Psalms: I Will Sing
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Introduction
Introduction
We continue the Golden Thread series in Psalm 101 this evening. We will read in psalm 101 this evening.
Like we saw last time, the natural response to the gloriousness of God is great joyful signing.
The sheep of God rejoice in his abundant provision and this call goes out to the whole world but the saint respond in joy.
To night we continue that theme of sign of God’s greatness.
In this psalm we again need to understand Jesus as the archetype.
We strove of the perfection that the author talks about
We do not presumptuously sin
We focus out minds on righteousness,
We put away evil from us, (do not be unequally yoked)
Yet, in all of these things we are less then perfect.
This bring us tot he Archetype, the one that in all of these things never failed.
Lets read Psalm 101 verse 1-8
1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. 5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. 6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. 7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
May the Lord Bless the Reading of His Holy and Infallible Word
Lets Pray
Transition
Transition
Jesus is the person this psalm talks about and we are to emulate him. Lets look at verse 1-4.
Body
Body
A perverse heart shall be far from me
A perverse heart shall be far from me
A Psalm of David. 1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
His steadfast Love and justice
Note that his wrath pours out on the wicked is justice and he is to be praised for that justice.
For all eternity all creation will praise God for his justice displayed eternally in hell.
The applause of all creation to God justices what the wretch is condemned to hell
The applause for God’s justice the pardoning of saints all creation
“ponder the way that is blameless”
“walk with integrity of heart”
“I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.”
Transition
Transition
Personally we have nothing to to with evil and we are to create a client where good thrives and evil dies. Lets read verse 5-6
I will destroy?
I will destroy?
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. 6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
Of course God will destroy, Jesus will bolt from heaven and end all evil.
But how do we emulate this?
Destroy from our Hearts
Destroy in our Families
Destroy in our Church
Destroy in our Nation
Destroy in the World
“favor on the faithful in the land” and “blameless shall minister to me”
David is King and he is saying as King I will make the life of the Faith int he land well, but the wicked will not enter my courts.
We are called to do the same, we help those in need and we report it if there is a crime.
We make the life of the wicked as hard as as we can.
Think about our nations Laws.
A couple of male sodomites adopted to children and then misused them (if you get my meaning) and sold them to others to be miss used.
Death penalty.
The people we vote for, the blameless shall minister to me we advocate for are to be just, because that what our example does.
We don’t have the power of vengeance? He does.
Transition
Transition
This verse 5 and 6 are a promise from him to us by David “Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.” (Ps 101:5–6, ESV)
David as king being a little foreshadow of Christ,
If David’s rule was righteous how much more will be Christ’s.
If the faithful found favor under David, how much more Christ.
The eternal nature of this statement really comes home in verse 7-8. Lets read Verse 7-8.
The King and His City
The King and His City
7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
David’s commitment to righteousness
We should have.
This is our Lords commitment, the unfaithful will not enter his house.
Oh my dear saints, brothers and sisters, hear Paul’s words “unequally yoked with a nonbeliever” This is you life because that is what you are prepared for. I city that is God’s and as his possession you are not to connect yourself to anything that is not welcome in his house.
verse 8, He will destroy it, it will not enter his city.
This is the city that Abraham was looking for when he left Paddan-aram and went to Canaan in Genesis 12:1 and this is the city that every one of Abraham children by faith seeks.
It is not the old Jerusalem
It is the new Jerusalem coming from the sky adorned like a bride for her Lord, and that Lord will rule in her, his church, his kingdom and there will be no place for evil there.
They will be cut off from the city of the LORD.
Evil cannot dwell in Yahweh's City.
And this is the best part, the the scripture lead us to Christ over and over.
The saint will say with Peter "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” (Lk 5:8, ESV).
You remember the scene, Peter see all the fish and realizes who Jesus is he run to un falls in his face an proclaims his sinfulness and what does Jesus say “And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” (Lk 5:10, ESV).
He said to Peter dont be afraid, I have made a place in my city for you, I ahve washed you and you are clean righteous before God.
So we go and we tell teh world repent, turn to Christ, confess you are a sinner and he will make you clean.
AND Guess what, God is just in the redemption of the believer. Because Christ paid the cost, Christ to the cup of wrath and drank it down. There is none left for us and because of this we go into the city of the LORD singing of his Love and his Justice.
Benediction
Benediction
24 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Amen.