The Submission of Self to God – Psalm 119:169-176
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TITLE: The Submission of Self to God
SUBJECT: Psalm 119
PROPOSITION: Submission of self to God means submission of our 1) Tongues, 2) Choices, 3) Souls.
OBJECTIVE: In this lesson, we will study Psalm 119:169-176 and talk about how the Psalmist submits himself to God.
AIM: To help each person be more determined to submit themselves to God.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Read: Psalm 119:169-176
2. About the Text:
1) This is the last segment of Psalm 119.
2) The Psalm praises God for His wonderful word.
3) The message of the Psalmist in this last segment is about submitting to God.
3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.
DISCUSSION: Submission of self to God means submission of our . . .
I. Tongues (169-172)
1. Cry
1) The Psalmist wants his cry to come before the Lord.
2) A cry is a deep emotional need expressed in a sudden burst.
3) Understanding is desired from the word of God.
2. Supplication
1) The Psalmist wants his supplication to come before the Lord.
2) A supplication is a contemplated desire expressed in a thoughtful way.
3) Delivery is desired from the word of God.
3. Lips
1) The Psalmist wants to utter praise with his lips.
2) Praise is an expression of worship of the goodness of God’s attributes.
3) He praises because God teaches His statues to him.
4. Tongue
1) The Psalmist wants to speak of God’s word with his tongue.
2) This is because all of God’s commandments are righteousness.
5. We must use our tongues to love God.
1) “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain” (James 1:26).
2) “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Hebrews 13:15).
3) Cries and Supplications reflect the Psalmists prayer life.
4) “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men” (1 Timothy 2:1).
II. Choices (173-174).
1. To Receive Help from God
1) The Psalmist wants God’s hand to be his help.
2) The Psalmist has chosen God’s precepts.
3) This reflects a relationship between God’s help and our choices.
2. To Receive Salvation from God
1) The Psalmist longs for God’s salvation.
2) He makes God’s law his delight.
3) God’s salvation is only available to those who delight in His law.
3. Our choices are instrumental in our relationship with God.
1) “Choose you this day whom ye will serve” (Joshua 24:15).
2) “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19).
3) “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matthew 7:13-14).
III. Souls (175-176).
1. For life.
1) The Psalmist wants life for his soul.
2) He wants to use this life to praise God.
3) He understands that God’s judgments can help him live that life.
4) John 10:10
5) “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous” (1 John 5:3).
6) “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” (Revelation 22:14).
2. For forgiveness.
1) The Psalmist confesses that he has gone astray.
2) He asks God to seek him.
3) He does not forget God’s commandments.
4) This is not a picture of rebellion, but weakness.
5) “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).
3. God will help us as we remember His commandments.
1) “God be merciful to me, a sinner” (Luke 18:13).
2) “How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish” (Matthew 18:12-14).
CONCLUSION:
1. The submission of self to God means the submission of our . . .
1) Tongues – to pray and praise.
2) Choices – for help and salvation.
3) Souls – for life and forgiveness.
2. Invitation