GOD'S REBUKES ARE SOMETIMES WORDS. III. It is the setting of the stage for the great battle of Armageddon. Upon the whole, I beseech you to make a wise improvement of the present threatening aspect of public affairs, and to remember that your duty to God, to your country, to your families, and to yourselves, is the same. In some senses, each term may be applied to God. The Word of God is active Learn more >>, 9:30am Sunday School All of our services are planned around an exposition of the Word of God. II. But the New Testament speaks continually of us being able to draw near to God. Psalm 147 v 6 Copyright 2022 The Newton County Appeal, 105 Main St. P.O. They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame. THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE NOT TO BE TERRIFIED BY IT. And it is meant to warn all men. So there is a proper sense in which God may be spoken of as the "God of England;" and we rightly realize the unique relations in which he stands to us. There He broke the flaming arrows, the shield and the sword and the weapons of war. d. Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him: We can and should honor God with more than our vows. "In Judah is God known: his Name is great in Israel." Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer righteous to be moved. 76In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. This is the case before us now. The final warning of the Psalm then parallels this one. He made heaven and earth, and can unmake them. The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Some will be the judged, who will glorify Him in hell, bearing the full penalty You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. Selah. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. God answered Asaph That His atonement might cover you as well. Trust him with your soul and you cannot put it in surer hands. - S. I. Apart from Christ, apart from atonement, apart from the appeasement of Gods wrath through His death, no man draws near. c. Make vows to the LORD your God, and pay them: Asaph brought a logical conclusion to the facts presented. Here his power for destruction is celebrated; but in the New Testament his work of salvation - his power to give life, not his power to take it away. (10) For the wrath of man shall praise You; with a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.. 1. 10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. If such should have been the gratitude and devotion of Israelites, for a temporary deliverance from the fury of an earthly tyrant, how much higher ought that of Christians to rise, for eternal redemption from the great oppressor! (Horne). At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. All our strivings and endeavours leave us pretty much where we were; but when abandoning ourselves to God, that he may save us, then his power is made known, the enemy is rebuked and slain. My favorite comes from the book of Ecclesiastes, where the old preacher writes: And if anyones name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.. God had lifted up a mighty hand, and stretched forth a strong arm. Psalm 23 v 1 1. Psalms 78:34-37 When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God; And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer. Zion is a specific reference to the temple mount. 4Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 11.) But God then wrapped Himself in wrath and destroyed their city and burned their temple with fire. Note: The Lord willing, I intend to add more outlines on various psalms sometime in the future. Web1 God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. God's love can conquer human wrath, and so make it praise him. Raising the Bar. Psalm 111 v 10 Or Elijah's rebuke of Ahab. Read life aright, and we may find God's rebuke in disappointments that we have known, and disasters we have suffered. WebPsalm 76 - For the director of music. A psalm of Asaph. THE SENSE IN WHICH GOD MAY BE ANGRY. Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. We see this in regard to nations. But our Lord came that he might give complete deliverance; and by the soul that continually trusts in him that deliverance is realized. He is sovereign over all things, including your rebellion, In other words, the Psalmist is speaking of events in the future, The Lord lifeth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. FOR WHOM ALL THIS IS DONE. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. No matter which form it assumes, it will be the supreme motive whilst it reigns. God destroys the weapons of the soul's great enemy. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling. First comes the promise to bring good out of even the wrath of man, and then the promise is to restrain that wrath. iii. People say, Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, not standeth in the way of sinners, not sitteth in the seat of the scornful. When you enter this Lions den, youve really got no chance at all. Asaph says more majestic than the mountains of prey.. We will elaborate on this point more at the end of the lesson. The fear of dread. "And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail." . Psalms 75:9-10 But as for me, I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. It is quite clear that the Assyrian general, Rabsbakeh, did not know Jehovah, or he never would have put him into comparison with the gods of the nations as he did (Isaiah 37:10-13). We are promised that He is not disappointed. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Psalm 28 v 7-8 But he is so convinced of them Psalm 37 v 1 Suffer me to recommend to you an attention to the public interest of religion, or in other words, zeal for the glory of God and the good of others. Illustrate by Moses' messages from God to Pharaoh. vers. The Bible is full of illustrations of this. (4) You are resplendent, more majestic than the mountains of prey., resplendent is the Hebrew word OWR (ore), It means to shine or to be or become light III. It speaks more than just of a structure that was built, Imagine the relief, and the joy of the relief. It is a classic picture of the reminder that the best lies are 90% truth. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is a terrifying scene, and that is what Asaph wants the world to know. I. I. to view this author's last article or This Psalm is HISTORICAL and PROPHETIC. 5 The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; In the past, present, and future Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. OUR VOWS ON BIRTHDAYS, NEW YEAR DAYS, ETC. 1. Lions live over in that brush.. 2. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. God will be glorified for all eternity by all creation. - R.T. "And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. (Ver. And all the horns of the wicked He will cut off, But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.. This leads us along more familiar and easy lines. And its not like God was fighting the sickly and the weak. WebLESSONS FROM PSALMS SEVENTY-SIX Scripture: Psalm 76:1-12 Ray O. Brooks Introduction: A. Commit your life to Him. The arrows of evil thought; the shield of unbelief, love of sin, indifference - all that which wards off those words of God which are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies (Psalm 45. II. In one sense a failure to fear God is NOT NEW. III. Takes for himself the prey which the enemy had regarded as his own. Speaking to God Asaph says: God did but speak the word, as the God of Jacob that commands deliverances for Jacob, and, at his rebuke, the chariot and horse were both cast into a dead sleep. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the groundHe has left His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger.. In God I will praise his word, in God have I put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. It will be exclusive. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.. But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue. How soon and in what manner a seal shall be set upon the character and state of every person here present, it is impossible to know. That he speaks of them as though they already happened. This Psalm is ENCOURAGING and EVANGELISTIC. Where man seeks to rebel against God and rises up against Him in anger He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. Psalm 118 v 8-9 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast forsaken them that seek thee. A time which He caused. IV. presence when once [He] is angry.. You come to Him in submission and trembling. Asaph merely gives unhindered praise to God. The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. Last week Sam brought me a package that had been mailed to my name at Ahavat Yeshua Messianic Congregation, where I sometimes speak. 1. With stringed instruments. And if God has allowed you to spurn His holy name Since God sovereignly judges. Or Nathan's rebuke of David. of their sin and rebellion. God's rebuke to over confident David was three days' plague in the land. Illustrative cases may be taken from the wilderness experiences, the times of Joshua, David, etc. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (:1-3) GOD DEFENDS HIS DWELLING PLACE AGAINST ALL WEAPONS OF WARFARE /, II. Zion and that King will rule the world. Each of them are great warnings to the wicked WHEN WORTHILY APPREHENDED, THESE TWO ARE REALLY ONE, AND GOD'S JUDGMENT IS SALVATION. Because we are dealing with a God who will judge sinners in hell. Lead on to show what that deliverance must be which God wrought, in Christ Jesus, for those whose hopeless distress is described in Romans 3:10-19. Psalm 119 v 24 The wicked of the earth will drink of the dregs of that cup in God's good time. 8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still. I. For even among those who do claim to believe in God, For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil., In the New Testament we read: Programs Blessed are they who (1) receive, who (2) heed, and who (3) respond to, their Lord's rebuke! There had been nothing like it before. II. GOD IS TO BE FEARED MORE FOR HIS HOLINESS AND LOVE THAN FOR HIS PHYSICAL OMNIPOTENCE. AND THERE IS NO WINNING THERE. In fact, Asaph writes: You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. 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