For Those Prone to Wander
Psalms 38:1-45
1. Setting
• third of seven penitential psalm
• another psalm with a “remembering” emphasis
• another psalm with a “remembering” emphasis
2. Cry for Help 1-2
• plea for mercy amid merited discipline
• burden of guilt and expression of agony
• burden of guilt and expression of agony
3. Condition Acknowledged 3-12
• internal and external
• foul disease and estrangement from friends
• weaponized enemies
• foul disease and estrangement from friends
• weaponized enemies
4. Cause for Hope Specified 13-20
• sin as a cause of suffering
• anticipating an answer
• confession of iniquity
• anticipating an answer
• confession of iniquity
5. Cry for Help Repeated 21-22
• location of trust
• language of repentance
• language of repentance
6. So What?
• Because of sin’s devastating impact, confess it immediately and forsake it completely.
• connection to Christ: 1 John 1:9; 2:1-2
• “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.” (Adrian Rogers)
• “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” (R. Robinson)
• connection to Christ: 1 John 1:9; 2:1-2
• “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.” (Adrian Rogers)
• “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” (R. Robinson)