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Dead Religion

A Sermon on Psalm 50:1-23

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Psalms 50:1-23 ESV NASB KJV

A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him …

Psalm 50

God, the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

1The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken

And summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God has shone. …

Psalm 50

God, the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

1The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken

And summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God has shone.

3May our God come and not keep silent;

Fire devours before Him,

And a storm is violently raging around Him.

4He summons the heavens above,

And the earth, to judge His people:

5“Gather My godly ones to Me,

Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

6And the heavens declare His righteousness,

For God Himself is judge. Selah

7¶“Hear, My people, and I will speak;

Israel, I will testify against you;

I am God, your God.

8“I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices,

And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

9“I will not take a bull from your house,

Nor male goats from your folds.

10“For every animal of the forest is Mine,

The cattle on a thousand hills.

11“I know every bird of the mountains,

And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

12“If I were hungry I would not tell you,

For the world is Mine, and everything it contains.

13“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls

Or drink the blood of male goats?

14“Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving

And pay your vows to the Most High;

15Call upon Me on the day of trouble;

I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

16¶But to the wicked God says,

“What right do you have to tell of My statutes

And to take My covenant in your mouth?

17“For you yourself hate discipline,

And you throw My words behind you.

18“When you see a thief, you become friends with him,

And you associate with adulterers.

19“You let your mouth loose in evil,

And your tongue harnesses deceit.

20“You sit and speak against your brother;

You slander your own mother’s son.

21“These things you have done and I kept silent;

You thought that I was just like you;

I will rebuke you and present the case before your eyes.

22¶“Now consider this, you who forget God,

Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.

23“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;

And to him who sets his way properly

I will show the salvation of God.”

A Psalm of Asaph.

1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: …

A Psalm of Asaph.

1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Sermon Description

The sinner thinks God is like a human. They believes God will simply forget their sin. They assume God will forget it and not deal with it. But does God overlook sin? Is He not the solemn judge of the heavens and earth? The atheist outright rejects this God and their life is lived accordingly with no contradiction. The atheist believes there is no God and their actions mirror those beliefs. In this sermon on Psalm 50:1–23 titled “Dead Religion,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones sets forth to express how there is a human worse than the atheist: they claim to believe in God yet lives their life as if there is no God. Exploring Psalm 50:1–23, Dr. Lloyd-Jones explains that this person believes that God is like themselves. They believe that God will not deal with sin and they ignore God’s wrath. They deny God’s judgement, assuming there is no hell. They minimize their own sin. This error is not simply doctrinal deficiency, but they have made a god in their own image. On the contrary, God wants people to know who He truly is. Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones calls the hearer to rightly know God and see His salvation so that Christians may live lives praising and glorifying His name.

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Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) was a Welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the Reformed tradition. His principal ministry was at Westminster Chapel, in central London, from 1939-1968, where he delivered multi-year expositions on books of the bible such as Romans, Ephesians and the Gospel of John. In addition to the MLJ Trust’s collection of 1,600 of these sermons in audio format, most of these great sermon series are available in book form (including a 14 volume collection of the Romans sermons), as are other series such as "Spiritual Depression", "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount" and "Great Biblical Doctrines". He is considered by many evangelical leaders today to be an authority on biblical truth and the sufficiency of Scripture.