Contrast Compassion and Hope

Thesis: There are many dual contrasts in the Bible. Psalm 90 discusses a couple of them : justice vs sinfulness, mercy vs misery and time vs eternity.

I. GOD'S ETERNITY (v. 1-2)

• God is dwelling place - He fills all time and
  place in eternity - forever and ever
• God doen't start or discover, increase or
  decrease. He is infinite at every moment

II. HUMAN TEMPORALITY (v. 3-6)

• contrasted with God, humans have beginning
• God lives in eternity, we live briefly in time

III. THE JUSTICE OF GOD (v. 7-9)

• As eternal God interacts with temporal man, we
  see contrast of His justice and our sinfulness
• Because God is infinitely just, our sin
  provokes His wrath
• God does have wonderful plan for your life -
  but it is remedy to His wrath (eternal), not
  temporal

IV. REPITITION OF EARTHLY TEMPORALITY (v. 10)

• Life short because of our sin and God's wrath
• Even 130 year old Jacob said life was short

V. PRAYER FOR WISDOM (v. 11-12)

• Moses shows us to fix our hope on eternity
  since sin filled life is so temporary.
• Wise to set eyes/minds on eternal Christ
• Wisdom ties to fear of God (Proverbs 1:8)

VI. PRAYER FOR MERCY (v. 13-14)

• temporal consequences need eternal mercy
• satisfaction found in eternal face of Jesus

VII. PRAYER FOR PROSPERITY (v. 15-16)

• True happiness found in eternal prosperities
  (Romans 8:18)
• True legacy is showing Christ to offspring
• All things summing up to eternally perfect
  Christ - even us, is true prosperity