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A Desperate Cry, A Deep Confidence

Sunday, February 2, 2025
Pastor Alex Chen

 

Outline:

  • The Discouragement of Finding No Fruit At All (1-2a)

  • The Greatness of Evil That Abounds (2-3)

  • The Judgement That Will Come Very Quickly (4)

  • The Hope That We Have is Very Sure (5-7)

The Discouragement of Finding No Fruit At All (1-2a)

  • v.1-2a -- Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires. 2 The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind

The Greatness of Evil That Abounds (2-3)

  • v.2-3 -- 2 The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net. 3 Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together. 4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

The Judgement that Will Come Very Quickly (4)

  • v.4 -- 4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

The Hope That We Have is Very Sure (5-7)

  • v.5-7-- 5 Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms; 6 for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. 7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.