An Important Truth is Worth Repeating

Psalm 53 (Audio not available for this message)

If we say we believe in the inerrancy of the Bible then what that means is we believe the Bible to be without error in all it teaches.  And, every portion of the Word of God is vital to our spiritual lives.

If God says something 1 time it is eternally important.  If God says something 2 times it is doubly eternally important.  And if we can agree on that then I would ask you what about when God repeats something 3 times as is the case with Psalm 53?

Psalm 53 is repeated almost verbatim in the 14^th Psalm.  And then also in Romans 3:10-12.  3 times over this great Psalm is found in the Bible.

Psalm 14 addresses fools in Israel while Psalm 53 deals primarily with Gentile fools.  Psalm 53 probably was written with the background of I Kings 18-19 and the scattering of the armies of Sennacherib.  

Let us come to see that repetition of certain truths in God’s Word are for our edification!  This second time around we shall make several practical applications!  

Remember the fool in the Psalms is not so much the absolute Atheist as we know them today, but rather the one who says “God is not here”.  Fools deny the providence of God in the affairs of humanity.  A fool is anyone who sins as if God was not paying attention.

1. The Fact of Sin— “God looks down from heaven…” in verse 2.  We do not always see or know our sin but God does.  Here are several examples by way of application:
   1. Sins of Self-Excuse
   2. Sins of “The Blame Game” — In his 10 Principles, Brother Curington used to say— “Accept the blame for your actions and God will remove the guilt”
   3. Sins of the Family Tree
2. The Fault of Sin—One of the worst things we can do is minimize sin.  Listen to how God describes sinners: 
   • “corrupt” and their “ways are vile” in verse 1
   • “fallen away” from the correct path in verse 3
   • “work evil with no knowledge” and “eat up my people as they eat bread” in verse 4   
     1. Here are several examples whereby we minimize our sins:
        1. Minimizing our Sin through “Personality Flaws”
        2. “Sinfully Delicious”
        3. “Sowing your wild oats”—Brother Curington used to say, “the consequences of our sins are inevitable, incalculable and up to God”
     2. When the OT speaks of sin, it describes sin as being against God, ourselves and our fellow human beings.  Sin is never a small or light thing, it always harms us, our relationship to God and others.
3. The Foundation of Sin
4. The Folly of Sin
   1. The Folly of Entertainment
   2. The Folly of Comfort
5. The Filthiness of Sin
   1. Illustration—” When Magic Johnson…
6. The Fruit of Sin
7. The Fear and Shame of Sin
8. The Faith of the Saints