Word of God Purified 7 Times
Series Psalms
(3) Who is lord over us (Psalm 12:4)
3. Pharoah questioned God's authority
Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD
4. The wicked in Job's day questioned God's authority
Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
5. Nebuchadnezzar questioned God's authority
Daniel 3:15 who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
6. The Jewish leaders in Jesus' day questioned God's authority
Luke 19:14 , We will not have this man to reign over us.
Luke 19:27 which would not that I should reign over them
7. God plainly tells the Christian that his body and spirit are God's property
1 Corinthians 6:19 and ye are not your own
C. The Justification for God's Indignation (Psalm 12:5)
- The man threatened
a. The oppression of the poor
b. The sighing of the needy - The promise given
a. Now will I arise, saith the LORD. - I will set him (the poor and needy) in safety from him (the oppressor) that puffeth at him (the poor and needy).
IV. THE ASSURANCE OF GOD'S HELP (Psalm 12:6-8)
A. In comparison to these lying, false and vain words, we have the Certainty of God's Word (Psalm 12:6-7)
- The purity of God's WORDS (Psalm 12:6)
a. The statement of their purity—"The words of the LORD ARE pure words."
Pure: "Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy."
b. God's words does not say that the words WERE pure in the original writings.
c. The likeness of their purity—"as silver tried in a furnace of EARTH, purified seven times"
• Nebuchadnezzar heated the furnace seven times hotter to kill God's servants and it eliminated the impure, not the pure.
Daniel 3:19-22 - The preservation of God's words (Ps
Sermon ID | 520211458306278 |
Duration | 35:33 |
Date | May 20, 2021 |
Category | Midweek Service |
Bible Text | Psalm 12:4-8 |