Psalm 56 “I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me?” Psalm 56:4b & 11 Jesus echoes the words of David spoken here twice in Psalm 56 verse 4 and verse 11 when He is warning people about the Pharisees in Luke 12:4-5. 4 “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. 5 But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he’s the one to fear.” Luke 12:4-5 The context is also similar. David according to the Psalm notes is writing in response to a time his enemies had captured him, and Jesus is responding to a great conflict He has had with the Pharisees. 53 As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. 54 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him. Luke 11:53-54 MAIN POINT: When facing great con...
Viewing all the Psalms as Messianic, I will read the Psalms consecutively for 150 days and try to write a outline for teaching with thoughts about the day's Psalm's unique contribution to the revelation of Jesus Christ our Messiah the Word of God and King of kings, the eternal Son of David.