PSALM CHAPTER 52

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~~ Evil Men Will Pay Someday For Sin ~~

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1. IT IS BASED UPON ACTUAL EVENTS.   
   A. DOEG WAS A BAD INFLUENCE TO BE AROUND. WRONG
        NATION, WRONG GODS, WRONG ATTITUDE. 1 SAMUEL 21:7.
        *DEMON-POSSESSED SAUL CHOSE HIM TO BE A COMPANION.
        THE RIGHT WAY: PSALM 119:63.
   B. HE WAS A VIOLENT PERSON, DESIRING WRATH ON GOOD
        PEOPLE. 1 SAMUEL 22:13-19.

2. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OPENLY EVIL PEOPLE.
   A. THEY ARE BOASTERS. 2 TIMOTHY 3:2.
   B. THEY USE THEIR TONGUES AS WEAPONS. JAMES 3:6-8,
        TONGUES NOT REDEEMED AND DEDICATED TO GOD.
   C. THEY WORK DECEIT. TITUS 1:12.
   D. THEY LOVE EVIL MORE THAN GOOD. 2 TIMOTHY 3:4.
   E. THEY LOVE LYING RATHER THAN TRUTH. 1 TIMOTHY 4:2.
   F. THEY LOVE ALL DEVOURING WORDS...INCLUDING THE
        WORDS OF OTHERS. ROMANS 1:32.

3. THE CONSEQUENCES TO EVIL PEOPLE.   
   A. GOD WILL DESTROY THEM. V. 5.
        [HEB=naw’that’s=PULL DOWN, BREAK DOWN]
        —HOW LONG ? FOR EVER. WHAT DOES FOR EVER MEAN ?
             PS. 9:7, PS. 10:16, PS. 92:7.
        —DOES THIS DESCRIBE IT ? MARK 9:44. MATTHEW 25:40-46.
   B. HE WILL TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES. [undertaker takes
        only the body]. PSALM 9:17, LUKE 12:5.
   C. HE WILL TAKE THEM OUT OF THE LIVING. [what will God do with
        that soul & spirit ?]
        —THEY ARE ALREADY AS GOOD AS DEAD. 1 TIM. 5:6.
             [GR=spatalaho=living for self pleasure, worldly, luxuriously
             indulgent upon self]. 1 JOHN 3:14.
        —WITHOUT LIVING FOR GOD, “LIVING” ISN’T TRUE LIVING.
             PS. 27:13, PS. 142:5, JOHN 10:10.
   D. THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SEE, FEAR, AND LAUGH AT THEM.
        LUKE 6:21, PS. 2:4, PS. 59:8.

4. THE THOUGHTS OF EVIL PEOPLE.   V. 7. NEARSIGHTED VIEW.
   LUKE 12:16-23. *CAN THESE THOUGHTS INFECT THE THINKING
        OF THE SAVED, TOO ? EPHESIANS 2:12.
   A. THEY DON’T NEED GOD’S STRENGTH. THEY’VE GOTTEN BY
        SO FAR. ISAIAH 14:13,14.
        —NO NEED TO DEPEND UPON GOD. THEY MADE IT SO FAR.
             CONTRAST: ISAIAH 50:7
   B. THEY CAN TRUST IN RICHES. IT HAS GOTTEN THEM ALL THIS
        SO FAR. PS. 73:12, 1 TIMOTHY 6:10, MARK 10:24.
        —THE WEAKNESS OF JUDAS. MARK 14:11, JOHN 12:9.
   C. THEY STRENGTHEN THEMSELVES IN WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
        ALREADY. IT HAS GOTTEN THEM BY WITH THINGS SO FAR. IS.
        PSALM 94:7-13, ISAIAH 29:15-16. 2 PETER 3:4.

5. THE CONTRAST: THOUGHTS OF THE GODLY.    V.8-9
   A. THEY DEPEND ON GOD THOROUGHLY.
   B. THEY REALIZE THIS IS AN EVERLASTING NEED.
   C. THEY MAKE COMMITMENTS TO GOD TO DEPEND ON HIM.