When Darkness Closes In
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· 7 viewsEven darkness closes in, God is with us and is our ultimate savior.
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When Darkness Closes In
When Darkness Closes In
I. When evil occurs we sometimes feel God is far off.
I. When evil occurs we sometimes feel God is far off.
I. When evil occurs we sometimes feel God is far off.
I. When evil occurs we sometimes feel God is far off.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
Psalm 22:
We must remember who we believe in.
3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
Psalms 22:
Yet you are holy
In you our fathers trusted
II. In times like these unbelievers attack
II. In times like these unbelievers attack
6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
Ps 22:
David/like Jesus is hurt by the scorn of the people. Look at vs 8. This is a false premise unbelievers argue in vs 8: “that God is there for our convenience, if he is there at all. (command these stones, throw yourself down, come down from the cross)
These very gestures and words of verses 7 & 8 were reproduced in , 43.
We must remember in whom we’ve put our trust in. (9-11)
9 Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
David now reflects on God’s lifelong care for him and the trust he has in God. God is no casual acquaintance.
III. Motives of those who seek to do harm
III. Motives of those who seek to do harm
12 Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
16 For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
17 I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me;
18 they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
Psalms
Psalms 1–72: An Introduction and Commentary Psalm 22. The Psalm of the Cross
Whatever the initial stimulus, the language of the psalm defies a naturalistic explanation; the best account is in the terms used by Peter concerning another psalm of David: ‘Being therefore a prophet … he foresaw and spoke of … the Christ’ (Acts 2:30f.).
Prophetic words (v 18)
Motives
Resentment for those who make high claims v 8
Greed v 12
Perverted tastes v 17
4. Sin is murderous, and sinners have hatred in them ()
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44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
No incident recorded of David can begin to account for the agony and darkness described in . This is not a description of an illness but of an execution. David was once threatened with stoning in but this is a very different scene.
IV. He has rescued us!
IV. He has rescued us!
This psalm is
19 But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
The third and most climatic ‘yet thou’ in the passage.
Psalms 1–72: An Introduction and Commentary Psalm 22. The Psalm of the Cross
Whatever the initial stimulus, the language of the psalm defies a naturalistic explanation; the best account is in the terms used by Peter concerning another psalm of David: ‘Being therefore a prophet … he foresaw and spoke of … the Christ’ (Acts 2:30f.).
The third and most climatic ‘yet thou’ in the passage.
This rare word used for help is only used here in . The root word is eyaloot which means STRENGTH.
V21 …YOU HAVE RESCUED ME!
V. Praise Him, Glorify Him, Stand in awe of Him
V. Praise Him, Glorify Him, Stand in awe of Him
22 I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
28 For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
29 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
31 they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Phil
Psalms 1–72: An Introduction and Commentary Psalm 22. The Psalm of the Cross
Whatever the initial stimulus, the language of the psalm defies a naturalistic explanation; the best account is in the terms used by Peter concerning another psalm of David: ‘Being therefore a prophet … he foresaw and spoke of … the Christ’ (Acts 2:30f.
Galatians 3:13
Jesus is the suffering servant. He has endured great suffering in order to redeem us.