Mark 11:12-25
The Fig Tree, the Temple, the Mountain
Psalm 139:
“The most glorious and excellent Psalm in all the book.”
~Aben Ezra, ca. 1100 AD
God’s sovereignty is both prodigious and personal
Big Idea:
4 Realities
🡪 All knowing, vs. 1-6
🡪 Always present, vs. 7-12
🡪 All powerful, vs. 13-16
🡪 All knowing, vs. 17-18
1 Request, vs. 19-22
Repentance, vs. 23-24
Psalm 139:
(Psalm 139:1-6)
God’s knows everything there is to know.
(Psalm 139:1-6)
“God, without confusion, beholds as distinctly the actions of every man, as if that man were the only created being, and the Godhead were solely employed in observing him. Let this thought fill your mind with awe and remorse.”
~Henry Kirke White
2) God is always present
(Psalm 139:7-12)
“…when we stand a-tip-toe we cannot reach even to the lowest step of the throne of the Eternal.”
~CH Spurgeon
4 Realities
🡪 All knowing, vs. 1-6
🡪 Always present, vs. 7-12
🡪 All powerful, vs. 13-16
🡪 All knowing, vs. 17-18
1 Request, vs. 19-22
Repentance, vs. 23-24
Psalm 139:
“Why is this here and what does God want me to do in response to what it tells me?”
One Request
(Psalm 139:19-22)
One Request
(Psalm 139:19-22)
“As long as God is my enemy, I am his. I have no more power to change that condition than the polished surface has to refrain from reflecting the sunshine that falls upon it. It is God’s love, from the face of Jesus shining into my dark heart, that makes my heart open to him and delight to be his dwelling place.” ~CH Spurgeon
Repentance
(Psalm 139:23-24)
“One of the attributes of sin is to hide man from himself, to conceal his deformity, to prevent him from forming a just conception of his true condition.
~William Howels, 1813
Three Ways to Respond Wisely:
🡪 Surrender to Christ through
faith and repentance
Three Ways to Respond Wisely:
🡪 Surrender to Christ through
faith and repentance
🡪 Daily preach the gospel to yourself
Three Ways to Respond Wisely:
🡪 Surrender to Christ through
faith and repentance
🡪 Daily preach the gospel to yourself
🡪 Pray Scripture
Three Ways to Respond Wisely: