Psalm 130
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Introduction:
Introduction:
John Wesley
Martin Luther
Martin Luther called a ‘Pauline Psalm’ because it strikes the typically ‘Pauline’ notes of humankind naturally under condemnation: free mercy, redemption as the sole act of God, human total dependence on mercy. Suitable to its place as the second psalm in its triad, a psalm of divine sufficiency. sees Zion endangered by inveterate hostility; finds the real danger to Zion in unforgiven sin. —Alec Motyer
We need rescued
We need rescued
I can’t swim: “Out of the depths”
Sin will drag you down
I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.
Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
Are You not the One who dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
That made the depths of the sea a road
For the redeemed to cross over?
Isaiah 51:
I can pray:
Prayer directed to the God who keeps His promises: “I have cried to You, O LORD;”
Cried sometimes translated read
Run to God when we do sin
Prayer that won’t stop
Refuse to be silent: “Lord, hear my voice!”
Be persistent: “Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.”
Attentive = pertaining to listening to a request, implying that a response is then given Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains : Hebrew (Old Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
pertaining to listening to a request, implying that a response is then given
Supplications = plea for grace (Alec Motyer translation)
Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains : Hebrew (Old Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
We need forgiven
We need forgiven
I can’t earn forgiveness
If God chose not to forgive: “If You, LORD, should mark iniquities,”
Mark = keep, i.e., cause a state or condition to remain Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains : Hebrew (Old Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
keep, i.e., cause a state or condition to remain
No one’s case could stand before His throne of judgment: “O Lord, who could stand?
For there is not a just man on earth who does good
And does not sin.
Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains : Hebrew (Old Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
Isaiah 53:
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
“Who is this who darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?
Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
Revelation
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:
“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Then Job answered the Lord and said:
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:
“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Then Job answered the Lord and said:
“Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:
“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Then Job answered the Lord and said:
“Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
“Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
“Would you indeed annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Job 40:1-
I can receive God’s forgiveness
God does offer forgiveness: “But there is forgiveness with You,”
Real forgiveness (Alec Motyer)
Real certainity
Forgiveness leads to faithful obedience: “That You may be feared.”
to be feared (reverence) v. — to be regarded with feelings of respect and reverence; considered hallowed or exalted.
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;
to be feared (reverence) v. — to be regarded with feelings of respect and reverence; considered hallowed or exalted.
We need the LORD
We need the LORD
We wait from our soul: “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
ie., no superficial or formal ‘waiting’, but one that has absorbed my whole being and commitment. —Alec Motyer
We refused to be distracted and drawn away by other offers
We live in perfect peace and contentment not desiring anything else
Waiting on the Lord is immersing our selves in His word to strengthen our hope and trust in Him: “And in His word I do hope.”
Confidence
Waiting on the Lord is a day by day exercise in anticipation of His full salvation: “My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning—Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.”
My soul waits for the Lord
More than those who watch for the morning—
Yes, more than those who watch for the morning
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.
I have waited for your salvation, O Lord!
And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God;
We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the Lord;
We have waited for Him;
We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
Isaiah
Waiting on the Lord is actively obeying
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.
Psalm 37
Wait on the Lord,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Psam
The way of the just is uprightness;
O Most Upright,
You weigh the path of the just.
Yes, in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah
Waiting on the Lord is a source of strength
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
Waiting is patiently watching
I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
We need complete redemption
We need complete redemption
Israel’s only hope even today: “O Israel, hope in the LORD;”
For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
Looking to the LORD is the only source for mercy: “For with the Lord there is mercy,”
For with the Lord there is mercy,
Mercy = “Real committed love” Alec Motyer
Your Judge becomes your Savior
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Looking to the LORD is the only means of redemption: “And with Him is abundant redemption.”
The certainity of redemption
And with Him is abundant redemption.
A redemption that is abundant
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
A redemption He paid for
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
Israel’s future redemption: “And He shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities.”
And He shall redeem Israel
Romans 11:1
I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
From all his iniquities.”
Romans 11:
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Romans 11:26-