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Out of the Depths: God's Forgiveness 0:10 Good morning and welcome to the Oasis of Praise. As our journey through the book of Psalms continues today. More short Psalms. We're reading chapters 1 29 through 1 34. Verse 3 of0:21 chapter 1 34. The Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion. So are you ready for a blessing? Well, there's 1 in his word for you0:34 today. Alright. All of our Psalms today are songs of ascent. These these songs, they they sang them on their way to Jerusalem for the various feasts. Psalm 129, this is a0:45 Psalm of Thanksgiving that speaks of Israel's harassment and their hope. Verse 1, Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth. Let Israel now say, greatly have they afflicted me from0:57 my youth. Yet they have not prevailed against me. The enemy has persecuted, but they have not prevailed. Paul in 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verses 8 and 9 wrote this,1:09 we are hard pressed but not crushed. The enemy cannot defeat us if we are in Christ Jesus because the Lord has already defeated him. The enemy is still1:21 fighting. Alright? But the outcome is decided. We can we can only be deceived into compromising or surrendering to that defeated foe. And that's what Satan1:33 is trying to do. Stand firm on the truth. Have confidence in God. Do not give up. Hold on. Victory is on the way.1:45 Verse 4. The Lord is righteous. He has cut the cords of the wicked. May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turn backward. Let them be like the grass on the house tops, which wither1:57 before it grows up, with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms, nor do those who pass by say the blessing of the Lord be upon2:09 you. We bless you in the name of the Lord. Now notice this last verse. The absence of the blessing of the Lord. To bless someone in the name of the2:21 Lord is to invoke the Lord as the source and the authority of the blessing. It should be obvious God is not going to bless that which is evil. We cannot pronounce God's blessing,2:33 but we cannot, we we can pronounce god's blessing, but we cannot authorize what god does not bless. And we're gonna explore this a little bit more in just a moment. 12:45 30, Psalm 1 30, another song of ascent. This 1 speaking to the forgiveness and mercy of God that will redeem us from all our sin. Out of the depths I cried you, oh lord. OhChildlike Trust and Zion's Promise 2:57 lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy. If you, oh lord, should mark iniquities, oh lord, who could stand? But with you, there is forgiveness that you may3:09 be feared. Note that god's forgiveness should provoke in us a a fear or a reverence for god. As Jesus said in John chapter3:20 14, if you love me, you'll keep my commandments. Fear of god is to love him and to revere and to obey Him. Why? Because He 1st loved us and He has revealed to us what love3:32 really is. Verse 5, I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. Now when I read3:44 this it reminded me of being on guard duty in the Marine Corps. You know there was an anticipation and a desire to see the sun come up because it was, it revealed what was before us3:58 and all around us. Verse 7. 0, Israel, hope in the Lord. For with the Lord, there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption, and he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. In Psalm 14:09 31, it's a Psalm of David speaking of his childlike trust in the Lord. And he calls on Israel as a nation, as a whole, to hope in the Lord as well. Oh, Lord,4:21 my heart is not lifted up. My eyes are not raised too high. I do not occupy myself with things too great or too marvelous for me, but I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child from its4:33 mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. You see, there is peace and tranquility in trusting Jesus even in the midst of difficulties.Unity: Where God Commands Blessing 4:45 Verse 3, 0 Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 1 32 is a is a royal Psalm, it with with 2 parts.4:57 The 1st is the the the request that the Lord remember the zeal of David to bring the ark back to Jerusalem or to Jerusalem. And then 2nd part of this Psalm is5:09 the response of the Lord promising to fulfill the Davidic covenant. So do you wanna know why Jerusalem is the most contested real estate in in all the5:21 world? Well, here it is. Look at verse 13 of chapter 1 32. For the lord has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his dwelling place. This is my resting place5:33 forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provisions. I will satisfy her poor with bread. Her priest, I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for5:45 joy. There I will make a horn to sprout for David. I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will5:56 shine. The lord has chosen it, and this is going to be the place that Jesus reigns when he comes back in his millennial kingdom. This is why Israel,6:09 Jerusalem is such a contested city. Psalm 1 33 by David speaks to the blessing of unity among the children of god. And unity is a place as we see here6:21 where God commands, commands a blessing, which is probably why unity is so hard to achieve and maintain. Look at verse 1. Behold, how6:33 good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity. It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon,Bless the Lord and Closing Prayer 6:45 which falls in the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord commanded the blessing life forevermore. So what does this tell us about the power of unity and how6:57 we come into a place of that unity so that God commands a blessing upon us. Well, number 1, look, it it describes it here as the the precious oil7:09 was a pleasant aroma, the mixture. It was a it was a literally a pleasant aroma. And smell is powerful in triggering emotion and memory. You know, are there times that you7:20 smell something pleasant and it reminds you of something decades ago? I can remember. I mean, I every time I smell just the right mixture of peanut butter and honey, I think of, 1st grade. It was pleasant,7:32 because it was snack time, and I I enjoyed snack time. The New Testament speaks to the power of unity. John 17, it says, our unity as brothers and sisters in7:44 Christ is a witness to the watching world. Romans 15 speaks to how unity enhances our worship of god collectively when we're unified. Philippians7:56 chapter 1 talks about how it strengthens us against opposition. When we're unified, we stand strong together. Ephesians 4, Paul writes about how it produces maturity and stability.8:09 See, how are we to achieve this unity though? Because we come to this unity right here. The psalmist says that the lord commands a blessing. So how do we get to this place?8:21 In Acts chapter 2, where we see the church in its infancy, operating with great power and authority, the 2 preconditions that I read are prayer8:34 and submission, obedience to the word of God. So the the 2 pre the the 2 preconditions, what we saw in the early church that brought unity and the power of8:46 God, Prayer, they spent time in prayer, and they submitted to the word of God. They obeyed it. Psalm 134 is the conclusion of the song of ascents. And this is a call for the8:58 priest to bless the Lord and for the Lord to bless them. Come, bless the Lord all you servants of the Lord who stand by night in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless theOut of the Depths: Forgiveness and Hope 9:09 Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion, He who made heaven and earth. Well, as we close out our time together this morning, listen to the testimony of Tamara as she speaks to9:21 the unifying power of god's word in her life.9:26 The word of god has changed my life because it's the only faithful truth in a world of lies and deception. It's my comfort, peace, and security with children that have rejected what they've been9:38 taught. It's mine and my husband's most important common ground. The word of God guided by the Holy Spirit is my wisdom, knowledge, discernment, and understanding when9:50 even other believers don't accept the challenging truths that are written in it. The word of God is my spiritual nourishment that I know I cannot live without.10:00 That was an encouraging message from Tamara. And and again, I wanna thank all of you who have sent in, these testimonies to the power of god's word and what it has done in your life. If we'll be in prayer and10:12 we will walk in submission to the word of god, we will find that unity where god commands a blessing. Father, we thank you for your word. And, lord, I do pray10:23 that, lord, in our families, through your word, lord, we would walk in unity together. Lord, I pray that in our churches that we would be unified. And I pray lord as believers,10:36 lord, in different denominations, different churches, different nations, that we would be unified, lord, by the Holy Spirit, and that you would command a blessing on your church10:48 as the world watches. May they be drawn to you by the unity that is found in the body of Christ. Lord, help each of us to align with your word that we11:00 might be a part of the unity and not a part of division. Thank you, father. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Let me remind you once again, the trip to Israel is11:12 on. We finally have all the details. If you'd like to join us in March, this coming March for our trip to Israel, short runway to get ready for it, Text Israel to 6 7 7 4 2. That's11:23 Israel to 6 7 7 4 2. Until next time, keep standing on the word.11:31 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you11:43 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Out of the Depths: God's Forgiveness2:50 Childlike Trust and Zion's Promise4:45 Unity: Where God Commands Blessing6:45 Bless the Lord and Closing Prayer9:00 Out of the Depths: Forgiveness and Hope
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