The morning Manna
will be provided at 6am. Thanks.
Studying Psalms
in the SSnet.org series Lesson 5, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to
your heart.
The Topic today
is: “Suffering and God in Psalm 88 and us for the Sabbath School Lesson on the
Psalms”.
The Opening Hymn
will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God."
The Sabbath School
Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on pages
until page 59.
The SSnet.org site
allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose your
own language to see God speaking also to your heart.
Why do you not
click on this now?
https://www.adultbiblestudyguide.org/pdf.php?file=2024:1Q:TE:PDFs:ETQ124_05.pdf
---Death is a fact of life and a punishement
allocated by God for selling themselves and this creation out to Satan in the
Garden of Eden. Is it fair? Absolutely. ---Agape love cannot coexist with sin. ---He is without strength. He is withering
like grass. He is unable to eat. He is set apart with the dead. He is lying
like the slain in the grave. He is repulsive to to his friends. He is suffering
and in despair. His bones cling to his skin. ---Some Psalms makes it clear that it is
because of disobedience that there are suffering. It is punishment for
disobedience. And that is sometimes true. ---Some suffering is just a fact of life
related to Adam’s general sin condition in Eden. So actual disobedience does
not play a role. ---Other suffering is related to one’s
inherited history through the DNA. ---In Psalm 88:6-8 God is said of bringing
the person near to death. It can be. For didactic reasons? For corrective
reasons. ---Does not matter what the complaint is,
the person has strong faith. Same as Job. And Moses through Job. ---Suffering is under the umbrella of God’s
control. He knows about it fully and can do something about it. ---That ability qualifies God to be the One
to stick around with. Does it not? ---Christ can restore the health of a child
and he did. ---“Despite his sense of being stricken by
God, the psalmist clings to God.” This is very beautifully said by the Lesson
this week. ---Although he suffers, he does not deny
God’s love and knows that God is his only salvation. ---Like all people the Psalmist also know
suffering. But unlike all people he knows God’s grace very well. ---“Both God’s permitting of suffering and
His deliverance are demonstrations of His ultimate sovereignty.” ---“Knowing that God is in control inspires
hope.” ---Christ did it all, that we suffer, for
us. Nice correct? ---So where are you this week? ---Church on Saturday 9h20. Why? To study
Psalms. Is the navigation and taxi ordered or the car full of gas? Did you call
the elder or pastor? Do you have Collier’s Chart of prophetic events? Do you
know the three principles of studying Psalms? You need to be there. See you
there.