[Ps 16 (Part 2)] God's Goodness Even to Death.
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Last time,
We asked the question -
In our World – what do we perceive as the greatest threat to our happiness?
We might be able to say many things, but in many ways it can be summed as threats to our fortune and threats to our life.
- What is the first goal of at least 90% of high-school students?
To find a good paying job.
- What is one of the most talked about political issues today?
The state of medical insurance in the United States.
For many,
Happiness is bound up in fortune and in a long life.
Yet, we see in where true happiness, fortune, and protection come from.
A Miktam of David.
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Now,
Last time we looked at the first 4 verses.
1. Plea for Protection. (v. 1)
The biggest clue we have to when and why this Psalm was written
2. Confession. (v. 2-3)
a. Yahweh is my master.
b. Goodness only comes from Yahweh.
c. His delight is in the people of God.
The most notable aspect of his confession was
- the Lord is his master.
- Goodness comes from God.
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2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
He then,
Sorta of confesses is Worship God alone
by declaring his:
3. Refusal to Worship Idols (v. 4)
a. Idolater’s Sorrows will multiply.
c. Refusal to Practice Idolatry
d. Refusal to Praise Idol’s.
We now find ourselves us picking up in v. 5.
David contrasts the emptiness of vain Idols by declaring the wealth a believer receives from God.
4. Yahweh is the Possession of the Godly. (v. 5-10)
4. Yahweh is the Possession of the Godly. (v. 5-10)
a. Possessing God is to Possess Fortune. (v. 5-6)
a. Possessing God is to Possess Fortune. (v. 5-6)
5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
David describes running after God with wonderful metaphor of inheriting wonderful land.
v. 5 is translated in a more rigid form, by saying ““the LORD [is] the portion of my possession and my cup.”
- In Israel,
Land was everything. And David’s possession - his land - was God.
What greater property, more valuable property could you have than - God as your property.
Illustration:
Many of you have sold and bought houses.
And location and location and location is what drives the value of homes.
How Good is your location, if your house is God?
There is no property more valuable than God.
- Further,
The Lord being David’s cup was to picture a “full cup of juice”.
Israel was a agricultural economy.
If you had an overflowing cup - you were the wealthy and blessed of the nation of Israel
Again, David’s cup was the Lord.
ILLUSTRATION:
Consider, our cup, with the song - “fill my cup Lord”
Considering ours is filled with the living water of the Words and work of Christ -
do we not have a cup that overflows with wealth?
- David accents this imagery with the Lord being his Lot.
In other word’s,
when the Lot was performed for deciding land possession -
EXPLANATION:
Lot was a set of rocks that was used to divide up the land.
Lot like drawing the shortest stick in our culture.
Or flipping a coin.
David was lotted with God.
His lotted property was God.
Now notice the parallel of v. 6.
“the LORD [is] the portion of my possession and my cup.”
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
What kind of land, cup, and lot does one have when your Lot is God?
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6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Application:
When we consider the earthly Goodness that comes from God alone, and especially, when we consider that we as his church will spend eternity in His Holy City -
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Rev 21:1-22:5
Has not our God cast us a beautiful inheritance in our lot in life.
CLARIFICAITON:
We will end here tonight - with that thought.
Partly because what a wonderful thought to consider this prayer night.
Partly because I want to give the rest of this Psalm the time it deserves.
So lets end on this note,
Whether, OT believer or NT believer,
Believers who posses God as their inheritance have incredible fortune.
b. Possessing God is to Possess Wisdom. (v. 7)
b. Possessing God is to Possess Wisdom. (v. 7)
Not
c. Possessing God is to Possess Protection. (v. 8-10)
1) Godly Rejoice in Security.
We will end here tonight - with that thought.
2) Not Even Death Threatens the Godly.
Partly because what a wonderful thought to consider this prayer night.
5. Praise of Yahweh. (v. 11)
Partly because I want to give the rest of this Psalm the time it deserves.
a. God Provides Physical Life.
b. Blessings are with God.