Wednesday Evening Message: A Study in Psalms - Psalm 50

I want to welcome you back to our third week of studying the

Psalms everybody remembers the first song we did two weeks ago.

Some 11. Do you remember the first six

words of Psalm 11? Somebody here called Don Scott

in Texas and told him what I said.

So I got this in the mail today in the Lord I take refuge so

whoever you are, thank you but I appreciated I told you I wanted

that banner last week. We looked at Psalm 22 the

prophecy of the Cross tonight. We're going to go in a little

bit of a different direction. We're going to study a different

kind of Psalm one that we probably haven't studied the

last two or three years and I call Psalm 50, a Psalm of

judgment last week, I began talking about the disciples on

the Emmaus Road. I want to begin tonight talking

about that wonderful story of Nicodemus, visiting Jesus.

In John 3, we won't take the time to read it, but, you know

it, right? Nicodemus was a religious man.

Perhaps was the most religious man in all of Israel or in

Jerusalem. He was a Pharisee.

He was a member of the Sanhedrin.

He was a religious man, but he did not have a relationship with

Jesus, and although he was a religious leader, he was

Herschel Darkness until Jesus met him when he met Jesus that

night and Nicodemus and the Pharisees are kind of like the

people were going to talk about tonight in Psalm 50, they

externalized religion, they invented all sorts of manmade

regulations. They added to the law of Moses

and they took pride in observing them, right?

And Jesus in the great, whoa, chapter of Matthew 23 where it

says, woe to you, woe to you woe to you, he would blast them for

their hypocrisy. They would tie the spices and he

says that you would wash the inside of the cup out, but you

neglected to deal with the sin in your life.

So Nicodemus was kind of like that man before he found Jesus,

someone has said that religion is man made the gospel is God.

Given religion is What man does for God.

The gospel is what God does for, man, religion is good views, the

People is good news. Religion is an outer Reformation

the gospel ends in an inner transformation.

Religion often becomes a farce. The gospel is always a force,

the power of God unto salvation, a thousand years before Jesus

came and met Nicodemus. And before he blasted the

religious leaders for their religiosity, and the rituals of

worship a worship leader in the temple of Jerusalem wrote this

Psalm, and he would give a warning about false worship.

His name is ASAP and he gives us a warning on judgment.

I think in the Bible someone has said it talks about judgment is

coming over 265 times. The word judgment is one most

hated words in human vocabulary. That's why many years ago,

Pastor Lance told. Us, when you share Jesus, you

share that all are sinners, the wages of sin is death.

And after death comes judgment, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23 and

Romans 3:23 Romans 6:23

Hebrews. 9:27 judgment is not well liked even though the Bible

Hebrews 9:27

talks about it a lot Ecclesiastes 13 verse 14 says,

for God will bring every deed into judgment every secret

thing. Whether good or evil Acts 17:31

Acts 17:31

says God has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in

righteousness. By a man whom he has appointed

and of this, he has given Assurance to All by raising him

from the dead. That man is Jesus Christ.

And I just mentioned Hebrews 9:27 says, and just as it is

Hebrews 9:27

appointed for man to die. Once after that comes judgment a

few months ago, Lance went through the seven judgments in

the Bible and I thought I'd just review them real quickly in the

Bible. There are seven judgments.

The first one is the Judgment of sin, and that's that's that's at

the cross cake. Colossians 2:14 says by

Colossians 2:14

canceling, the record of debt that stood against us with his

legal demands, this he set aside nailing it to the Cross.

If you have Jesus Christ in your heart tonight, your sins were

nailed to the cross. So, there's a judgment of sin at

the cross. Then the number two, there's a

judgment of self. We call this today, in the

Believers life. First, Corinthians 11, 31 says,

if we judge it ourselves, truly, We would not be judged, we

examine Our Lives, we confess our sins daily or whenever we

sin. And the number three, there's

going to be a judgment of the Believers works.

It's called the bema seat judgment.

This is not a judgment of sin but someday will stand for

Christ. Second Corinthians 5:10 says

2 Corinthians 5:10

for, we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ.

So that each one may receive what is due for what he has done

in the body, whether good or evil.

So it's a judgment for our Awards.

And then number four we have the Judgment of Israel.

That's going to happen at the end of the tribulation, Ezekiel

2244 talk about that. And number five, will be a

judgment of Nations also at the end of the tribulations.

Jesus talks about that in Matthew, 25 verses 31 to 46 and

Matthew 25:31–46

then they'll be a judgment of Satan.

At the end of the Millennium Jude 6 says he is Bound for

Everlasting judgment and lastly, they'll be a judgment of the

unsaved and that's in Revelation, 20 and we'll look at

that. Later.

So, which judgment is this? I'm talking about.

Well, it can be argued. That some 50 only has in direct

view, God's Judgment of Israel because it is the nation joined

him in the Covenant as described here, Exodus 19 Exodus 20:4 yet

Exodus 20:4

by extension and the principle of First Peter 4:17.

1 Peter 4:17

This has all people of God and view, so we'll talk about Israel

in night and we'll talk about us.

So let's read Psalm 50 and then we'll pray Psalm 50.

Hmm, some of ASAP, the mighty one God, the Lord speaks and

summons the Earth from the rising of the sun to its setting

out of Zion. The Perfection of beauty.

God shines forth, our God comes. He does not keep silence before.

Him is devouring, fire around him, a mighty Tempest.

He calls to the heavens above and to the Earth that he may

judge his people gather to me. My faithful ones who made it.

Covenant with me by sacrifice the heavens declare his

righteousness for God himself is Judge hero, my people and I will

speak o Israel, I will testify against you.

I am God your God not for your sacrifices.

Do I rebuke you? Your burnt offerings are

continually before me. I will not accept the bull from

your house or a goat from your folds for every beast of the

forest is mine. The cattle on a thousand hills

by know. All the birds of the Eels and

all that moves in the field is mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you for the world and all

its fullness are mine. Do I eat the Flesh of bulls or

drink? The blood of goats offer, to God

of sacrifice of Thanksgiving and perform your vows to the most

high and call on me in the day of trouble.

I will deliver you and you shall glorify me, but to the wicked

God says what right do you have to recite my statues or take my

Covenant on your lips? For you hate discipline and you

cast my words behind you. If you see a thief, you're

pleased with him and you keep company with adulterers, you

give your mouth free rein for evil and your tongue frames to

see you sit and speak against your brother.

You slander your own Mother's Son, these things you have done

and I have been silent. You thought that I was one like

yourself but now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you

mark this then you who forgot God.

List, I tear you apart and there be none to deliver the one who

offers Thanksgiving as a sacrifice.

Glorifies me to the one who orders his way.

Rightly I will show the salvation of god.

Let's pray. Father, we thank you that we can

study some 52 night. May we leave here tonight

knowing more of you and when we come into the sanctuary, may we

come in with proper worship, as we'd been warned by Aesop

tonight. Thank you in Jesus name.

Amen. So First off what type of Psalm

is this? We looked at a song of trust in

Psalm 11 two weeks ago, last week we looked at a Messianic

Psalm so this is called a covenant renewal Psalm and what

is the Covenant renewal song? There's really only two of them

out of 150. So I'm 50 and I believe Psalm 86

I think is one of them a covenant renewal.

Psalm is designed to lead God's people to a renewal of the

Covenant that was first given at Mount Sinai in.

Exodus. I think 19 to 24.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Psalm 50 in Psalm 81, not 86.

So we looked at a song of trust, will get a Messianic Psalm and

now we're going to look at a covenant renewal.

So in the Old Testament there were quite often not too much

but Joshua would renew the Covenant and Joshua 8 Ezra would

renew the Covenant in Ezra 8 to 10 ASA in second chronicles 15

Jehoshaphat in and Chronicles 20 and then the two good Kings we

know of Hezekiah would renew the Covenant and Josiah would renew

the Covenant. One example of Josiah, it says

in second chronicles 34-31 and the King stood in his place and

made a covenant with the Lord to keep the Commandments and his

testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and soul and

to perform the words of the Covenant that were written in

this book, actually, Josiah is renewing the Covenant.

That was first made on Mount Sinai, but if Israel did not

renew the Covenant and, you know, there were only eight

Kings out of 20 who were good or very good.

Most of them were awful, judgment, awaited, if they

didn't obey God's word, there will be judgment.

So this is a covenant, renewal Psalm, but I'm calling it.

A Psalm of judgment. Alexander McLaren said, it's

hard to think of a song that is as relevant to our day.

As this one, this Psalm has been keen and Edge for modern as Were

ancient sins. We do have a superscription.

It just says above the your Psalm 50 there.

Psalm of ASAP, who's ASAP ASAP wrote, 12 Psalms.

So, this is the first one, he wrote Psalm 50 and then you have

to jump to Psalm 73 283. Now, last year, we looked at

Psalm 77 and I think the year before that we looked at Psalm

73. So ASAP wrote those songs so if

you want to study more of a steps some it's interesting.

Because ASAP is going to talk about false worship.

And he's the, he's the Tim, he's the guy sitting up there and

imagine him in the temple looking around, he knows who's

phony, who knows who's going through the rituals.

So he's the right guy to write this song first.

Chronicles 16 says that ASAP is one of the three great song

leaders in the temple. Heman ASAP and Ethan were the

three leaders and they would lead the temple worship.

And the music is there a context connecting?

This will just go back to I'm 49 verse 20, we actually study some

49 last year. We call that some the

worthlessness of wealth, but the last verse says, man and his

pomp yet without understanding is like beasts that perish.

So, there's a warning there for people, rich people, a warning

that you will die in spend, eternity in hell.

So Psalms 49 does kind of connect in the context with some

50, your outline, your three main points, God, summons to

judgment verses 1 to 6 God speaks in judgment verses 7 to

15 and God sentences in judgment verses 16 to 23.

So let's look at God's summons to judgment verses 1 to 6.

So first off the judge is heard. It says the mighty one God.

The Lord speaks and Summons of the Earth.

This song begins with ASAP describing a courtroom scene.

The roof of the courtroom is Heaven above, and the floor is

the earth beneath God himself. Is the judge God is also the

judge. God is also the prosecuting

attorney all rolled and the jury all rolled into one.

There is no defense attorney in this courtroom.

The psalmist compounds three names for God.

You probably seen this before. The only other currents of this

is Joshua 22:22, which says the mighty one, God, the Lord.

Joshua 22:22

And that's what our song begins. So you have three names for God,

L Elohim and Yahweh. So it gives an awesome sense of

the Majesty. You could have just said,

Yahweh, right? You just could have said Elohim

but he's going to say the mighty one is L is the god, the mighty

one that awful one who has attributes and judgments human

judges. When you go in the courtroom, if

you have ever done, I haven't done.

Jury duty probably in 25 years, but when you go in the courtroom

they still make you stand upright.

The honorable Judge comes in and you stand up, right?

Well this honorable Judge is called the mighty one when he

walks into the courtroom. Room.

The second name is Elohim and that means the god, that Who is

majestic, he's the god of creation, he's the god of the

sun and the stars in the galaxies and the planets.

And then, the third name, Yahweh is the god.

Merciful one who reveals himself to men and he signs contracts or

covenants with them. The Covenant he did with Israel.

So this God is majestic and all-powerful who speaks and

summons the Earth to appear in judgment before him.

And it says, From the rising of the sun to its setting.

So from the East to the West, the whole earth is summoned to

appear before this Almighty judge.

Not just the children of Israel who is specifically a speaking

to. So the judges heard now number

two the judges scene he says out of Zion the Perfection of beauty

God shines forth Zion is the Holy Mountain where the temple

stands Zion stands for Perfection because God is in our

Mist, God's holiness and Majesty Radiate the light that shines

forth. You know, I mentioned that when

the human courtroom we all stand respectively, when the judge

enters the courtroom. But here are God's interests is

accompanied by the Shekinah Glory and the fury Tempest.

That was described on Mount Sinai when he gave the law in

Exodus 19. If you want to turn there you

can but in Exodus 19. When the law was given verses 16

to 19 of Exodus 19 says, on the morning of the third day, there

was Thunder, there was lightning and a thick cloud.

The mountain and a very loud trumpet blast.

So that all the people in the camp trembled, then Moses

brought the people out of the camp to meet God and they took

their stand at the foot of the mountain.

Now, I'm out signing was wrapped in Smoke because the Lord had to

send it on it. In fire, the smoke went up like

the smoke of a kiln and the whole Mountain trembled greatly

and the sound of the trumpet, grew, louder, and louder, Moses

spoke. And God answered him in Thunder,

the Lord came down on Mount Sinai to The top of the mountain

and the Lord Called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses

went up. So this judge is going to leave

his chamber and he's going to appear on Mount Zion in the form

of dazzling. Brilliant, Glory Cloud that we

call the Shekinah Glory. He's not going to be silent

about people's sins. Any longer he's been silent for

a long time, but he comes down with fire, a great storm with

thunder and lightning all around him.

At Mount Sinai. He came to give the law, here,

he comes to Interpret the law, its spiritual meaning.

He will come as a judge the New Testament States.

The fact that this will be done, we read acts 17:31 that Jesus

Acts 17:31

Christ is going to gather all the nations before him and he

will pronounce. The final sentence on mankind.

Verse 3, says, our God comes, he does not keep silent he's

devouring fire and around him Mighty Tempest for most people.

It seems that God is silent. Now, they can't hear God.

Why doesn't God answer me? No voice is heard.

No sentence is pronounced. So people think they can get

away with things, they make themselves up gods of Idols, but

this not will not always be the case.

As a time is coming, when God will no longer be silent and he

to the conduct and character of men, the wicked will see and

hear and much like the children of Israel who trembled at Mount

Sinai. The wicked will tremble with

fear. Point C.

The judge takes his place in the Judgment seat.

It says he calls to the heavens above and to the Earth that he

may judge his people. I read one Psalm a day which I

encourage you to read one Psalm a day and today's saw my red was

my reading was Psalm 75 and I hadn't even noticed that.

But Psalm 75 verses 6 to 8 says for not from the east or from

Psalms 75:6–8

the west and not from the Wilderness comes lifting up but

it is God who executes Putting down one and lifting up another

for the hand of the Lord. There is a cup with foaming

wine. Well mixed he pours out from it

on all the wicked of the Earth shall drain it down to the

dregs. So this is the judge that comes

in and in the Bible when it calls Heaven and Earth as a

witness it's a very serious thing.

Isaiah chapter 1, verses 1 and 2 says the same thing.

Isaiah 1:1

Isaiah begins his 66 chapters of his book by calling heavens and

earth above that he could make witness.

So it's a very Serious thing, God is going to subpoena Heaven

and Earth. He's going to gather all the

defendants to stand by the witness stand.

So he commands the attendance to bring in the defendants first.

He's going to talk about the faithful ones in verses, 7 to

15, which we'll get to in a minute later.

He's going to have a special court session for the wicked

ones verses 16 to 19, God will call on all the universe.

He will summon all who dwell on Earth, the world, the heavens,

the universe will see and It that this judge is just the

heavens, are called to Bear witness to the righteousness of

God's judgment. The fact that this judge has

perfect knowledge of all facts, he's absolutely impartial.

His verdicts are wise. And just number Point D, the

judge summons his people. He says, gather to me, my

faithful ones who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

So this would be talking about the children of Israel.

The psalm, the all the songs were written for the children of

Israel, who Made a covenant by sacrifice a God's people entered

into a solemn Covenant relationship with him and this

Covenant was made of Mount Sinai and as I mentioned was renewed

periodically by good leaders and good Kings.

And lastly, pointy there. The judges declared righteous.

What a statement we have here in verse 6, the heavens declare his

righteousness for God himself is Judge Selah.

So when you see a Cielo, it means there's a pause timed.

It may be time to go to the second.

Yes. But usually there's a space and

there's a pause here because God wants you to think about what he

just said. This is a serious and sober

statement and were invited to pay attention to this momentous

announcement of the Judgment upon God of God upon mankind

particular to hear the children of Israel as applied to

Christians. Today, he would speak of our

relationship to Jesus Christ. The holy spirit is going to

summon every man woman who ever lived someday, those who don't

know, Christ, I read an article about Shaquille O'Neal was sued

by something to do with bit con. I don't understand completely,

but they couldn't catch him, they couldn't find it because

you can't drag someone into court without having a summons.

Right? So the process server has to

find someone and I guess they finally caught up after a year

or two. They got Shaquille O'Neal to be

served. Now, he has to appear in court.

Well, Shaquille O'Neal, voided it for some time, but they'll be

no. Escaping.

The process server, who is the Holy Spirit in this courtroom,

John Sting versus 7-Eleven talk about the Holy Spirit, is a

spirit of judgment, let's move on to point to God speaks in

judgment. Okay, the main idea and verses 7

to 15 is the judge is going to summon his Covenant People

Israel. God is going to judge their

worship. Nominally Orthodox.

Mechanically and Pious would be how you describe the worship for

a modern application for us. It would be a group of people

who profess Christ. They might go to church, but

there's no. No, fruit, just external

mechanics, maybe you'd call those.

Sometimes we call him. The CEO Christians.

They come on Christmas Easter, only CEO Facebook, Christians.

I have some relatives who claim to be Christians and they're

really good at posting versus on Facebook or Instagram, but

they're never in church except on Christmas or Easter.

So God speaks in judgment. Number one, let's talk about the

prosecuting attorney. I mentioned.

There is no defense attorney in this courtroom.

He says Hear o. My people.

I will speak. Israel, I will testify against

you. I am God your God in courtrooms

today. It would be impossible for a

judge to serve as the prosecutor, but in this case,

it's altogether proper because he's just he's righteous for the

judge, is the Lord God. Almighty God is also the chief

witness in this courtroom and the defendants here in trial are

God's Own people. So God is going to speak 10

times and it's section verses 7 to 15.

It says aye aye. I and I just imagine every time

he says, I there's a thunder, there's lightning okay, there's

fire. So he's going to say, aye God is

speaking here. And what's he saying?

He's basically saying I am Sovereign.

I Am The Sovereign god of the universe.

When he says, I am God, your God, there is no other number

two, what are the charges that are brought against the children

of Israel? It's the charges are the sin of

ritualism ritualism kind of like Nicodemus.

They did all those Rituals and washing cups.

Tithing meant you. No trimming their beards doing

all those things, but this group of people God makes it clear.

They had not failed to bring sacrifices because he says not

for your sacrifices to I rebuke you.

They brought the sacrifices, the men came three times a year for

the feasts, but they had failed to bring sacrifices to him.

They had been faithful and bringing the burnt offerings.

They felt this was all they had to do.

That was all, that was expected. I'm like, showing up to church

on Sunday, like I did many years ago.

Someone has described him as being Sons and Daughters who

treat their parents and differently day after day by

doing things that grieve them. Then on some special occasion,

they present their mother father with special gifts, Isaiah 1,

11, to 15 talks about this in graphic terms.

A Us five verses 21 to 24 talk about it, but I thought we'd

turn to Micah 6 and I think a lot of, you know, verse 8 but

will read like a six versus six to eight.

So there's lots of chapters in the Bible that talk about but

Micah chapter 6, verses 6 to 8 says, What shall I come with?

Micah 6:6–8

What you like come before the Lord and bow myself before God

on high Vic? Listen.

What do you want me to do? God?

Shall I come with him with burnt offerings with calves?

That are a year old? Will the Lord?

Be pleased with thousands of Rams with ten thousands of

rivers of oil, shall I? Give my first foreign for my

transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul and

then you all know verse 8, I hope he has told you o, man.

What is good and What does the Lord require of you but to do

justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.

God wasn't interested in the sacrifices that they were

bringing okay? But they loaded his altar with

all these animals they treated god with coldness and neglect.

They thought they would earn Merit.

They'd walk out of the temple. We're all right.

Now for another, another few months till the next time, a

sacrifices. But when it came to a warm

relationship with God, it was seriously lacking.

There's always a danger of outward obedience but there's a

failure but it's a failure to have a Burning Heart of Love for

God. And His word is the lesson for

us. God had never intended.

Right, outward action to serve as a cover for wrong inward

attitudes. The attitude of the offer is

significant, we'll talk about in a minute, a true worshiper.

Recognizes the fact that everything we bring to God is

already his including ourselves so they had a lack of reasoning.

That's Point number C or three there in verses 9 to 13 and here

he's going to say it's not it's not for your animals, I don't

need them. The problem is you're Attitudes.

So, not for the animals, they had failed to stop and think

that God owns these animals. He owns all the creatures in the

world already. Kind of like, when we put money

in the offering, we think we're tithing out of our money.

It's God's money altogether when we die, but they failed to stop

and think about God and His creatures that God owns the

beasts of the field. He owns the cattle on a thousand

hills. He owns the bird of the air, the

birds in the air. You owns everything that moves

in the The field God doesn't really need a single thing from

these men. He's never hungry and if he

were, he has a well-stocked Pantry in heaven.

God received no nourishment from or satisfaction from the blood

of bulls meat or goats blood. God is completely

self-sufficient. God instituted sacrifices not

because he needed them but because people desperately

needed him. Their attitudes were wrong.

They thought they were benefiting God.

They thought God needs these. Sacrifices, he needs these

offerings. Someone has said, actually, he

wrote this probably 150 years ago.

William Booth the founder of the Salvation Army and this is true

of our church today. I consider that the chief

dangers, which will confront the 20th century will be religion

without the Holy Spirit Christianity without the

Christ's forgiveness without regeneration.

Ian morality without God in heaven.

I'm sorry. Morality without God, and Heaven

without hell. So they had a lack of reasoning

about their animals and their attitudes were wrong when they

came to the temple. So Point number four there D,

what does God want from his people?

And I wrote them out in your outline for things, first off,

he wants Thanksgiving, offered to God, a sacrifice of

Thanksgiving, you know, no gift can take the place of simple.

To. There's a story told of a

family. They took their mother for

granted. They didn't visit her a lot when

she's on her deathbed they rarely came but after they're

after her death, at the funeral they have tempted to atone for

their thankfulness by dressing her in a two thousand dollar

Dior gown. That's what a lot of people do

right after but we need to have a thankful heart before we need

to fulfill our vows to the most high vows of love for God,

worship service and devotion. So he He's telling them that

they need to offer God sacrifices of Thanksgiving.

And number two, I'm sorry, excuse me.

Colossians 4:2, says continued steadfastly in prayer being

Colossians 4:2

watchful in it with Thanksgiving.

Number two, we need to have an obedient will he says, perform

your vows to the most. I notice, the kind of obedience

is, it's not something forced upon us, it's something you

choose to do. And the Bible tells us in first

1 John 5:3

John 5:3 that for this is For God, that we keep his

Commandments and his Commandments are what not

burdensome. Number three, we need to have

praful Spirits. It says, we need to call upon me

in the day of trouble. This is a lovely verse in the

inside of the god. This judge here, the very Heart

Of God, he loves to hear from his people.

He loves it when they pray and he loves to answer those

prayers. God wants a close relationship,

intimate relationship, a tender relationship with his people and

himself. Elf and number four, he wants

dependent lives. She says, I will deliver you and

you shall glorify me. Jude 1:20 says, but you beloved

Jude 1:20

building yourselves up in the Most.

Holy Faith and praying in the Holy Spirit.

God wants your proper worship. He wants your prayers.

He wants your ties, he wants your service.

Not because he needs them, but because he wants your heart, the

greatest commandment Jesus said in the Old Testament, says in

Jesus repeated it when asked was to Love the Lord, your God, with

all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and

with all your mind, one Martyn, lloyd-jones said the chief

problem today is not the problem of those people who say there is

no God and who are in the world. It's the problem of people who

go to the house of God in a purely mechanical manner, they

go there. But why?

Because it's the thing to do, they attend church is a matter

of Duty. It's the thing to do.

It's just a formality. It's entirely eat.

Eternal, let's move to point. Number three, God sentence is in

judgment verse, 16 to 23. We just saw in verses 7 to 15 a

group of people, Israelites, and some Christians today, who don't

properly worship God. Those people though can repent,

they can find a Salvation with God but now he's going to judge

another group of people. These people also profess to be

religious but their lives are an open denial of the truth.

He levels a series of charges against him that we're going to

look at. So in verses 16 to 19, he's

going to not judge the the religious ones here.

He's going to judge the wicked ones and I mention ASAP.

As a chief musician was certainly have had many

opportunities to observe, the worship of the people who are

hypocrites in their worship. So in verses 7 to 15, you saw

the personal pronoun i' II 10 times.

But now in verses 16 to 23, you're going to see You-you-you.

15 times with increasing intensity, God is rebuking the

wicked. You did this, you did that you

recited the law as you agree to the Covenant.

Without any conviction, these religious Hypocrites in spite of

their presence in public worship actually hated God's instruction

and they rejected his word. Let's look at Point a, the

evidence that was presented there were disobedient in verses

16 and there are four things that you don't have your

outline. It'll give you real quick.

Number one, they hated discipline.

He's sick but God says to the Wicket what right have you to

recite my statutes or to take my Covenant on your lips for you?

Hey discipline, this group of people consider themselves above

correction. They resented correction much

like people today even if this correction was from God

Almighty, they only wanted their way.

These people are interested in religion that has no influence

upon their life. They might talk about God, They

live, as if he doesn't exist, they hate it instruction from

God's word and that goes to point some point.

Number two, they treated God's word with contempt.

It just says that you cast my words behind you.

I was thinking of that example of King, jehoiakim in Jeremiah

36 remember what he did. Jeremiah was Barack, Jeremiah

scribe wrote out the scroll and then that they eventually got it

to the king. King and the king would read a

couple lines and then he'd cut it and throw it in the fire.

Can you imagine that? So these people though would

cast, God's words behind him, I guarantee you, they would know

the Psalms they would know the Torah.

They would know the Bible, but there was no impact on their

life. Number three, they refuse to

walk in a path of Separation, says, if you see a thief, you're

pleased with him and you keep the company of adulterers.

So by fellowshipping with thieves and adulterers, they had

disobeyed The Lord and brought reproof upon his name.

So the psalmist is going to use the eighth commandment, you

shall not steal and the seventh commandment, you shall not

commit adultery. Leviticus 20 and all the

covenants says I have separated you from the peoples that you

should be mine. So there was always to be a

separation. I think you just remember just a

couple months ago not even a month ago, right in our study of

Hebrews, Lance gave the message tackling 10 Timeless truths

remember that? You remember what truth number

seven was, it was realized the importance of separation from

the world that was from Hebrews 13:2 10 to 14.

Hebrews 13:2

And you remember what Lance said?

If you're a companion of the world, you'll start caring about

the world, you'll become contaminated by the world.

You'll be conformed by the world.

You'll be controlled by the world and you'll be convicted by

the world. So these people did the same

thing. They refused to separate and be

holy. And the fourth thing that God

says they're guilty of is. Their speech was wicked verses

19 to 20. So now he's going to give the

ninth commandment. So he's given the seventh eighth

and Ninth Commandments. He could give them all but he's

just using free as example. But the ninth commandment is

Exodus. 20:16 you shall not bear false witness against your

Exodus 20:16

neighbor. But this verse tells us that

they were experts in line experts in to see experts and

slander, even their close relatives.

It says you speak against your brother, you slander your own

Mother's Son. So, close relatives were not

safe from this vicious Wicked. Talk of these people.

So the psalmist, selects three of The Ten Commandments to

reveal how these cryptic Hypocrites had no intention of

keeping the law. Let's move on to some point, be

the execution spoken destruction verses 21 to 22.

So here in verse 21 it says God number one, God has been silent.

God had been silent much like today.

People think God is silent and because God didn't judge them

immediately. Now occasionally, God would

judge people Sodom and Gomorrah and Aiken, when he stole and

Sons of Korah ananias and Sapphira, there are people who

got judged immediately but most often are merciful kind God

doesn't judge them and doesn't judge us immediately.

So that gave them the thought that they could disobey God and

they would create a God in their own image.

Lance talked about this on. Sunday.

So God had been silent verse 21. But then he says in last part of

21b God. Now speaks.

And he says you thought that I was one like yourself Martyn,

lloyd-jones preached, an entire sermon on Psalm 50 verse 21.

Psalms 50:21

You thought that I was one like yourself and it's so important.

You thought that I was one like yourself.

They believed in a God, they're interested in religion.

But they ultimately make themselves out to be a God.

But where do they get their ideas from?

They have thoughts. It says you thought.

So they think they think how can I justify my sin, they make a

God in their own likeness after their image determined by their

thoughts. Monday night at the men's

meeting, I had a group of men and I brought this up about, you

hear the same thing from homosexuals.

Jesus, never spoke on homosexuality heard that there's

videos out there. There's false teachers talking

about that. So is that true?

Okay. So the homosexual hears that and

they believe that, well, God doesn't speak about

homosexuality so I can stay in my sin.

I can live in this lifestyle after all.

God loves me, right? Well, Bodie Bachmann, you can,

you can Google it with Bodhi Bachmann says, on this, when

Jesus says, he never spoke on homosexuality, vodi, Bachmann

says, for things, he says number one.

Jesus did speak on marriage in Matthew 5 and especially Matthew

19. That marriage is between one man

and one woman. Okay.

Number two and this is where First Corinthians 2 is at 14.

Says The Man Without the spirit, cannot understand the Bible and

things of the spirit. When God speaks Jesus is

speaking. The holy spirit is speaking.

Jesus was there when Leviticus was written which says that

sodomy is the OWN Abomination against God, the Holy Spirit was

there. So when Jesus speaks God's

speech, you can't separate the Trinity.

So when they say Jesus, Didn't say anything about

homosexuality. You can't separate Jesus, the

Holy Spirit and God, but of course, they don't know that.

And the number 3, the Bible is one uniform book from Genesis to

Revelation. It's one story about man in sin.

You can't just take out certain parts of it.

And number for the silent argument is what fools use?

Right, Jesus, never said, anything about homosexuality.

Well, Jesus never said any about pedophilia, does that mean?

It's okay. So, arguing, the Bible from side

This is really a stupid argument, but, but you can see

how the homosexual people created God in their own mind.

They'll go to church thinking that they won't be judged.

So God says you thought, think about it today?

You thought you could make a marriage covenant between saying

sexist. You thought you could kill that

baby in your womb because you call it a fetus is not a person.

You thought you could change your sex when I created you,

beautiful. You thought you could call

yourself an agnostic And not know me.

You thought you could call yourself an atheist and claimed

not to know me. You thought you could have a god

without wrath and without hell and judgment.

You thought you were like me a God is what he's seeing.

So God speaks powerfully in verse 21 and now in verse 22 he

sentenced the wicked. So God had been silent God.

Now speaks and now God sentences.

He says mark this then you who forgot God.

Lest I tear you apart. And there be none to deliver God

is going to judge them. He already has Judge them.

The Bible says, unless they've renewed their Covenant, the soul

who sins will die Ezekiel aching for all have sinned and fall

short of the glory of God Romans 3:23.

Romans 3:23

He does not leave the guilty unpunished, Exodus 34:7.

Exodus 34:7

So you have these Wicked people who made a God in their own

image and they're living in their sin.

And these are for us, Modern Day applications.

It would be the people that go to church.

The people who come on Christmas and Easter and these people.

We'll be like, what we quote, this verse, I think, every month

that Christ May Church. Matthew 7 verses 21 to 23 very

Matthew 7:21–23

familiar. Right?

Jesus says, not everyone who says to me.

Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Not everyone will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

There's no universalism, okay? But the one who does the will of

my father who is in heaven, on that day, what day is that?

The great white Throne judgment many will say to me.

Lord Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, cast out demons in

your name? Do many mighty works in your

name and then I will declare to them.

I never knew you depart from me, you workers of lawlessness, so

there's a warning to the Israel. There's a warning for us and

then in Revelation, 20 verse 11 to 15, I read this.

Revelation 20:11–15

I think just a few weeks ago, it says in Revelation 20:11-15.

Revelation 20:11–15

Then I saw a great white Throne judgment again, this is the

great white Throne judgment is for the unsaved, okay?

The unsaved, the whole world and him who was In on it from his

presence Earth and Sky fled away.

And no place was found for them. And I saw the dead Great and

Small standing Before, the Throne and the books were

opened. And another book was opened

which is The Book of Life and the dead were judged by what was

written in the book. According to what they had done

and the Sea gave up the Dead who were in it, death and Hades,

gave up the Dead who were in them and they were judged each

one of them according to what they had Done then death and

Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire.

This is the second death, the Lake of Fire And if anyone's

name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown

into the Lake of Fire. So these Wicked people would be

judged unless they repented and turned to God.

But let's finish her song with verse 23.

The expectation required Delight, okay, says the one who

offers Thanksgiving as a sacrifice, glorifies me, that's

the second time in her song, we had the word Thanksgiving to the

Orders his way rightly. I will show the salvation of my

God. So the true worshiper, new his

sin right? The true worshiper, humbly.

Come before the Lord. You know, I read that and I

think of Luke 18 with the story of the Pharisee and the tax

collector, right, you know, one time I counted the Pharisee

prayed 33 words, right? Thank God.

I'm not like this person. I did this.

I did that 33 words and his prayer went to the rafters or

the temple or the ceiling the tax.

Sure. He only said seven words, right?

God be merciful to me a sinner. That's somebody who comes.

Who knows they're a sinner. Who comes humbly for God?

First, Peter 4:17 says, for the time of judgment is to begin.

If it begins with the household of God, and if it begins with

us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel

of God? So I'll finish tonight with a

illustration for Martyn lloyd-jones.

And he talks about Psalms 14:1, you all know Psalm 14:1 right.

Psalms 14:1 Psalms 14:1

The fool and Heart says what? There is, no God.

So Lloyd Jones says, I wonder is that could anything be more

foolish than that? Is there any greater Folly than

saying the the fullness heart says there's no no no God.

Well Joan says, I would like to suggest that in the 50th Psalm

there is a suggestion that something worse or stronger than

that. There's people the Folly of

people who say, they believe in God.

But who in the terror of their lives and the whole of their

conduct daily forget God and live exactly.

As he does not exist, at least you must Grant the fool because

he says there is no God, the fool doesn't read the Bible.

He doesn't think about God. But these other people that

people, when our psalm They're in a worse State.

They Proclaim that they believe in God, but there's no influence

in their lives, their Outlook, and the whole of their behavior

and living. So tonight, you know, I'm

preaching to the choir tonight. The Wednesday night people, I'm

not preaching to the Sunday people, but maybe some of us

need to have a sober reflection Upon Our Life.

Do you have a religion or do you have a relationship with our

Lord Jesus Christ? Are you religious or

ritualistic? Or is Jesus, your relationship?

What do you have? If you died tonight?

Where would you spend eternity? I've only had one person in my

entire life. Tell me how most people say

heaven, right? So, the second question is, if

God were to ask you, why should I let you into heaven?

What would you say? And let you think about that.

Hopefully everyone here tonight would say, well, Jesus Christ

died for my sins, on the cross, I believe in him.

I trust in him. I've accepted in my life.

Okay. The Bible says in Romans 5:8,

Romans 5:8

that God demonstrates his love toward us while we were sinners.

Christ died for me. Romans 10:9 says, you confess

Romans 10:9

with your mouth? Jesus is Lord and believe in

your heart, that God raised from the dead.

You will be saved. Is that you tonight?

Well, then you don't have to worry about judgment.

You don't have To worry about the the Judgment songs.

You're not going to get a summons.

Okay, you're not going to get a summons.

You're going to be welcomed into heaven.

But your sins were judged at the cross.

You have peace with God, Romans 5:1 and to says we have peace

Romans 5:1

with God. Thanks to what Jesus Christ.

Did your expectation is the glories of Heaven, eternal life

and that's why I titled it Delight.

So if you answered that correctly, Then you say you love

Jesus, you say Jesus Loves Me, Do You Love Jesus?

Can you see that in your life? Now the children of Israel, they

took a covenant, right? But most of them forgot that

Covenant their worship became mechanical Pious.

Okay? Is the love for Christ on

display in your life. It's not just reading the Bible,

it's not just praying, it's not just going to church is not just

tithing is not just serving because even that you can be

very mechanical and Pious about, right?

You got to love him with all your heart, soul, strength, and

mind. So the second question is

tonight, do I need to renew my Covenant with the Lord?

What is a covenant with the Lord?

You said I didn't think a common with the lord.

Well, you did. You took a covenant with the

Lord. If you join Christ Community

Church you took a covenant with Christ, Community Church, a

covenant is unusually formal solemn, binding agreement.

When You're baptized you're giving a you're testifying to

the world that I'm going to follow Jesus Christ.

When you confess Jesus Christ, you say I'm going to follow him.

That's a covenant, you're going to love him, you're going to

serve him, you're going to worship him.

But many of us have forgotten the Covenant card that we took,

as I think I took this Covenant card.

Anybody remember this? It's a covenant card that we

show you in the new members class.

Well, I've had the joy of teaching the new members class

to me about 50 people in the last three years.

Well, Many of us have forgotten this.

Remember Marlene because it's been like 28 years for me, 28

years, for some of you. Well, I got good news in the

month of September Pastor, Lance is going to review our covenant

card. So I don't need to spend a lot

of time on it tonight but you know some people say not

important, join the church not important, the go through a

covenant card, but Christ Community Church is the local

church in the larger body of Christ.

It's the living organism in the body of Christ in West Covina,

Baldwin Park, Irwindale, Southern California and the ends

of the world. So we're going to look at that

and I'll just leave you with Hebrews.

We looked at Hebrews 12, it says let us offer to God acceptable

worship with reverence and awe for our God is a consuming fire.

The children of Israel will be judged while they were judged

but they will be judged in the in the Judgment of Israel

someday also and so will everyone who ever lived that

rejects? Jesus Christ, if you have Jesus,

Jesus Christ tonight, your heart, you don't have to fear

judgment, you have peace with God.

You'll have the Delights of heaven, but does God have your

heart? I read this.

And I realize there are things I need to do to renew my Covenant

with God and I hope you will too next week.

We're going to look at Psalm 56. A Psalm of trust When Trials.

Come, let's close in prayer. Father in Heaven.

Just want to Thank you tonight for Psalm 50.

Thank you.i hope every single person here tonight has Jesus

Christ in their heart father, but some of us are worship has

become mechanical. We just come.

We sit. Like I did many years ago before

Lance preach the word of God and Shook Me Up.

Father, I pray that we would renew our covenant like the

children of Israel did periodically with Hezekiah and

Josiah. May, we have true worship for

you. Sing and praise and worship you

not just read the bible to read through it.

In one year, but to study it so that we can obey it when we

leave our Bible study, knowing more of you.

And what it is that we could share it father that we could

love you and serve you. There's so many places to serve

at Christ Community Church. Father, can we give you our

heart, our soul or strength or mine?

So we pray that we could renew our covenant worship with you

father. We also want to uplift little

Joshua Bustos who's in surgery right now.

I know they delayed the surgery. We pray that he would be Getting

out of surgery. You have to spend one night in

the hospital at night, be with Esteban be with Michelle but

please heal, that little Joshua me, the surgery.

We hear good news tonight that it's done in successful and we

look forward to seeing you in Sunday in Jesus name.

Amen.