Sermon Tone Analysis

*                                THE LEADING OF GOD’S TRUTH & LIGHT*  8~/3~/08  p.m.

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*PSALM 43*

*/Prayer to God in Time of Trouble/*

1     Vindicate  me, O God,

     And  plead my cause against an ungodly nation;

     Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

2     For You /are/ the God of my strength;

     Why do You cast me off?

     Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3     Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!

Let them lead me;

     Let them bring me to  Your holy hill

     And to Your tabernacle.

4     Then I will go to the altar of God,

     To God my exceeding joy;

     And on the harp I will praise You,

     O God, my God.

5      Why are you cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted within me?

     Hope in God;

     For I shall yet praise Him,

     The help of my countenance and my God.

 

*A prayer for God to Vindicate and deliver *

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*1     Vindicate  me, O God, *

*     And  plead my cause against an ungodly nation; *

*     Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! *

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*Vindicate  vin•di•cate* \ˈvin-də-ˌkāt\ vt

*-cat•ed;* *-cat•ing* [L /vindicatus,/ pp. of /vindicare/ to lay claim to, avenge, fr.

/vindic-, vindex/ claimant, avenger] ca.

1571

*1*           /obs/ *: *to set free *: **deliver *

*2*           *: **avenge *

*3*     *a*      *: **to free from allegation or blame *

     *b*     *(1)* *: **confirm, substantiate *

          *(2)* *: *to provide justification or defense for *: **justify *

     *c*      *: *to protect from attack or encroachment *: **defend *

*4* *: *to maintain a right to */syn/* see exculpate, maintain — *vin•di•ca•tor* \-ˌkā-tər\ n[1]

 

*We are not to avenge ourselves or bear a grudge*

 *Le 19:18*   18  You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people,  but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I /am/ the Lord.

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*Vengeance belongs to the Lord*

*Dt 32:35-36*     Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;

     *Their foot shall slip in /due/ time; *

     For the day of their calamity /is/ at hand,

     And the things to come hasten upon them.’

36     “*For  the Lord will judge His people *

*      And have compassion on His servants, *

     When He sees that /their/ power is gone,

 

*David set the example*

*1 Sa 24:11-12*  11 Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand!

For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that /there is/  neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you.

Yet you  hunt my life to take it.

12  *Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you.

But my hand shall not be against you.*

 *Ro 12:19-21*   19 Beloved,  do not avenge yourselves, but /rather/ give place to wrath; for   it is written,  /“Vengeance/ is /Mine, I will repay,”/ says the Lord.

20 Therefore

     /“If your enemy is hungry, feed him; /

     /If he is thirsty, give him a drink; /

     /For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

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                  21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

*wrath: *divine chastisement [2]

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*Don’t be glad when your enemy has trouble*

*Pr 24:17-18*   7     *Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,*  And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18     Lest the Lord see /it,/ and it displease Him,

     And He turn away His wrath from him.

*2     For You /are/ the God of my strength; *

*     Why do You cast me off? *

*     Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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*Why do we go through troubles?*

*Dt 8:3*   So *He humbled you, allowed you to hunger*, and  fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, *that He might make you know that man shall  not live by bread alone; but man lives by every /word/ that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

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*The Christians’ prayer request*

*3      Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!

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*     Let them lead me; *

*     Let them bring me to  Your holy hill *

*     And to Your tabernacle.

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*4     Then I will go to the altar of God, *

*     To God my exceeding joy; *

*     And on the harp I will praise You, *

*     O God, my God.

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*The Christians’ preservation*

*Ps 40:11*  11     Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;

     *Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

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*The Christians’ wisdom & direction*

*Ps 119:105*  105     Your word /is/ a lamp to my feet  And a light to my path.

*Pr 6:23*   23     For the commandment /is/ a lamp,

     And the law a light;

     Reproofs of instruction /are/ the way of life,

 

*The Christians’ destination   *Your tabernacle = Gods’ dwelling place

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*Ps 17:2*   2     *Let my vindication come from Your presence*;

     Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.

*5      Why are you cast down, O my soul?

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*     And why are you disquieted within me? *

*     Hope in God; *

*     For I shall yet praise Him, *

*     The help (/salvation)/of my countenance and my God.

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Don’t fret, trust God, praise God, your means of mental composure and your God

*countenance*  *: *bearing, demeanor *: *calm expression *: *mental composure

 

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\ə\ *a*b*u*t \ə\ kitt*e*n, F tabl*e* \ər\ f*ur*th*er* \a\ *a*sh \ā\ *a*ce \ä\ m*o*p, m*a*r

\au̇\ *ou*t \ch\ *ch*in \e\ b*e*t \ē\ *ea*s*y* \g\ *g*o \i\ h*i*t \ī\ *i*ce \j\ *j*ob

\ŋ\ si*ng* \ō\ g*o* \ȯ\ l*aw* \ȯi\ b*oy* \th\ *th*in \ṯẖ\ *th*e \ü\ l*oo*t \u̇\ f*oo*t

\y\ *y*et \zh\ vi*si*on, bei*ge* \ḵ, n, œ, ue, y\ /see/ Guide to Pronunciation

vt verb transitive

L Latin