Sermon Title: I Will Celebrate!
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This Week’s Theme: Praise God for His Faithfulness
Memory Verse: Hebrews 10:23 “23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
This Week’s Word is Faithfulness of God: His perfect loyalty and consistency in being true to His name, His character, and His Word.
Essence of the Text in a Sentence: The psalmist celebrates God’s constant character while not seeing the evidence of it.
Sermon Objective: Christians ought to celebrate God’s constant character through Christ even when it is not evident.
Sermon Text: Psalm 89:1-2
1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
INTRODUCTION: ABRAHAM FELT IT. JOSEPH FELT IT. MOSES FELT IT. JOSHUA FELT IT. DAVID FELT IT. FELT WHAT? YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF THIS MORNING. THE UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE WHEN YOUR LIFE DOESN’T ALIGN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.
YOUR circumstances don’t align with your convictions
YOUR issues don’t align with your ideology
YOUR placement doesn’t align with your principles
Let me illustrate. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations, but did not have a child. God revealed to Joseph that his family and even those in authority would bow before him, but he found himself in prison. David was anointed the next king over Israel, but he was on the run because Saul wanted to and tried to kill him. In their lives and in my life I have felt that your standing or situation doesn’t align with what you heard about the Sovereign God.
TRANSITION: In the passage before us today Ethan, the writer of this psalm is stating the present situation of the nation of Israel and its king. Look at verses 38-44
Psalm 89:38-44
38 But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.
44 You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
Notice his present situation with the “You have”
Sermon Proposition:
Christians ought to celebrate God’s constant character through Christ even when it is not evident.
Christians ought to celebrate God’s constant character through Christ even when it is not evident.
I. REVERENCE HIM
I. REVERENCE HIM
Psalm 89:7-14
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
HERE THE VERB IS REFLEXIVE, MEANING THE SUBJECT CAUSES THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS TO BE AFRAID AND THE SUBJECT CAUSES THE ACTION, IN THIS CASE DREAD OR BEING AFRAID, TO BE RECEIVED. GOD RECEIVES FEAR FROM THE PEOPLE. THE SAME IS TRUE ABOUT THE VERB “HELD IN REVERENCE” GOD CAUSES OTHERS TO STAND IN AWE OF HIM AND HE RECEIVES THEIR AWE. HEAR THE PSALMIST WORDS OF WONDER IN VERSE 8.
8 O Lord God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
verse 8 no one CAN COMPARE TO HIS mighty
9 You rule the raging of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.
11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
He controls creation
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
13 You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
He defeats enemies with His mighty arm
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.
APPLICATION:
Are you guilty of not showing respect to the LORD? If yes, write out your confession.
Describe how you will start reverencing God for His power in your home, on your job, and in the church.
II. REMEMBER HIM
II. REMEMBER HIM
His Covenant
His Covenant
Psalm 89:20, 24, 28
20 I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,
24 “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
28 My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
Psalm 119:89; Numbers 23:19; Matthew 24:25
19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
His Consequences
His Consequences
Psalm 89:30-32; Galatians 6:7-8
30 “If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
ILLUSTRATION:
APPLICATION:
Have you forgotten the promises of God in Christ?
Name the promises of God in Christ (list the Scripture references).
Have you violated God’s rules and are experiencing the consequences of your actions?
Seeing that no Christian is perfect, what is the Holy Spirit convicting you about today, and what steps will you take to return to God?
III. REJOICE IN HIM
III. REJOICE IN HIM
Psalm 89:14-18; 1-2
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
Rejoice in His mercies and make known His faithfulness
22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Yes, YOU may want to know how long like the Ethan did in verse 46.
BECAUSE Your dilemma may seem bigger than our Deliverer,
Your circumstance may seem bigger than our Christ
Your situation may seem bigger than our Savior.
Yes, YOU may want God to remember me and my frailty like Ethan did in verses 47-48
Yes, YOU may wonder where is the mercy and why the enemy is allowed to continue like in verses 49-50.
Yet, LIKE THE PSALMIST I have determined to sing of His mercies and make know God’s faithfulness. I will remember that the LORD promised in verses 33-34 that
33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
APPLICATION: I am resolved that . . .
Since Christians rejoice in the attributes of God, list some of Christ’s attributes (His essence), like all-knowing.
When your problems does not align with the promises of God, what will you do?
What verses will you highlight and seek to remember when your circumstances don’t align with your convictions?
Actions speak louder than words, name the Christians you will encourage who are experiencing a difficult period in their life with God’s Word.
CONCLUSION