2024-05-26 Sermon 2 - Daniel Lyons' Notes

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Psalm 103: 15

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As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

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So many people die.
- Almost 120 people die every hour
- 165,000 every day
- 1 person dies in the united states every 11 seconds.
- Hebrews 9:27 It is man's place to die and then be judged.
- Genesis 2:15-17 The day you eat of the tree, dying, you shall die
- Genesis 5 tells us about the life and death of the first human ever created.
Death is coming for you. Only the LORD knows when you will die. How do you respond?
Some people:
- deny death.
- say try to live faster, better, longer
- say live for now, as long as you can
- say eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die
We act as if this life is everything that we have, there is nothing else, and we need to cling to it.
What does Jesus say in our text here? His response is wholly unlike any of our thinking.
- He speaks of the mortality and inevitable end of us all. Psalm 103:15
- And yet He shows God's incredible mercy to us undeserving sinners. Psalm 103:17
Perhaps you think that, although you won't live forever, surely I don't need to think about death.
- God is teaching us honestly that man's life is short in duration and has little effect on the world around us.
  - At our very brightest and best, we are nothing more than passing beauty
Many of us today think that life is meaningless.
- One of the few things that gives us comfort is that others will remember us when they are gone. This is the world's way to grapple with death. It is a fickle and feeble attempt to comfort death.
  - ❓: Can you remember all the people that you know, who died? No.
  - Graves are carved in stone, and yet after a few hundred years they are smooth and their names are lost.
Perhaps you have been told that you should have a bucket list, in order to maximize your experiences before you die.
- This too is meaningless.
- It does not delay, lessen or stop inevitable death.
Death brings some to despair because life is all they have.
- ⭐ But v17-18 promises that God's mercy is forever, and His righteousness continues for generations.
- His mercy is without beginning nor end.
- His righteousness is also unfailing. He is just and true and faithful.
- Psalm 102:28
- Luke 1:49-50 His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation
- Psalm 90:12 LORD, please teach us to number our days.
Where else can we go? Who else can answer the question of death? Only an everlasting and unfailing God!
- You can not build your live in the here and now. You cannot afford to live for the moment, because the moment is gone.
- You can't rely on the world, because the world will whither away like all things.
we must rely on Him.
- We have no strength, we need to rely on His strength.
- His forgiving mercies.
- His unfailing justice.
❓: To whom does the LORD show his mercy?
- The scripture says: 1. those who fear Him
- ❓: Do you fear God?
  - Do you live with an awed awareness of Him? Are you marked with a constant awareness of His presence? That is what it means to fear the LORD.
  - Fearful to offend Him, and therefore steering away from that which offends Him.
- Or are you like the fool who says there is no God.
- If we fear the LORD it changes the way we think, and feel, and act.
  - That is a mercy from God.
- 1. those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
  - Do you love the LORD your God with all your heart soul, mind and strength?
  - Have you taken God's salvation on His terms, and now live as His child?
  - Have you relied upon His promises to save you from all your sins?
  - ❓ What does it mean to keep His covenant?
    - Does that seem oppressive to you?
      - Does this mean I have to do what God tells me to do? This is not the right mindset of a Christian.
    - We should delight that God cares for us and gives us salvation.
    - The precepts of God are not to be avoided, trimmed, changed, or even speculated about.
    - So often we say "I do not know what God requires of me" but in reality we think "I do not like what God requires of me" and so we feign ignorance.
  - ❓Do you remember to do God's commandments? Do you delight in His word?
    - It's a tragedy that there are those who call His word legalistic.
      - We delight to do His word. They are not burdensome to us.
        
        Though yes, they cut and convict us.
      - We want to understand His word more so that more of our hearts and minds are conformed to His image.
    - If you are marked by His mercy then His commandments are not oppressive but liberating.
Count God's mercies.
- It is a mercy that you and I are not one of the 100 people who have died during the time of this sermon.
- How many stairs have you climbed and yet not fallen?
- Your lungs still breathe. God has held back the afflictions in your body.
And still, one day you and I will die.
What give you meaning?
Have you fled to God? Are you resting upon His word? Are you trusting in Jesus?
- If you are building here alone, you are like the man who carries all his possessions into the burning building.
- In Pilgrim's Progress, Christian starts his journey in the city of destruction. This is how it was for all of us.
God is the only antidote to despair.
Trust in Him.

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