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Psalms Book 1

Psalms Book I: Psalms 1-5

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The first two Psalms 1 & 2 serve as a type of prelude to the entire first book… even the entire book of Psalms itself.

Pslams 1 focus’ on the importance and power of the God’s word in a humble and obedient heart.

Psalm 2 is all about God’s sovereignty and specifically Jesus’ future Millennial reign.

Psalm 3 is about self-imposed tradgedy and the immutability of God’s calls and His faithfulness to those who submit to Him in trust.

Psalm 4 centers in on God’s faithfulnes to hear us when we pray. Our need to hold Him in dep reverence and the joy that comes from face-to-face encounters with God.

Finally center stage in Psalm 5 is the righteousness God imputes to His Own and how His ear is open to their cry. God will not hold the proud, the wicked or liars guiltless. It concludes with a call to rejoice in God’s delieverance of the godly.

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Psalms Overview Structure

The Book of Psalms – Overview & Structure

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The book of Psalms is like a Bible within a Bible.

It was divided into 5 books by the ancient Hebraic community, has several authors and spans over 500 years of Israel’s history.

It has a structure which capitalizes on primary themes, speaks of the fall of man, the earthly kingdoms of Israel, the exile/post-exile periods and promises the everlasting Kingdom of Messiah.

It tells its stories through recounting Jewish history & personal times of defeat and triumph.

It is an intensely personal and relatable composite of songs/poems which has essentially served as the hymnal of the Jewish and Christian communities for thousands of years!

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Job weariness

Job, in your weariness will you listen?

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Job’s trials are now in full bloom and his friends, upon hearing of it, come to comfort him.

After 7 days of silence sitting in ashes of mourning, Job speaks from the bitterness of his heart and curses the day of his birth. He also offers subtle blame at God for being complicit with his suffering.

His friend Eliphaz hears his words and discerns his heart of grief offering advice that was both solid and mistaken all at the same time.

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God Justice Authority

God, Justice & Delegated Authority

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God gave permission to satan to attack Job due to an accusation against Job’s character and godly fear. This permission included all Job possessed.

Last week we examined how that could have included his adult children. This week we are examining how this could have affected his servants who also lost their lives.

At the end we just introduce the beginning of chapter 2 and Job’s second trial.

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Job trial

Job’s trials begin

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As Job’s trials begin we see that the target of accusation is really God.

In this message we begin to uncover some of the basics regarding the suffering of the godly. We also address the issue of Job’s children dying and its connection with Job.

This discussion touches on the topics of authority, what we think we know about satan and demons, temptation and the nature of the coflict between satan and God.

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