Here, when men keep festival simply for their own indulgence, it is their custom to place musical instruments, or to station a chorus of singers, before their houses, or any kind of music that serves and allures to wantonness. For I should be in error were I to seek for my God without the place of His tabernacle. I shall not want for refreshment, "He leadeth me beside the still waters." 3. It is not a question asked for enlightenments sake but is an exclamation of impatience, if not of rebuke. PROPOSITION: In this sermon we see an 1) unrealized cure, 2) unabashed command, 3) unjustified criticism, 4) unapologetic confirmation. "Gods continual love is a comfort for the soul continually beset by questions and mourning (cf. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. 3. Finally, the psalmist thirsts for God like a deer pants for the stream. Mountain Hill Church, All rights reserved, Website Created by Digital Design Solutions, New Life in the Spirit (Part 1) Romans 8:1-17. The deer that doesnt mind a sip or two of water if it happens to come their way or it isnt too inconvenient to look for it. Of that house he speaks in another Psalm, after he had put a certain abstruse and difficult question to himself (viz., why is it that it generally goes well with the wicked on earth, and ill with the good? As water from a brook sustains a deer physically, so God Himself sustains people spiritually (cf. Yet, with the strange but universal love of summoning up remembrance of departed joys, the psalmist finds a certain pleasure in the pain of recalling how he. Soul. "Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other" ( Psalm 85:10 ). Esther 1 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. The story of David, Bathsheba, and Uriah is found in 2 Samuel 11-12. It is my God that is the saving health of my countenance. They rush upon him, multitudinous and close following; they pour down on him as with the thunder of descending cataracts; they overwhelm him like the breakers and rollers of an angry ocean. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. Psalm 3: You are a shield around me, O Lord, my Glorious One, who lifts up my head. Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. [Note: Merrill, "Psalms," p. Download File. Esther 3:7-15 - The First PLO. restoring the joy. Whither then shall I go from Your presence? silence is not always golden. The prophet Ezekiel lived in a time when the people of Judah did not experience peace. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts. Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) The waves in what I already feel, the overhangings in that You denouncest. Faith may have a long struggle with fear, but it will have the last word, and that word will be "the help of my countenance and my God. The psalmist encouraged himself rhetorically by reminding himself that he would again praise God. For He who threatens does not let His judgments fall upon us, but keeps them suspended over us. They are the ballast in his little boat of faith. Hope in God. Matthew24:12 When we see the strong members of the Church generally giving way to the causes of offense, does not Christ's body say, The enemy breaks my bones? Expository sermons allow the preacher, rather, to bridge the gap between an ancient culture and our own to make appropriate applications to those who hear him. 1 As the deer pants for streams of water. The deer that knows its thirsty but has given up on trying to find a nice, cool stream thats always full of running water. Feeling has to vindicate its rationality or to suppress itself, and its grounds have often only to be stated to the better self, to be found altogether disproportioned to the storm they have raised. Tweed. The psalm falls into three parts, each closing with the same refrain. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. How could it happen? There is much in the psalms which favours the hypothesis that the author was a Korachite companion of Davids in his flight before Absalom; but the locality, described as that of the singer, does not entirely correspond to that of the kings retreat, and the description of the enemies is not easily capable of application in all points to his foes. Its not wrong to want relief and to pray for it. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. Deep calls on deep, then, is, man calls to man. And He may give us them back if they no longer get in the way of allowing Him to meet our desires.) What will you confess? And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. Preaching Christ from Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year by SIdney Greidanus Publisher: Eerdmans , 2016 ISBN: 9780802873668 3 ratings Digital $26.99 Digital (Group) $26.99 Overview All Your overhangings and Your waves have come upon me. He therefore glances back to himself, as if he were coming from that world; and says to himself, now placed in the midst of these sorrows, comparing these with the things, to see which he had entered in there, and after seeing which he had come forth from thence; Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why do you disquiet me? Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 How does he solve it? THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). Verses 1-11 II. Water the key theme in the Psalm. So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. God guides till we reach heaven - Psalm 73:24 C. God's guidance is by faith - Isaiah 42:16 3. This same voice in another passage said, I said in my trance (i.e., in my rapture, when he had seen some great thing or other), I said in my trance, I am cast out of the sight of Your eyes. Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mail list featuring brief, expository outlines designed to help preachers and Bible teachers with their preparations. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. (1) There are a number of ancient manuscripts that have both of these psalms as just one continuous psalm. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. This conflict of opposite emotions is the characteristic of the second part of the psalm, while that of the first part is an all but unrelieved predominance of gloom, and that of the third an all but undisputed victory of sunshine. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. [Note: VanGemeren, p. Start With Prayer. Here, the Psalmist is making an eschatological statement that even in the midst of powerful opposition, God will rule and prevail over that which is unjust in both the short-term as well as the long-term (v. 3-4). A. Mount Mizar is one of the hills in that area. The refrain is repeated for a third time, and is followed by no relapse into sadness. Apr 24, 2020. 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. In his sorrow he could still think of Him at intervals as the help of his countenance and call Him "my God." Hermon means anathematizing. The Place of Refuge and Strength - Psalm 46. He who has life in Himself is the Giver and Rescuer of our lives, and to Him they are to be rendered in thankful sacrifice. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. Here goes. Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. Unnamed foes taunt the psalmist with the question, "Where is thy God?" And he knows it. It is not however one individual, but it is One Body; but Christ's Body is the Church. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. 2. Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. The facts on which faith feeds abide while faith fluctuates. The same construction is found in Book 1 in Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 26:1-12; Psalms 27:1-14; Psalms 28:1-9; Psalms 35:1-28; Psalms 37:1-40 where it is obviously the designation of authorship, and it is naturally taken to have the same force in these Korachite psalms. sheep dogs. Is it disquieted on account of God? Others believe the sons of Korah composed them. inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). That is to say, because God is mercy and faithfulness, the return of the psalmist to the home of his heart is sure. Romans8:24-25. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Lo, we have just now been gladdened by certain inward delights: with the mind's eye we have been able to behold, though but with a momentary glance, something not susceptible of change: why do you still disquiet me, why are you still cast down? But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. It is useless to speculate on its origin. How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! 17. The correspondence between mans needs and their true object is involved in that name "the living God"; for a heart can rest only in one all-sufficient Person, and must have a heart to throb against. Perhaps there was one "man" of special mischief prominent among them, but it is not safe to treat that expression as anything but a collective. This remembrance will encourage us to continue to trust Him while we go through temporarily distressing periods. 4) Paul's sermon at the synagogue (Acts 13:16-41) involves an exposition of the prophecies of the Old Testament and a revealing of the hearts of his listeners: They are a people who may become scoffers and eventually unbelieving. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 2 But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! 1. For you do not doubt of your God. Expository Sermons The World's Greatest Undertaking - Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Parenting By The Book - Deuteronomy 6:1-9 The Faithful God - Deuteronomy 7:6-9 This Land Is Your Land - Deuteronomy 11:11-12 The Sacrifice Of Biblical Worship, Part 1 - Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Topical Sermons Back To Top Sermons From Joshua Expository Sermons HAVE MERCY ON ME, GOD. What is meant by like the hart? Nature reflects the poets moods, and overmastering emotion sees its own analogues everywhere. God Our Refuge And Strength (Audio) Download File. The first time we see it in Bible history is in I Chronicles 16, when King David is bringing up the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. It has been ingeniously conjectured by Delitzsch that the Korachite psalms originally formed a separate collection entitled "Songs of the Sons of Korach," and that this title afterwards passed over into the superscriptions when they were incorporated in the Psalter. For just as worldly prosperity is signified by the day, adversity by the night, so again in another way worldly prosperity is expressed by the summer, adversity by the winter. The repeated taunt of his enemies would hopefully move God to deliver him (cf. Hope in God: for I will confess unto Him. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own longings, on which we propose to speak to you. Lecture 1: Expository Preaching of the Psalms - Dr. Steven Lawson The Master's Seminary 104K subscribers Subscribe 598 Share Save 45K views 10 years ago TMS Archives: Expository Preaching. In the former part, memory was the handmaid of sorrow, and came involuntarily, and increased the singers pain; but in this part he makes an effort of will to remember, and in remembrance finds an antidote to sorrow. scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . It has been much disputed whether its proper signification is active (one who shows lovingkindness) or passive (one who receives it). Charles Spurgeon calls the first part a hymn and the second a sermon. The second part of the psalm takes up the question of the refrain, and first reiterates with bitter emphasis that the soul is bowed down, and then pours out once more the stream of reasons for dejection. This is not so yet, because the salvation which is promised, is not as yet in being; but it is in hope that I confess unto God, and say, My God is the saving health of my countenance. What should I say, but. This is understandable since the same refrain occurs in both of them (cf. But isnt it amazing that hes singing his prayer! Deliver me, O my God! a Levite, led the festal march to the Temple, and in listening in fancy again to the shrill cries of joy which broke from the tumultuous crowd. And indeed it is not ill understood as the cry of those, who being as yet Catechumens, are hastening to the grace of the holy Font. It suggests that the psalmists faith will bridge over the interval between himself and the sanctuary: I can send my thoughts to Thee from the distant frontier" (in loc.). By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. It "pants" and "thirsts," is "cast down" and disquieted; it is "poured out"; it can be bidden to "hope." What sacrifice of a troubled spirit I have within, hear. The stimulus serves for a moment; but once more courage fails, and once more, at yet greater length and with yet sadder tones, plaints and longings are wailed forth. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. The title then of it is, On the end: a Psalm for understanding for the sons of Korah. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. The unity is vouched by the considerations already noticed, and by the incompleteness of Psalms 42:1-11 without such triumphant close and of Psalms 43:1-5 without such despondent beginning. This mans longing was intensified by his unwilling exile from the sanctuary, a special privation to a door keeper of the Temple. When we think and feel with God in the Psalms, this is the main result: we come to love God, and we want to see God and be with God and be satisfied in admiring and exulting in God. [Note: Bullock, p. But When shall I come? 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