\"Psalms\">Psalms<\/a><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong> PSALM CHAPTER 56<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em> ~~ Not Worthy, But Able To Ask God, Anyway ! ~~<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1. THE APPEAL FOR GOD\u2019S MERCY. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 1<br \/>\nA. ACKNOWLEDGES GUILT. PS. 51:3, JER. 14:20.<br \/>\nB. RECOGNIZES GOD\u2019S WILLINGNESS TO HEAR. 2 CHRON. 20:9,<br \/>\nPSALM 17:6, PSALM 38:15.<br \/>\nC. IS MOTIVATED BY HIS SITUATION. (IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES<br \/>\nFOR EVERYONE EACH TIME ?) PSALM 94:18.<br \/>\nD. REQUIRES HUMILITY, LACK OF PRIDE. JAMES 4:6, 1 PET. 5:5.<br \/>\nE. BRINGS GOD\u2019S ATTENTION TO YOU. HOSEA 5:15, JER. 3:13-14.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2. RECOGNITION OF THE REAL ACTIVITIES OF ENEMIES.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 1<br \/>\nA. TO BRING BELIEVERS TO FAILURE. PS. 140:5.<br \/>\nB. TO SEDUCE INTO FALSE PATHS.<br \/>\n\u2014FALSE RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS. 1 SAM. 12:10, REV. 2:20,<br \/>\n\u2014SEDUCE INTO WAYS OF THE WORLD. PHIL. 3:18, 1 JN 2:15-17.<br \/>\n\u2014SET AN EXAMPLE OF WICKED WORKS. COL. 1:21, PROV. 22:25.<br \/>\n\u2014TO FEAR MAN RATHER THAN GOD. PROV. 29:25.<br \/>\n\u2014TO A CRITICAL OR SCORNFUL SPIRIT. PROV. 29:8.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3. THE HOPES OF THE ENEMIES. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V.2.<br \/>\nA. DAILY SWALLOW YOU UP. LIKE FIRE, CONSUMING; OR A WILD<br \/>\nBEAST DEVOURING. PSALM 57:3, REV. 12:4, 1 PETER 5:8.<br \/>\n&gt;DAVID\u2019S KNEW WHAT WOULD OCCUR. PS. 21:9, PS. 50:3.<br \/>\nB. INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS AGAINST ME. THEY RECRUIT AND<br \/>\nARE NOT ASHAMED TO DO SO. 2 TIM. 3:13, LUKE 21:8.<br \/>\nC. CANNOT SURMOUNT THE MOST HIGH. DAVID APPEALS TO THE<br \/>\nGREATEST POWER OF ALL. THE DEMONS KNOW IT\u2014MARK 5:7,<br \/>\nLUKE 8:28, ACTS 16:17.<br \/>\nALL ENEMIES ARE INFERIOR TO THE LORD GOD\u2014LUKE 10:19.<br \/>\nTHE ENEMY OF DOUBT IS JUST AS REAL AS A PHYSICAL ENEMY.<br \/>\nROMANS 14:23, JAMES 1:6.<br \/>\nD. ALL ENEMIES ARE INFERIOR TO THE LORD GOD\u2014LUKE 10:19.<br \/>\n&gt;THE ENEMY OF DOUBT IS JUST AS REAL AS A PHYSICAL<br \/>\nENEMY. ROMANS 14:23, JAMES 1:6.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4. THE DEPENDABLE SOLUTION. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 3<br \/>\nA. THE ISSUE OF A BELIEVER\u2019S FEAR. ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE<br \/>\nHAS IT PERIODICALLY. PS. 55:5, HEB. 11:23, JER. 26:21, IS. 21:4.<br \/>\n&gt;IT CAN BE OVERCOME. REV. 11:6,7 (THEY KNEW WHAT WAS<br \/>\nAHEAD). 1 JOHN 4:18\u2014CASTING IT OUT.<br \/>\nB. THE ISSUE OF DOING SOMETHING WITH OUR TRUST. V. 4.<br \/>\nJAMES 2:20,26. LUKE 5:23, LUKE 6:8, ACTS 3:6, PSALM 46:2.<br \/>\nC. KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT AN ENEMY DOES HELPS US PREPARE<br \/>\nAND SEEK GOD EVEN MORE. V.4-6, ISAIAH 59:19.<br \/>\n&gt;THEY TWIST YOUR WORDS. JER. 14:13-14, JER. 23:30.<br \/>\n&gt;THEY FOCUS THEIR THOUGHTS AGAINST YOU. MATT. 12:25,<br \/>\nLUKE 6:8.<br \/>\n&gt;THEY GANG UP AGAINST YOU. LUKE 22:52-53.<br \/>\n&gt;THEY SECRETLY PLOT AGAINST YOU. JOHN 7:1, ACTS 23:14-15.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5. THE AMAZING COMPASSION OF THE LORD. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 8-9.<br \/>\nA. GOD REMEMBERS OUR TRIALS FOR HIM.<br \/>\nB. GOD HAS A TRACK RECORD OF COMING TO THE AID OF HIS<br \/>\nCHILDREN. PS. 28:7, PS. 37:40, 1 SAM. 7:12, 1 CHRON. 15:26,<br \/>\n2 CHRON. 18:31, 2 CHRON. 26:7, ROMANS 8:26.<br \/>\n\u2014HE IS FAITHFUL. I PETER 4:19.<br \/>\n\u2014HE IS CAPABLE OF DEFENDING US. REV. 19:11.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">6. GOD ENABLES THE BELIEVER TO FACE TROUBLES. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 10-13<br \/>\nA. BY PRAISING HIS WORD.<br \/>\nWHAT IS IT ? HEBREW 13:15.<br \/>\nIT BRINGS THE LORD CLOSER TO US. PS. 22:3<br \/>\nIT MUST ACCOMPANY OTHER THINGS WHICH GOD MAY USE.<br \/>\nPS. 149:5-6.<br \/>\nB. BY OVERCOMING FEAR. PS. 34:4, PS. 91:5, PS. 112:7, IS. 12:2.<br \/>\nC. BY FULFILLING THEIR VOWS TO GOD. ACTS 18:18.<br \/>\nWHAT DOES A VOW DO FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD ?<br \/>\nVOW TO KEEP ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. EPH. 6:11-13,<br \/>\nVOW TO MAKE LIFE A LIVING SACRIFICE FOR CHRIST.<br \/>\nROM. 12:1-3.<br \/>\nVOW TO COMMIT YOURSELF TO THE WORK OF GOD.<br \/>\nI TIM. 1:18, 2 TIM. 2:2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 53 of 65 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/series\/psalms\/\" class=\"series-7\" title=\"Psalms\">Psalms<\/a><\/div><p>PSALM CHAPTER 56 ~~ Not Worthy, But Able To Ask God, Anyway ! ~~ &nbsp; 1. THE APPEAL FOR GOD\u2019S MERCY. \u00a0\u00a0 V. 1 A. ACKNOWLEDGES GUILT. PS. 51:3, JER. 14:20. B. RECOGNIZES GOD\u2019S WILLINGNESS TO HEAR. 2 CHRON. 20:9, PSALM 17:6, PSALM 38:15. C. IS MOTIVATED BY HIS SITUATION. 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