so uh today we're going to look at Psalm<\/p>\n
88 so if you have your Bibles you know<\/p>\n
um so let me go ahead and read that um<\/p>\n
Psalm 88 to you and then pray for it<\/p>\n
okay this is God's word oh Lord God of<\/p>\n
my<\/p>\n
salvation I cry out day and night before<\/p>\n
you let my prayer come before you<\/p>\n
incline your ears to My Cry for my soul<\/p>\n
is is full is full of troubles and my<\/p>\n
life draw near draws near to<\/p>\n
sha I am counted among those who go down<\/p>\n
to the pit I am a man um who has no<\/p>\n
strength you okay I'm counted uh among<\/p>\n
those who got um like like one who set<\/p>\n
loose among the dead like the slain that<\/p>\n
lie in the grave like those whom you<\/p>\n
remember no more<\/p>\n
for they are cut off from your hand you<\/p>\n
have put me in the depths of the pit in<\/p>\n
the regions dark and<\/p>\n
deep the Wrath lies heavy upon me and<\/p>\n
you overwhelm me with all your waves you<\/p>\n
have caused my companion to shun me you<\/p>\n
have made me a horror to them I'm shut<\/p>\n
in so that I cannot Escape my eyes grow<\/p>\n
dim through sorrow every day I call upon<\/p>\n
you oh Lord I spread out my hands be uh<\/p>\n
to you do you work wonders for the dead<\/p>\n
do you depart do do the depart rise up<\/p>\n
to praise you is your steadfast love<\/p>\n
declared in the grave or your<\/p>\n
faithfulness in<\/p>\n
abundant are your wonders known to the<\/p>\n
darkness and your faithful righteousness<\/p>\n
in the land of forgetfulness<\/p>\n
but I oh Lord cry to you in the morning<\/p>\n
my prayers come before you oh Lord why<\/p>\n
do you cast your soul away my soul away<\/p>\n
and close to death from my youth up I<\/p>\n
suffer your Horrors I'm<\/p>\n
helpless your wrath has swept over me<\/p>\n
your Dreadful assault destroys me<\/p>\n
destroy me they surround me like a flood<\/p>\n
all day long they close in uh in on me<\/p>\n
together you have caused my beloved and<\/p>\n
my friends to shun me my companion have<\/p>\n
become<\/p>\n
Darkness let's pray<\/p>\n
together Heavenly Father we come before<\/p>\n
you this afternoon Lord God and ask you<\/p>\n
to send your spirit to help us to<\/p>\n
understand this very difficult and dark<\/p>\n
Psalm Lord God would you help us<\/p>\n
especially those who are going through<\/p>\n
very difficult times to find comfort in<\/p>\n
this Psalm as well in Jesus name we pray<\/p>\n
amen<\/p>\n
um when I was a<\/p>\n
child I remember going to a zoo uh to<\/p>\n
the zoo one<\/p>\n
afternoon with my parents I was so<\/p>\n
little at that time<\/p>\n
and for some reason at that time I was<\/p>\n
running around and I got lost from them<\/p>\n
totally lost so I cried out ran around<\/p>\n
cried for them but my parents did not<\/p>\n
answer I couldn't find them I was<\/p>\n
totally SC<\/p>\n
scared and cried more and<\/p>\n
more so my question at that dark<\/p>\n
moment was that will they hear me my cry<\/p>\n
and will they find me will they find<\/p>\n
me brother and sisters in times of<\/p>\n
difficulties we all cry out to God for<\/p>\n
help right and we were told that God<\/p>\n
always answer our prayers because he<\/p>\n
loves us we told that he either said yes<\/p>\n
or no or may all wait but he always<\/p>\n
answers<\/p>\n
so we are<\/p>\n
told but the verse one but verse one<\/p>\n
says oh Lord God of my salvation I cry<\/p>\n
out day and night before you and verse n<\/p>\n
repeats and says I call upon you oh Lord<\/p>\n
every day every day he cries out to God<\/p>\n
for help<\/p>\n
continuously and the psalmist is really<\/p>\n
in desperate for relief<\/p>\n
uh verse two says let my prayer come to<\/p>\n
you incline your ears so the psalm is<\/p>\n
please God listen to me listen to me so<\/p>\n
the pist comes to God and asks<\/p>\n
him uh and to hear his play and to do<\/p>\n
something about<\/p>\n
it in Luke 18 Jesus told his disciples<\/p>\n
right that God is sensitive to like a<\/p>\n
ceaseless cried to him Jesus cried for<\/p>\n
help remember saying that this if he uh<\/p>\n
this he was telling a parable right that<\/p>\n
this King will uh who doesn't really<\/p>\n
care but he listens to this this old<\/p>\n
lady who keeps pastoring and pastoring<\/p>\n
and pastoring and finally he hears but<\/p>\n
God is not like that God loves to hear<\/p>\n
the prayers and loves to answer prayer<\/p>\n
for his<\/p>\n
people but the rest of the psalm<\/p>\n
there was no answer from God there was<\/p>\n
no<\/p>\n
answer do you ever feel there's nothing<\/p>\n
not a word like shouting madly into<\/p>\n
silence do you ever feel like that<\/p>\n
sometimes like screaming for<\/p>\n
help and no one answers no one<\/p>\n
answers how should we as Believers in<\/p>\n
the Lord Jesus Christ respond to such<\/p>\n
silence how do we do that the psalmist<\/p>\n
is leading us into the depths of his<\/p>\n
despair as God seems<\/p>\n
silent to his ple for<\/p>\n
help a lot of things we don't know about<\/p>\n
what follows we don't know for sure how<\/p>\n
it ends the psalm never told us<\/p>\n
we don't know if God stepped in to help<\/p>\n
him or not we don't<\/p>\n
know we don't know if there's relief<\/p>\n
from suffering for him we don't<\/p>\n
know but let us look first what is the<\/p>\n
dimension of the suffering that this s<\/p>\n
is uh is uh<\/p>\n
experiencing verse three if you take a<\/p>\n
look at verse three it says my soul is<\/p>\n
full of trouble my life draws draws near<\/p>\n
to sha the Simon is really suffering you<\/p>\n
know possibly to the point of death and<\/p>\n
verse four says I'm counted among those<\/p>\n
who go down to the pit I'm a man who has<\/p>\n
no strength like one set loose among the<\/p>\n
dead like the slain that lies in the<\/p>\n
grave like those whom you remember no<\/p>\n
more and they cut they are cut off and<\/p>\n
they are cut off from your hand<\/p>\n
it says here that the pit is a deep and<\/p>\n
dark<\/p>\n
hole deep and dark place perhaps like a<\/p>\n
mass grave you ever seen in the movies<\/p>\n
right a mass grave that people just<\/p>\n
throw bodies in there some are dead and<\/p>\n
some are just dying in there these<\/p>\n
people in the pit are abandoned there to<\/p>\n
die they have no strength to live<\/p>\n
on so most specifically if you take a<\/p>\n
look at verse 5 verse five says that he<\/p>\n
feels cut off from the hand of God from<\/p>\n
hand of the Lord and that he was that<\/p>\n
God has forsaken him verse 14 has the<\/p>\n
same sentiment when he asks a series of<\/p>\n
why<\/p>\n
questions Lord why why do you cast my<\/p>\n
soul<\/p>\n
away why do you hide my face from me<\/p>\n
your face from<\/p>\n
me what keeps the psalmist is going in<\/p>\n
the difficult time in in this difficult<\/p>\n
life is the assurance that God can call<\/p>\n
that he can call out to God and he knows<\/p>\n
the psalmist know that he that God will<\/p>\n
respond to him<\/p>\n
therefore he feels that there's no point<\/p>\n
in<\/p>\n
living if God doesn't listen and respond<\/p>\n
to his<\/p>\n
prayer he might as well be dead<\/p>\n
in fact if God doesn't listen and<\/p>\n
respond to his plea he's like a dead a<\/p>\n
living<\/p>\n
dead therefore the psalmist is pleading<\/p>\n
and reminding God not to treat him like<\/p>\n
a dead person in the<\/p>\n
pit don't treat him like those who who<\/p>\n
has been cut off from God merciful<\/p>\n
hand in verse N is a picture of the<\/p>\n
psalmist crying out so much that his<\/p>\n
eyes grow dim with sorrow it's full<\/p>\n
right it's like crying he can't<\/p>\n
see the psalmist has been affected by uh<\/p>\n
affected and close to death from his<\/p>\n
Youth and it was a long long time you<\/p>\n
know a long<\/p>\n
time he<\/p>\n
suffered um he uh this his suffering<\/p>\n
happened all day long verse 17 in verse<\/p>\n
18 says his loved ones and his friend<\/p>\n
abandoned him Shan<\/p>\n
him you see the pist suffering is<\/p>\n
encompassing it's constant and is<\/p>\n
extended he was abandoned by his friend<\/p>\n
and now he face Divine silence and in in<\/p>\n
activity when he most needed to hear<\/p>\n
from God near him speak and see him<\/p>\n
act no wonder you know the final word of<\/p>\n
this Psalm is<\/p>\n
Darkness it's Darkness it seems like<\/p>\n
totally hopeless<\/p>\n
Psalm no hope at<\/p>\n
all you see in the theological climate<\/p>\n
of the church<\/p>\n
today the eth thought of Psalm 8 8 would<\/p>\n
be an unpopular<\/p>\n
one right it would be an unpopular<\/p>\n
sermon If You Preach like this out there<\/p>\n
it'd be very unpopular why because many<\/p>\n
would rather preach a happy sermon that<\/p>\n
says come to Jesus and he will fill out<\/p>\n
your lives with all the good things<\/p>\n
now come to Jesus follow him and he will<\/p>\n
abolish all your troubles<\/p>\n
today choose him and he will greatly<\/p>\n
bless us in every<\/p>\n
way you see we would rather preach a<\/p>\n
sermon like<\/p>\n
this however Psalm 88 cautions us<\/p>\n
against preaching such a sermon in three<\/p>\n
ways you know number one Psalm 88<\/p>\n
witness the<\/p>\n
possibility of of unrelieved suffering<\/p>\n
even for believers in this<\/p>\n
life<\/p>\n
unrel you see in fact Christians suffers<\/p>\n
like everyone else you know like<\/p>\n
everyone else and perhaps more because<\/p>\n
we are<\/p>\n
Christians this makes answered prayer to<\/p>\n
God to relieve our suffering a bonus you<\/p>\n
know not something owed to us<\/p>\n
is a bonus when he relieve us of our<\/p>\n
suffering if God chooses to let us<\/p>\n
suffer or let our suffering<\/p>\n
linger it does not mean he's<\/p>\n
evil or he's<\/p>\n
weak or he is displeased with us it<\/p>\n
doesn't mean<\/p>\n
that second thing it means uh this uh<\/p>\n
Psalm<\/p>\n
88 it does no matter how long it might<\/p>\n
be this present order is not<\/p>\n
final it's not<\/p>\n
final there will be someday that'll be<\/p>\n
end an end to all suffering when Jesus<\/p>\n
return for his<\/p>\n
own meanwhile the lament of Psalm 88 is<\/p>\n
a proper response it is a proper<\/p>\n
response that longs for<\/p>\n
eternity of new perfect order<\/p>\n
in other words in in the in this world<\/p>\n
of<\/p>\n
suffering we<\/p>\n
Christians must learn to lament well as<\/p>\n
we wait for him to<\/p>\n
return and third<\/p>\n
thing God's real power is<\/p>\n
displayed not in the removal of<\/p>\n
suffering but God's power is displayed<\/p>\n
through<\/p>\n
suffering through suffering<\/p>\n
the S the suffering that the auor<\/p>\n
experienced is encompassing is a<\/p>\n
constant thing that happens to him and<\/p>\n
is and is um is<\/p>\n
extended he's abandoned by his friends<\/p>\n
and faces Divine silence and<\/p>\n
inactivity yet the psalmist continues to<\/p>\n
pray he continued to pray to God for his<\/p>\n
salvation relentlessly<\/p>\n
you see if faith in God is the Reliance<\/p>\n
on God to do what we can never do for<\/p>\n
ourselves then prayer is a sign of<\/p>\n
faith it is a sign of Faith the psalmist<\/p>\n
continue to pray and continues to hang<\/p>\n
on to God as he experien<\/p>\n
suffering brother and sisters everybody<\/p>\n
in this<\/p>\n
world is impacted by sin and suffering<\/p>\n
everyone suffering is all<\/p>\n
encompassing it's<\/p>\n
constant and it is<\/p>\n
extended suffering permeates every<\/p>\n
corner of this world every aspects of<\/p>\n
our being and every relationships that<\/p>\n
we are part<\/p>\n
of thus we can say that the longing for<\/p>\n
the suffering to end of Psalm 88 is the<\/p>\n
Cry of all Humanity<\/p>\n
it<\/p>\n
is everyone wants to end an end to all<\/p>\n
of the<\/p>\n
suffering and if you're not a<\/p>\n
Christian you're sitting here or<\/p>\n
listening to me at home today you and I<\/p>\n
have this in common right you and I want<\/p>\n
to have an end to<\/p>\n
suffering and history have clearly shown<\/p>\n
that human the human being cannot do<\/p>\n
this we cannot end our own<\/p>\n
suffering because the primary cause of<\/p>\n
suffering resides in the human<\/p>\n
heart each one of our hearts has a<\/p>\n
monster in<\/p>\n
it whenever the monster gets out<\/p>\n
somebody gets<\/p>\n
hurt somebody suffers it's either them<\/p>\n
or or ourselves<\/p>\n
suffers some people don't even try to<\/p>\n
lock up this Mone<\/p>\n
we normally call this the so-called bad<\/p>\n
people of the society they don't even<\/p>\n
lock<\/p>\n
it but some of us try to lock up this<\/p>\n
monster right by adhering to various<\/p>\n
religious practices and<\/p>\n
precepts but we still hurt one another<\/p>\n
don't<\/p>\n
we because in the end our<\/p>\n
monster can never be completely caged up<\/p>\n
cannot we may want to lock up our<\/p>\n
monster but sin which is the cause of<\/p>\n
all<\/p>\n
suffering cannot be caged up at least<\/p>\n
not by our own<\/p>\n
efforts that is why to have any hope at<\/p>\n
all we need someone who can truly bring<\/p>\n
an end to suffering by dealing with our<\/p>\n
monster inside of us<\/p>\n
but that which we cannot do for<\/p>\n
ourselves God is doing for us in the<\/p>\n
Lord<\/p>\n
Jesus our sinful heart is being<\/p>\n
changed not by own efforts but by the<\/p>\n
one who has the power to slay the<\/p>\n
monster in our<\/p>\n
heart which we cannot kill<\/p>\n
ourselves so the whole Humanity<\/p>\n
suffers because everyone has this<\/p>\n
hearts but in addition to Christan uh in<\/p>\n
uh in addition to this we as Christians<\/p>\n
also suffer you know in addition to this<\/p>\n
for being followers of Jesus<\/p>\n
Christ in some countries Christians are<\/p>\n
religiously persecuted many of you may<\/p>\n
be sitting here<\/p>\n
today in those most places it's illegal<\/p>\n
to be a<\/p>\n
Christian you don't go uh you can go to<\/p>\n
prison for naming the name of<\/p>\n
Jesus in some place it's illegal to<\/p>\n
convert to<\/p>\n
Christianity evangelism to certain<\/p>\n
people group is not allowed it's against<\/p>\n
the<\/p>\n
law social sanctions legal actions and<\/p>\n
physical harm could be imposed on<\/p>\n
converts of<\/p>\n
Christianity in some places Christian<\/p>\n
are not even allowed to work a certain<\/p>\n
jobs or access a certain or certain<\/p>\n
benefits they're not allowed we are not<\/p>\n
allowed<\/p>\n
yes in many cases of suffering for<\/p>\n
Jesus there is an end where Believers<\/p>\n
find<\/p>\n
relief but often Believers must endure<\/p>\n
suffering for a long time and even for<\/p>\n
the rest of the their<\/p>\n
lives<\/p>\n
many the reality is<\/p>\n
this many<\/p>\n
Christians past and<\/p>\n
present have suffered for their faith<\/p>\n
without<\/p>\n
relief without<\/p>\n
relief brother and sisters most of us<\/p>\n
will never suffer like these brothers<\/p>\n
and sisters most of us would never do<\/p>\n
that job or jail or kidnpped or killed<\/p>\n
because we are<\/p>\n
Christians as much as we pray uh so as<\/p>\n
such we must pray for our Bel our<\/p>\n
brothers and sisters who are being<\/p>\n
persecuted for God to give them strength<\/p>\n
to endure this suffering to the<\/p>\n
end but even though we may never<\/p>\n
experience the same magnitude of<\/p>\n
suffering let me suggest to you that we<\/p>\n
experience the same kind of suffering<\/p>\n
relief we do for one thing all of the<\/p>\n
followers of Jesus Christ are called to<\/p>\n
fight against our sinful heart against<\/p>\n
that<\/p>\n
monster often we Face suffering of<\/p>\n
fighting the battle without<\/p>\n
relief we face that right there's no<\/p>\n
relief it seems like when we fight that<\/p>\n
monster in our hearts<\/p>\n
for men I know this the fight against<\/p>\n
our own lust is endless<\/p>\n
suffering right we understand too well<\/p>\n
when the Bible talks about committing<\/p>\n
adultery by looking at a woman and<\/p>\n
imagining her lustfully we know it too<\/p>\n
well this suffering is constant and<\/p>\n
endless many of us prayed and prayed and<\/p>\n
prayed<\/p>\n
and there may be spurts of time when we<\/p>\n
can keep it in check but as soon as we<\/p>\n
let our guard down we fall right back<\/p>\n
into the same<\/p>\n
Temptation the suffering of this fight<\/p>\n
is<\/p>\n
endless it is<\/p>\n
endless and the ending of this fight<\/p>\n
will end the<\/p>\n
suffering you see for many fighting the<\/p>\n
desire to be<\/p>\n
married is an endless<\/p>\n
suffering<\/p>\n
right we have been praying for relief of<\/p>\n
this<\/p>\n
suffering but God is<\/p>\n
silent God is silent the loneliness the<\/p>\n
Deep desire for intimacy and the sexual<\/p>\n
drive is just<\/p>\n
overwhelming there seems to be no end to<\/p>\n
this suffering you are ready to<\/p>\n
compromise and give in<\/p>\n
because ending the fight will end the<\/p>\n
suffering there are many other fights<\/p>\n
against such our sins you know to fight<\/p>\n
against forgiving someone who has<\/p>\n
wronged us may even be our own parents<\/p>\n
who's wronged us the F the fight is<\/p>\n
endless the fight against having<\/p>\n
negative thoughts about yourself and<\/p>\n
about other<\/p>\n
people the suffering of this fight is<\/p>\n
also<\/p>\n
endless and ending this fight would end<\/p>\n
suffering are you<\/p>\n
tired of suffering caused by the fight<\/p>\n
to stay faithful to<\/p>\n
Jesus I sure am I'm<\/p>\n
tired I was just reminded this past week<\/p>\n
of how tired to fight and monst in my<\/p>\n
own<\/p>\n
heart following Jesus is<\/p>\n
hard and many abandon him as in the in<\/p>\n
as in John<\/p>\n
6 so Jesus turned to his disciples and<\/p>\n
asked<\/p>\n
them do you want to go away<\/p>\n
also do you want to go away<\/p>\n
also Peter who is always the first one<\/p>\n
to speak his mind answered<\/p>\n
Lord to whom shall we<\/p>\n
go to whom shall we<\/p>\n
go you have the words if eternal<\/p>\n
life you<\/p>\n
see there's no place to go there's no<\/p>\n
place to go for those of us who know him<\/p>\n
there's no other<\/p>\n
Alternatives just like Jesus just like<\/p>\n
Peter<\/p>\n
said see the Apostle Paul described<\/p>\n
God's power in Christian suffering in 2<\/p>\n
Corinth Corinthians 4: 7-9 let me read<\/p>\n
this for<\/p>\n
you but we have this treasure in Jars of<\/p>\n
Clay to show that this all surpassing<\/p>\n
power is from God and not from us we are<\/p>\n
hard pressed on every side but not<\/p>\n
crushed perplexed but not in despair<\/p>\n
persecuted but not abandoned struck down<\/p>\n
but not<\/p>\n
destroyed you see here God's power that<\/p>\n
Paul is talking about is not the power<\/p>\n
of removing suffering from our lives you<\/p>\n
know it is<\/p>\n
not but God but Paul is talking about<\/p>\n
the the greater power of sustaining<\/p>\n
God's people in the midst of suffering<\/p>\n
God's power is not just used to take<\/p>\n
away suffering and giving us blessings<\/p>\n
in our<\/p>\n
lives but the power from God is given to<\/p>\n
help us remain<\/p>\n
faithful in our ongoing<\/p>\n
lack and in the midst of NeverEnding<\/p>\n
suffering if God can bring us to<\/p>\n
himself he surely can Preserve us to the<\/p>\n
end even in the midst of severe and<\/p>\n
endless<\/p>\n
suffering these are the true miracles of<\/p>\n
the Gospel of Jesus Christ you<\/p>\n
know not that he gave us whatever we<\/p>\n
want but<\/p>\n
he Empower us to go through our<\/p>\n
suffering we may see we see clearly that<\/p>\n
the sist is suffering<\/p>\n
but what caused the<\/p>\n
suffering so what does a child see when<\/p>\n
he does not or and how does he feel when<\/p>\n
his dad spanks<\/p>\n
him when his dad is angry with him when<\/p>\n
his dad grab him tight and pro uh and<\/p>\n
uh what does a child feel and what does<\/p>\n
he uh and uh what does he see when the<\/p>\n
dad does not allow him to go out with<\/p>\n
friends he probably sees that Dad is<\/p>\n
doing bad things to him you<\/p>\n
know that is making him<\/p>\n
suffer he's probably feels fearful angry<\/p>\n
and sad how can Dad how can you make me<\/p>\n
suffer like<\/p>\n
this but if the child understands the<\/p>\n
reality behind his<\/p>\n
actions he would know that his dad loves<\/p>\n
him<\/p>\n
and he is taking charge and doing these<\/p>\n
things to him in order to address some<\/p>\n
problems the son does not have a full<\/p>\n
picture of the problems and he does not<\/p>\n
know how his dad is addressing them<\/p>\n
doesn't<\/p>\n
know you see Psalm<\/p>\n
88 in Psalm 88 the<\/p>\n
psalmist uh is confessing that God is<\/p>\n
fully in charge<\/p>\n
of the suffering that is happening to<\/p>\n
him verse six says you put me in the<\/p>\n
depths of the<\/p>\n
pit in the region of dark and deep verse<\/p>\n
7 says your wrath lies heavy upon me and<\/p>\n
you overwhelm me with all your<\/p>\n
waves verse eight you have caused my<\/p>\n
companion to shun me you have made me a<\/p>\n
horror to them verse 15 and uh Afflicted<\/p>\n
and closed to death from my youth up I<\/p>\n
suffer your Terror I'm helpless verse 16<\/p>\n
your wrath has swept over me your<\/p>\n
Dreadful assault destroy me verse 18 you<\/p>\n
have caused my beloved and my friend to<\/p>\n
shun me my companion become Darkness<\/p>\n
you see the psalmist acknowledge that<\/p>\n
God is The Sovereign one over all things<\/p>\n
including his own<\/p>\n
suffering you see we when we suffer<\/p>\n
either God is in charge or he's not<\/p>\n
right and guess what it would be<\/p>\n
unsettling if God is not sovereign over<\/p>\n
our suffering if God is not a sovereign<\/p>\n
one we could never be sure<\/p>\n
if that's the case that uh this will<\/p>\n
ever end it will ever turn out well we<\/p>\n
can never really console one another<\/p>\n
that in the end all will be well isn't<\/p>\n
it but if God is<\/p>\n
Sovereign and if he's in charge two<\/p>\n
things we can be sure you know number<\/p>\n
one we can be sure that our our<\/p>\n
suffering is not in vain that's a<\/p>\n
perpose purpose for the suffering that<\/p>\n
God allows even though we may not often<\/p>\n
know what it<\/p>\n
is and second thing we can be sure that<\/p>\n
whatever suffering we face it was<\/p>\n
someday<\/p>\n
end it was someday end you see and this<\/p>\n
brings me back to the last point of<\/p>\n
sermon the sensation of<\/p>\n
suffering how will our suffering ever<\/p>\n
end<\/p>\n
ever<\/p>\n
end the pits ask a series of open-ended<\/p>\n
questions as a plead for God to help him<\/p>\n
number 10 do you work wonders for the<\/p>\n
dead do you do do the depart rise up to<\/p>\n
praise you see the psalmist is asking if<\/p>\n
he dies how can he display God's wonder<\/p>\n
and rise up to praise<\/p>\n
him so God help me me to end my<\/p>\n
suffering today that's irrational verse<\/p>\n
11 is your steadfast love declared in<\/p>\n
the grave and your faithfulness in<\/p>\n
abandoned in another um uh uh in this he<\/p>\n
reasons you know that if he dies God<\/p>\n
could not show his steadfast love and<\/p>\n
his faithfulness through his life so God<\/p>\n
help me to and my suffering<\/p>\n
today in verse 12 are your wonders known<\/p>\n
in the darkness and your righteousness<\/p>\n
in the land of<\/p>\n
forgetfulness in other words if he<\/p>\n
remains if the psalmist remains in<\/p>\n
darkness God would not be able to show<\/p>\n
his<\/p>\n
wonders if he dies people will not<\/p>\n
remember God's righteousness so God<\/p>\n
helped me to end my suffering today that<\/p>\n
was his rational know you see this line<\/p>\n
of reasoning is common today also you<\/p>\n
know that if we if I suffer it shows<\/p>\n
that God is not strong enough to save me<\/p>\n
God is not strong enough so God saved me<\/p>\n
from my suffering<\/p>\n
today but this reasoning is not<\/p>\n
completely true it is not because on the<\/p>\n
cross Jesus experienced<\/p>\n
abandonment grief and<\/p>\n
suffering greater than the psalmist<\/p>\n
could ever imagine happening to<\/p>\n
himself Jesus also prayed to God to<\/p>\n
relieve his<\/p>\n
suffering there was also an apparent<\/p>\n
silent apparent<\/p>\n
silence God cannot take away Jesus<\/p>\n
suffering therefore God must be<\/p>\n
powerless but that is so untrue<\/p>\n
right because Jesus suffering did in no<\/p>\n
way show that God is<\/p>\n
weak on the contrary in the most<\/p>\n
powerful way Jesus suffer on the cross<\/p>\n
is the answer to the cry to end the<\/p>\n
suffering of this<\/p>\n
world and the suffering of God's<\/p>\n
people Jesus Took The Suffering that God<\/p>\n
orchestrated upon himself and in the<\/p>\n
process<\/p>\n
Jesus answered this question of the<\/p>\n
psalmist with a resounding<\/p>\n
yes verse 10 do does god work wonders<\/p>\n
for the dead do the depart rise up to<\/p>\n
praise God<\/p>\n
yes Jesus died but God Work wonders from<\/p>\n
the dead uh by bring by raising him up<\/p>\n
and in his resurrection God is praised<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
glorified is God steadfast love and<\/p>\n
faithfulness declared in the grave verse<\/p>\n
yes in jesus' death God's love and<\/p>\n
faithfulness to his people is clearly<\/p>\n
display verse 12 land of forgetful God's<\/p>\n
wonders known in darkness and his<\/p>\n
righteousness in the land of<\/p>\n
forgetfulness<\/p>\n
yes in Jesus<\/p>\n
dark suffering on the<\/p>\n
cross Jesus uh God showed his wonders in<\/p>\n
the power of the Cross to save Sinners<\/p>\n
and 2,000 years later since Jesus death<\/p>\n
on the cross people still<\/p>\n
remember God's righteous act given in<\/p>\n
Jesus<\/p>\n
Christ you see the<\/p>\n
psalmist humanity and<\/p>\n
Christians have not been screaming into<\/p>\n
silence God heard the cry or to end<\/p>\n
suffering and has sent Jesus to suffer<\/p>\n
the ultimate<\/p>\n
suffering in order to end all suffering<\/p>\n
for<\/p>\n
good Jesus received the penalty for our<\/p>\n
sin and was abandoned by his father so<\/p>\n
that we may receive pardon and become<\/p>\n
children of the most high<\/p>\n
the process of ending suffering has<\/p>\n
started for those who trust in the Lord<\/p>\n
Jesus Christ in Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
Christ for those who trust in Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
Christ we don't have to suffer the<\/p>\n
ultimate suffering<\/p>\n
anymore we<\/p>\n
don't and we can look forward to the day<\/p>\n
when we live for eternity without<\/p>\n
suffering with Jesus<\/p>\n
I want to end by reading to you about<\/p>\n
polycarp polycarp was a bishop of<\/p>\n
smna when he was martyred in February of<\/p>\n
ad this is an excerpt from the writing<\/p>\n
of marom of polycar which I think<\/p>\n
summarize well the content of Psalm<\/p>\n
88 it says here all the moms<\/p>\n
which God allows to happen remember that<\/p>\n
The Devout will ascribe all things to<\/p>\n
his sovereignty were blessed and<\/p>\n
Noble who could admire their honor who<\/p>\n
could not admire their honor their<\/p>\n
patience their love for the Lord they<\/p>\n
are whipped to shreds until their veins<\/p>\n
and arteries were exposed and still<\/p>\n
endure<\/p>\n
patiently while even those who stood by<\/p>\n
cry for them by the grace of Christ they<\/p>\n
despise all the cruelties of the world<\/p>\n
redeeming our themselves from eternity<\/p>\n
punishment by suffering of a single hour<\/p>\n
the fire of the sa Savage executioners<\/p>\n
appeared cool to them because they fix<\/p>\n
their eyes uh on the escape from the<\/p>\n
eternal unen Able Fire and the good<\/p>\n
things promised to those who endure<\/p>\n
things which ear has not heard which<\/p>\n
eyes seen nor human heart<\/p>\n
imagined but were relieve by them by the<\/p>\n
Lord to them by the Lord revealed to<\/p>\n
them by the<\/p>\n
Lord we may not be martyrs like polycarp<\/p>\n
BR<\/p>\n
sisters but we but our suffering for<\/p>\n
Jesus Jesus is often just as<\/p>\n
real just as<\/p>\n
real for many of us our suffering to<\/p>\n
stay true to Jesus has been very very<\/p>\n
difficult so fellow mothers of the most<\/p>\n
high I ask you<\/p>\n
to together fix our eyes on Jesus and<\/p>\n
wait for his return to totally end our<\/p>\n
sufferings let's pray<\/p>\n
together Father in Heaven this is a<\/p>\n
difficult Psalm to<\/p>\n
read because it reminds<\/p>\n
us of the long<\/p>\n
suffering that we have to<\/p>\n
endure as your<\/p>\n
followers in this world<\/p>\n
of the fight that you call us to fight<\/p>\n
against the monster in our<\/p>\n
heart but oh Lord God there's<\/p>\n
hope and the Hope in that the one who<\/p>\n
has called us to fight<\/p>\n
this has gone before us<\/p>\n
already do you have<\/p>\n
conquered sin and death and therefore<\/p>\n
suffering and you await us as you come<\/p>\n
returns to make this<\/p>\n
world with no more<\/p>\n
suffering in Jesus name we pray amen<\/p>","english_search_text":"","":"","original_publish_date":"20240824","video_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LyxzgnTSaX4","video_id":"LyxzgnTSaX4","video_duration":"40:09","channel_name":"Grace City Bangkok"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecity.machakosconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}