1 The Lord is a God who avenges.    O God who avenges, shine forth. 2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;    pay back to the proud what they deserve.-          The title of this message is radicalo   The Lord Implored to Avenge His Peopleo   Notice that the Lord Implored (this means His people are imploring Him to listen and take action)-          And what are they asking Him to doo   To Avenge His Peopleo   This means to pay them back for the evil they have done (payback)-          The Lord is a God who avengeso   This is an interesting fact – The Lord is a God who avenges (He does this)-          O God who avenges, shine fortho   This means let the avenging appear (shine forth)-          Rise up, Judge the eartho   The request is that the Lord rise up (this means get up from His throne)o   Judge the earth (this means payback each man according to his/her works)-          Pay back to the proud what they deserveo   This means punish the proud (those who don’t fear God and who mistreat others)o   Notice they deserve it! 3 How long, Lord, will the wicked,    how long will the wicked be jubilant?-          Sometimes we wonder how long the Lord will let the wicked get away their ill behavior-          How long will the wicked be jubilant (allowed to celebrate their wicked ways)-          The prayer is really a request that their time come to an end and that judgement and punishment would start now4 They pour out arrogant words;    all the evildoers are full of boasting.-          Notice they pour out arrogant words o   Like they are in charge or are the authority-          All evildoers are full of boastingo   Boasting means look how rich or powerful I amo   Boasting means they act like they earned it or deserved it like their better than otherso   It’s a lie; its not true5 They crush your people, Lord;    they oppress your inheritance. 6 They slay the widow and the foreigner;    they murder the fatherless.-          They crush your people, Lord; they oppress your inheritanceo   They are mistreating your peopleo   This is going to make the Lord very angry and kindle the fire of His wrath-          They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherlesso   The seem to pick on the weak; those with no one else to defend them 7 They say, “The Lord does not see;    the God of Jacob takes no notice.”-          They say the Lord does not see or take notice-          But just because they say it does not make it true-          God does see everything and He notices everything!Intro to Outbless Weekly Thanks for listening to Outbless.com

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