Crying for help to our faithful God Psalm 119:86

I. All God’s Commands are faithful (Ps 119:86a)

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II. God’s people can be persecuted with lies (Ps 119:86b)

Illustration: Around the world, lies are used as the means to attack and persecute Christians. “In Sub-Saharan Africa, most Christians are killed for their faith each year due to a host of violent Islamic extremist movements such as Boko Haram and Al Shabaab. They motivate their mobs and killers with lies such as: “Christians have brought Covid to kill Muslims,” or “Christians just want to steal our land.” These lies kill. Of the 4,761 Christians killed for their faith in the world in the past year, 91 per cent came from this region, and that’s up 60 per cent from last year .. In India, for example, over 60 per cent of the Christian population has come from the so called “Dalit” community – the low caste and ‘untouchables’, who must do the dirty jobs in society that the high caste groups cannot do, lest the whole system collapses. It is easier to claim these groups have been tempted away “unethically” than to admit that a rival religion empowers and cares for the poor better. Other lies are put about that “Christians want to get rid of all Hindus’.”

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III. We cry for help from God (Ps 119:86c)

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