THE LORD IS THY KEEPER

PSALM 121:5

                                                                 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE HILLS THAT REMIND [v. 1]

 

1. Sinai reminds us of the Law [Nehemiah 9:13, Gal. 4:21-25]

- Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

- Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

 

2. Jerusalem reminds us of the Promise [Gal. 4:26-28]

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

 

3. Calvary reminds us of Grace [Luke 23:33]

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

II. THE HELP THAT REMOVES [v. 2-6] The Help that comes from the Creator removes:

 

1.  Instability [v. 2-3, 2 Thessalonians 3:3]

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.]

 

2.  Uneasiness [v. 4, Philippians 4:7]

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 

3.  Insecurity [v. 5-6, John 17:11]

Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me…

 

III. THE HOPE THAT REMAINS [v. 7-8]

 

1. Preservation from Satan [v. 7a, John 17:15]

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

 

2. Preservation of the Soul [v. 7b, Jude 1:24, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 1:5]

-Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding Joy

-I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

-Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

 

3. Preservation Forever [v. 8, 2 Timothy 4:18]