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Worship Music:
As The Deer - Chuck Girard
A Cry To Heaven - John Peterson
Amazing Grace - Jadon Lavik
In The Sweet By & By - The Wiebes
Choose Life - Big Tent Revival
The Other Side - Rhett Walker Band
Call To Worship Scripture:
Psalm 42
Sermon Scripture:
Psalm 49
Introduction:
The Title:
Why Should I Fear In Times of Trouble?
TO THE CHOIRMASTER.
A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH.
Review of
In the LORD (that is Christ) is portrayed as the shepherd.
As such:
There is no wanting
The sheep are made to lie down in green pastures
To rest in the Word of God
The sheep are lead beside still waters
The deep and lasting stregnth and presence of the holy spirit
Death is but a shadow to be passed through
There is no fear of evil
because the shepherd is present with his rod and staff
rod - sovereignty
staff - gracious care
There is rest and fufillment in the midst of enemies, healing and fullness to overflowing.
Goodness and merce follow after such sheep all days of their lives
Their final destination is to dwell in the house of the Lord.
Part 1 A
HEAR
ALL INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD
There is no man, residing in this earth that is outside of the proclamation of this Psalm.
That is, everyone is concerned with this subject.
LOW & HIGH, RICH & POOR:
It makes no difference what your current state is, the message that is about to unfold must be heard by you for you are already involved in it and have thought upon it.
Yet here is wisdom upon this subject.
Part 1 B
WISDOM - This is spiritual wisdom.
Not the wisdom of the prophet, but the wisdom of the divine Spirit by which this has been spoken.
Wisdom comes by the Spirit of truth.
UNDERSTANDING - is coming by the meditation upon that which the Spirit has spoken.
The Holy Spirit does not make one absent minded but rather renews and transforms ones mind to think rightly or to have understanding.
PROVERB - There is not one out of the reach of this truth, even the one speaking it will first incline his ear to what is spoken.
Thus emphasizing the Spirit of God as the source and not himself.
Thus it is true for the preacher of the Word.
One cannot preach the word without lending his own ear to it first, one cannot be about the ministry of the word without inclining his whole self to it.
RIDDLE - The Psalmist will not back down from the deep topics and though it came as a riddle, the Psalmist will seek to unravel it for all, and in order to draw the attention of all he does it in song.
Part 2A
Q: Why should I fear in times of trouble?
Times of trouble: being surrounded by the iniquity (maliciousness, unrighteousness, wickedness) of those who cheat you.
Of those who surround you, you are of no concern but rather you are a stepping stone to be trampled upon.
Those who cheat me: They trust in their wealth and their riches.
The question is why should you fear being surrounded by such a people whose trust is in their own success and whose path to obtain it is one of iniquity, that is, it is sinful, unjust and without God.
There is no fear of God in their dealings.
The man who fears God is nothing but an obstacle to them to be removed.
They are viewed as the wise and they surround you to take what you have and make you fearful of what you do not have.
Question explained: The question defines the riddle.
The very next verses will demonstrate that the riddle is not purposed to give a cause to fear such men and their iniquity but rather just the opposite.
The question is defining the wrestling.
How we respond to the world demonstrates who we worship, or should I say who we fear.
The man who has God, who fears God and yet lives in this world is surrounded by a world led by the evil one who seeks to rob him of all that he has in God.
Namely his life and all that is defined by life in God: Peace, mercy, grace, provision, goodness, protection, strength, and a seat at the masters table forever.
These things are the posession of the man who fears God, yet the world puts before you an illusion of pleasure and security found in earthly wealth.
It boast it before you as Satan did with Christ in the wilderness and it says come to me and leave this God.
Your surrounded.
If you do not seek the things of this world, then it seems alomst certain that you shall be trampled or/ and miss out on life.
Look at what they have, listen to their boasting.
They have laid it out, they have defined the pathway by which you can obtain your dreams, you can find the life that you have always desired.
Friends this is where the riddle begins to unfold the wisdom:
A: A man cannot ransom another nor give God the price for his life.
The Lord has said it this way:
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I want you to observe this.
This wisdom found in this Psalm is at the heart of the Lord Jesus for His sheep.
It is at the very core of who we are as believers and it is a great encouragement and gives much boldness if we grasp this.
Jesus when praying the high priestly prayer, when praying for His sheep prayed this:
The prayer of Christ is that we be protected from the ruler of iniquity and the world in which he spreds it upon.
The world being spoken of is the cosmos.
That is the inhabited earth.
In living upon this earth you are surrounded by iniquity, by the patterns, philosiphies, strategies, lies and deciet of Satan himself.
The inhabitents of this world patterns their lives after iniquity for they do not know God.
They seek security in money and riches because they do not know the security of Christ.
They place thier joy in fleeting pleasures becasuse they do not know the pleausres of God.
The world opporates in the power of the evil one and not God.
However you have been called to a different pattern of opperation, a different source, a different ruler.
How does this calm our fear?
Can any man obtain riches enough to offer to God ransom for your eternal life?
No.
A man can gain the world and yet never gain life.
Only Christ can ransom a man and only Christ has.
Though the world can never give ransom for your life, it can cost you everything in your pursuits only never to suffice.
Notice:
Notice death.
No matter who you are you will meet it.
You don’t die because you are foolish, nor do you avoid death by being worldly wise.
If your pursuits, if your pattern of living is all for this side of the grave then your life is only being sought to be lost and your pursuits will never be fully obtained, only passed on at your funeral.
Psalm 49:
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