Psalm 116 - Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

29/12/2022 42 min
Psalm 116 - Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

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Psalm, Chapter 116Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.116 I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my supplications.-        The title explains the true reason to give God thanks-        For deliverance from deatho   That is was God gave us by sending His son Jesus Christo   He delivered us from death by making a way for us to be forgiven for our sin§  By grace you are saved not of works lest any man should boast-        I love the Lord, because Hearso   We should love the Lord because He hears us cry out or pray-        My voice and my supplicationso   My voice is used to talk to Godo   My supplications are urgent requests (911) 2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.-        Because He has inclined His ear to meo   Notice the Psalmist knows God heard him-        Therefore I shall upon Him as long as I liveo   If you know God is listening to youo   You would talk to Him over and overo   Only people who don’t think God listens or God cares don’t pray§  The devil wants you to think God doesn’t listen to you but He does!§  So talk to the Lord often (pray without ceasing)3 The cords of death encompassed me And the [a]terrors of [b]Sheol [c]came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.-        This is a description of absolute desperation-        It seems its all overo   The cords of death encompassed me (entangled)o   The terrors of Sheol came upon me (fear of death& hell)o   I found distress and sorrow (it’s what he found)-        It seems like a critical momento   You must decide to give up or turn to Godo   Cry out to the Lord and He will help you4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I beseech You, [d]save my life!”-        Then I called upon the name of the Lordo   When the Psalmist was at the end of his ropeo   He decided to call upon the name of the Lord§  The name of the Lord is Jesus Christ§  This is the only name that can save you from Sheol-        O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!o   Notice he beseeched§  ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something§  what did he ask the Lord “to save my life”o   this is what we need to ask the Lord§  please save my life·       this will literally save your life for eternityIntro to Outbless Weekly Thanks for listening to Outbless.com