PSALM CHAPTER 56

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~~ Not Worthy, But Able To Ask God, Anyway ! ~~

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1. THE APPEAL FOR GOD’S MERCY.    V. 1
   A. ACKNOWLEDGES GUILT. PS. 51:3, JER. 14:20.
   B. RECOGNIZES GOD’S WILLINGNESS TO HEAR. 2 CHRON. 20:9,
        PSALM 17:6, PSALM 38:15.
   C. IS MOTIVATED BY HIS SITUATION. (IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES
        FOR EVERYONE EACH TIME ?) PSALM 94:18.
   D. REQUIRES HUMILITY, LACK OF PRIDE. JAMES 4:6, 1 PET. 5:5.
   E. BRINGS GOD’S ATTENTION TO YOU. HOSEA 5:15, JER. 3:13-14.

2. RECOGNITION OF THE REAL ACTIVITIES OF ENEMIES.   V. 1
   A. TO BRING BELIEVERS TO FAILURE. PS. 140:5.
   B. TO SEDUCE INTO FALSE PATHS.
        —FALSE RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS. 1 SAM. 12:10, REV. 2:20,
        —SEDUCE INTO WAYS OF THE WORLD. PHIL. 3:18, 1 JN 2:15-17.
        —SET AN EXAMPLE OF WICKED WORKS. COL. 1:21, PROV. 22:25.
        —TO FEAR MAN RATHER THAN GOD. PROV. 29:25.
        —TO A CRITICAL OR SCORNFUL SPIRIT. PROV. 29:8.

3. THE HOPES OF THE ENEMIES.    V.2.
   A. DAILY SWALLOW YOU UP. LIKE FIRE, CONSUMING; OR A WILD
        BEAST DEVOURING. PSALM 57:3, REV. 12:4, 1 PETER 5:8.
        >DAVID’S KNEW WHAT WOULD OCCUR. PS. 21:9, PS. 50:3.
   B. INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS AGAINST ME. THEY RECRUIT AND
        ARE NOT ASHAMED TO DO SO. 2 TIM. 3:13, LUKE 21:8.
   C. CANNOT SURMOUNT THE MOST HIGH. DAVID APPEALS TO THE
        GREATEST POWER OF ALL. THE DEMONS KNOW IT—MARK 5:7,
        LUKE 8:28, ACTS 16:17.
        ALL ENEMIES ARE INFERIOR TO THE LORD GOD—LUKE 10:19.
        THE ENEMY OF DOUBT IS JUST AS REAL AS A PHYSICAL ENEMY.
        ROMANS 14:23, JAMES 1:6.
   D. ALL ENEMIES ARE INFERIOR TO THE LORD GOD—LUKE 10:19.
        >THE ENEMY OF DOUBT IS JUST AS REAL AS A PHYSICAL
             ENEMY. ROMANS 14:23, JAMES 1:6.

4. THE DEPENDABLE SOLUTION.    V. 3
   A. THE ISSUE OF A BELIEVER’S FEAR. ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE
        HAS IT PERIODICALLY. PS. 55:5, HEB. 11:23, JER. 26:21, IS. 21:4.
        >IT CAN BE OVERCOME. REV. 11:6,7 (THEY KNEW WHAT WAS
             AHEAD). 1 JOHN 4:18—CASTING IT OUT.
   B. THE ISSUE OF DOING SOMETHING WITH OUR TRUST. V. 4.
        JAMES 2:20,26. LUKE 5:23, LUKE 6:8, ACTS 3:6, PSALM 46:2.
   C. KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT AN ENEMY DOES HELPS US PREPARE
        AND SEEK GOD EVEN MORE. V.4-6, ISAIAH 59:19.
        >THEY TWIST YOUR WORDS. JER. 14:13-14, JER. 23:30.
        >THEY FOCUS THEIR THOUGHTS AGAINST YOU. MATT. 12:25,
             LUKE 6:8.
        >THEY GANG UP AGAINST YOU. LUKE 22:52-53.
        >THEY SECRETLY PLOT AGAINST YOU. JOHN 7:1, ACTS 23:14-15.

5. THE AMAZING COMPASSION OF THE LORD.    V. 8-9.
   A. GOD REMEMBERS OUR TRIALS FOR HIM.
   B. GOD HAS A TRACK RECORD OF COMING TO THE AID OF HIS
        CHILDREN. PS. 28:7, PS. 37:40, 1 SAM. 7:12, 1 CHRON. 15:26,
             2 CHRON. 18:31, 2 CHRON. 26:7, ROMANS 8:26.
        —HE IS FAITHFUL. I PETER 4:19.
        —HE IS CAPABLE OF DEFENDING US. REV. 19:11.

6. GOD ENABLES THE BELIEVER TO FACE TROUBLES.    V. 10-13
   A. BY PRAISING HIS WORD.
        WHAT IS IT ? HEBREW 13:15.
        IT BRINGS THE LORD CLOSER TO US. PS. 22:3
        IT MUST ACCOMPANY OTHER THINGS WHICH GOD MAY USE.
             PS. 149:5-6.
   B. BY OVERCOMING FEAR. PS. 34:4, PS. 91:5, PS. 112:7, IS. 12:2.
   C. BY FULFILLING THEIR VOWS TO GOD. ACTS 18:18.
        WHAT DOES A VOW DO FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD ?
        VOW TO KEEP ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. EPH. 6:11-13,
        VOW TO MAKE LIFE A LIVING SACRIFICE FOR CHRIST.
             ROM. 12:1-3.
        VOW TO COMMIT YOURSELF TO THE WORK OF GOD.
             I TIM. 1:18, 2 TIM. 2:2.