PSALM CHAPTER 59
~~ Overcoming The Unfairness Of Men ~~
Are You Paranoid If You Believe Someone Is Out To Get You ?
Reality Check—
The Devil REALLY IS Out To Get You !
1. SOMETIMES CRYING TO GOD IS THE ONLY OPTION.
A. EVIL PEOPLE SCHEME AND COULD GET YOU BECAUSE THEY WAIT.
—THEY USE THE “SNARE PRINCIPLE.”
>DAVID’S OWN EXPERIENCE. PS. 119:110, PS. 142:3.
>THE SNARES THE ENEMY SETS. I TIM. 3:7, 1 TIM. 6:9.
>THERE IS A WAY OUT. 2 TIM. 2:25-26.
—THEIR HATE IS LONG-LASTING, EXTENSIVE. MICAH 7:2.
>TEACHERS OF FALSE DOCTRINES LINGER AS A SNARE.
EPH. 4:14.
>THEY USE ANY METHOD THEY CAN. PS. 140:5.
B. GOD IS MIGHTIER THAN THE ENEMY.
PS. 93:4, LUKE 1:37, LUKE 18:27.
—HE WANTS TO WORK THROUGH PEOPLE. MATTHEW 17:20.
—HE ANSWERS FAITH. V. 2—DAVID’S PLEA.
>HE WON’T RESPOND TO DOUBTS. JAMES 1:6-8.
2. EVIL PEOPLE SOMETIMES DO THINGS WITHOUT A CAUSE. V.3.
A. DAVID EXPERIENCED THIS MORE THAN ONCE. PS. 35:7
B. JESUS EXPERIENCED IT. JOHN 15:25, ACTS 13:28.
C. THE BELIEVER IS MOVED BY THE RIGHT CAUSE. 1 COR. 4:17,
2 COR. 4:16, EPH. 3:1, EPH. 3:14, TITUS 1:5.
D. THEY PLOT AND PLAN TO TRIP UP A BELIEVER.
—EVEN THE MOST RELIGIOUS OF THEM. HOSEA 5:1
—MICAH 7:1-2. PARALLEL FOR THE LAST DAYS ?
E. THEIR REWARD IS A LACK OF MERCY. V. 5.
3. THE WICKED ARE MORE ANIMAL-LIKE THAN GOD-LIKE. V. 6-7.
A. THEY DO THEIR EVIL IN THE NIGHT. JOHN 3:19,
THE BELIEVER IS OF THE LIGHT. COL. 1:13, EPH. 6:12, 1 THES. 5:5,
B. THE BEHAVE AS ANIMALS. 2 PET. 2:22, 2 PET. 2:12, JUDE 1:10.
C. THEY ARE UNAWARE OF HOW THEY ARE BEING SEEN. IS. 47:10,
MATT. 12:36, PS. 94:7. (FOCUS IS STRONG, LIKE STALKING LION).
HAD NO IDEA THEY WOULD BE JUDGED. MATT. 24:39