A Sinful Race in Need of Saving Grace (Psalm 53)

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Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!

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Introduction:

Illustration - Describe David's experience as kings, and his disheartening at the depravity of the people God had ordained him to govern.
Main Thought:
When God looked down from heaven, He saw a wholly sinful race in need of His saving grace!
Sub-intro:
Context - Describe how this is a lament Psalm, and bears good reason for weeping over the lost.
The superscription, To the chief musician upon Mahalath. A Maschil. A psalm of David, accurately depicts the tune and intent of the psalm. It is almost impossible to say what the word Mahalath means, but in some forms the word refers to disease or sickness. Undoubtedly, the sickness to which he refers is the depravity of man, the human condition that is recalled by the psalmist a second time in this psalm. [Edward E. Hindson and Woodrow Michael Kroll, eds., KJV Bible Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1994), 1046–1047.]
Body:

I. The Sinful Race (Ps. 53:1-3).

A. There Is None that Does Good (Ps. 53:1).

Psalm 53:1 KJV 1900
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: There is none that doeth good.

1. The Fool's Internal Affections (v. 1a).

Note - "The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart" (unknown)

2. Whose Heart Is Inviting Atheism (v. 1b).

Note some observances about atheism.

3. Which Produces Iniquitous Fruit (v. 1c).

Note - Corruption is wrongdoing and it makes God sick that they have twisted His truth into their lie.

B. All People Are Corrupt (Ps. 53:2-3).

1. God's Divine Investigation (v. 2).

Psalm 53:2 KJV 1900
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

a. God's Authoritative Credentials for the Investigation (v. 2a).

b. Those Under His Careful Investigation (v. 2b).

c. That Which He Desires to Find Out (v. 2c).

Note - Understanding comes from seeking God.

2. Mankind's Deserved Indictment (v. 3).

Psalm 53:3 KJV 1900
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

a. They Are All Back-slidden in the Filth of Iniquity (v. 3a).

b. Not One Has Avoided the Mire of Iniquity (v. 3b).

II. Saved By Grace (Ps. 53:4-6).

A. Workers of Iniquity Do Not Call Upon God (Ps. 53:4).

Psalm 53:4 KJV 1900
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people as they eat bread: They have not called upon God.

1. The Question of Ignorance Is Raised in the Ungodly's Hurtful Actions toward God's People (v. 4a).

2. The Condition of Their Soul Is Lost (v. 4b).

B. God Defends His People (Ps. 53:5).

Psalm 53:5 KJV 1900
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

1. The Moment of the Fool's Fear (v. 5a).

2. The Measure of the Fool's Fear (v. 5b).

3. The Meeting of the Fool's Fate (v. 5c).

4. The Melting in the Fool's Folly (v. 5d).

C. Hope for His Salvation (Ps. 53:6).

Psalm 53:6 KJV 1900
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

1. "The One Who Gives From Zion" (v. 6a).

2. The Salvation of Israel (v. 6b).

3. Setting the Captives Free (v. 6c).

4. The Rejoicing of Jacob and the Gladness of Israel (v. 6d).

Conclusion:

"Balance well the difference between those who worship and those who worship not—that difference which there is in the sight of God, in all ages, between the calculating, smiling, self-sustained, self-governed man, and the believing, weeping, wondering, struggling, heaven-governed man; between the men who say in their hearts 'There is no God,' and those who acknowledge a God at every step, 'if haply they might feel after Him and find Him.'" --Ruskin, Stones of Venice [Guide to the Psalms, The - The Guide to the Psalms – Volume 2: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Psalms.]
When God looked down from heaven, He saw a wholly sinful race in need of His saving grace!
Romans 3:10–12 KJV 1900
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Romans 3:23–26 KJV 1900
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
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