Psalm 125

12/20/2015

Points of Interest
Psalm 125
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 103:8-14
II. Offering passage: Hebrews 13:15,16
III. Scripture references:

Psalm 123:1 – “I lift my eyes to You, O God, enthroned in heaven’
Matt. 16:16-18 - ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’. Jesus replied, ‘this was not received to you by man, but by My Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church …’
2 Kings 6:14 – “He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.”
Ps. 34:7 - “The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.”
I John 2:19 - ‘They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.’
Rom. 5:1 – “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”
Matt. 1:21 – "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
John 10:15 – “….and I lay down My life for the sheep.”
Luke 2:10,11 – “But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”

IV. Quotes:

Spurgeon - ‘we must use our eyes with resolution (purpose), for they will not go upward to the LORD of themselves, but they incline to look downward, or inward or anywhere but to the LORD.’
Martin Luther - ‘the greatest service that we can do unto God is to trust Him’
Paul Tripp - ‘What we celebrate at Christmas is grace. Grace was born to us because grace is what we need. Angels announced that grace had come. Jesus was the name of that grace’

V. Cross-references:

POints of Interest