Home Of The Soul

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: Psalm 90:1-17

INTRODUCTION:

1. “LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” (Psalm 90:1–2, NKJV) 
2. “So teach us to number ourdays, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12, NKJV) 

DISCUSSION:  GOD IS OUR HOME (DWELLING PLACE) --

I. AN ETERNAL HOME (VV. 1,2).

1. If anyone knew what it felt like to be a stranger in a foreign land, Moses, knew.
2. The home God has prepared for us through Christ (Jn. 14:1-3) is older than the mountains.
3. We have no guarantee that we will live and die in the home of our childhood, but we are assured that our God and His promises are from everlasting to everlasting.

II. A HOME OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS (VV. 3-17).

1. Unlike God, our time is at best brief (Jas. 4:14).
2. Death is a reality we cannot escape (vv. 5-6;  Heb. 9:27).
3. So too is the reality of spiritual death (Rom. 3:23; 6:23).
4. However, in Christ, we do not have to face the righteous nature of God without the hope of God’s mercy (v. 14).

Conclusion: “And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.” (Psalm 90:17, NKJV)

Home Of The Soul

God's Delight

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: Micah 7:18-19

INTRODUCTION:

1. “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgressions of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.” (Micah 7:18)
2. To delight is to find pleasure in something or someone.

DISCUSSION:  GOD FINDS DELIGHT IN --

I. TRUTHFUL TONGUES.

1. “God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all!" (1 Jn. 1:5; Cf. Num. 23:19).
2. “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life" (Prov. 13:2).
3. The tongue is capable of a world of evil, but also capable of doing immeasurable good!

II. HONEST  HEARTS.

1. “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight!” (Prov. 11:1)
2. Honesty should be more than a policy to a Christian!

III. JESUS.

1. A fact proclaimed from heaven by God Himself (cf. Mt. 3; Mt. 17).
2. Surely His greatest delight was in Jesus’ delight to do the will of God (Jn. 6.38; Lk. 22:42).

IV. THE PRAYERS OF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.

1. “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayers of the upright is His delight.” (Prov. 15:8)
2. God delights when we approach in a righteous condition or fashion (cf. James 5:16).

V. A PERSON LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.

1. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and He delights in His way.” (Psa. 37:23).
2. Consider the “way” of Cain (Jude 11).  

Conclusion:  Do you delight in God?  Does God delight in you?

God's Delight