Help Me, O Lord My God

Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Psalm 109:21-27 KJV 

21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me. 22 For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) In this psalm, David asks the Lord to judge his accusers, what does he ask of the Lord? Why? (v.21-25)
2) What does David ask of the Lord for himself? (v.26-27)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
3) Have you ever asked the Lord to judge your adversaries? If so, why?
4) How have you reacted when your opponents experienced difficult times in their lives? Why?
5) What doors have you unwittingly opened to the enemy, in the lives of your spiritual brothers and sisters, because of your unforgiveness?

LIFE LESSONS
6) The Lord vindicates His people. His people are those who live in His love, even for our enemies.
7) As believers, we are to forgive and pray for those who mistreat, or otherwise oppose, us.
8) When we react in unforgiveness and/or bitterness toward others, we open doors to the accuser to wreak havoc in their lives. 
9) We will always reap what we sow in this life. To reap kindness, sow kindness. 
10) The Lord often chastens His children by withdrawing His hand of loving protection from us to allow the enemy to wreak havoc in our lives.

Grace and Justification

Friday, August 8, 2014
Scripture Reading: Rom 5:15-21 KJV

15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16 And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification.
17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18 Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.
19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What “offence” and “free gift” is the Apostle Paul referring to in this Scripture? (v.15-16)
2) What does “spiritual death” or the “free gift” reign through? (v.17-18)
3) What makes us sinners or righteous? (v.19)
4) Where sins abounds what else abound more? (v.20)
5) What reigns and leads to death? What reigns through righteousness and leads to eternal life (v. 21)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What is the “free gift” that we, as believers, have received?
7) Why did we receive the “free gift”?
8) Do you have eternal life? Why, or why not?

PRINCIPLES

9) Salvation is free but sanctification  is costly!

10) Christians receive eternal life the moment we believe on Jesus Christ!

11) Sin always leads to spiritual death, unless and until it is confessed!

12) Condemnation comes through the Law, but GRACE comes through Jesus Christ!