Salvation

Psalms 130:1-8   Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.  (2)  Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.  (3)  If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?  (4)  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.  (5)  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.  (6)  My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.  (7)  Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.  (8)  And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

INTRODUCTION:           The writer of this Psalm is unknown, and is generally classified as a “Praise” Psalm.  There is another classification of this Psalm, giving it another classification name based upon it’s general content.  It is called a Pauline Psalm, not that the people who gave it this classification think Paul wrote it, however, it shows the methodology of salvation without the law as Paul described salvation. (Martin Luther gave this designation to these psalms; 32^nd, 51^st, 130^th and 143^rd.)

I.            LORD IF YOU MARK SIN                                                 (vv 1-4)

              A.           Who Shall Stand?

Malachi 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

1.               Who…

a.               Will Wait?  (abide)

b.               Shall stand?

Isaiah 59:2          But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

2.               Our sins have

a.               Separated us from God.

b.               He has hid His face from us.

c.               He will not hear us.

3.               If God cannot forgive

a.               What are we to do?

b.               Where do we go?

B.           The Good News

Ezekiel 18:21-23 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. ²²All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.  ²³Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

1.               Turn from our sins

a.               The kicker

b.               ALL our sins

2.           Keep His statutes

a.               Live righteously

b.               Do right

3.           We will live

a.           Our sins will not be mentioned.

b.           God has no pleasure in the death of a soul.

II.           WAIT ON THE LORD                                                        (vv 5-6)

Proverbs 20:22    Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

              A.           In His Word I Do Hope.

Psalm 31:23        O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.  ²⁴ Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

1.               Be of Good courage

a.           He preserves the faithful

b.           He rewards the doer

              B.           Patiently Wait On The Lord

Jeremiah 17:7                   Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

1.               Trust Him

2.               Know Him

Joel 3:16             The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

3.               He’s coming

a.               Don’t know when

b.               But He is coming

4.           Wait on Him

III.         LET US HOPE IN THE LORD                                          (vv 7-8)

              A.           He Will Forgive All

Romans 3:24       Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

1.           Forgive our Sins

              i.            (Redemption; Green Stamps

                             Redemption centers)

              B.           Accept Him

1.           Acknowledge that you are a sinner.            

Romans 3:23

2.           Understand the Penalty of Sin.     

Romans 6:23

3.           Understand that Jesus Paid the price of your sin.

Romans 5:8

4.               Do You Believe…

a.               Jesus died for you

b.               God raised him from the dead

 Romans 10:9

                             5.           Repent

Ezekiel 18:30      Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

a.           So sin won’t be our ruin.

b.           Turn you heart to Jesus

Accept Him now.