931 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 78 - Part 1 of the Messianic Prophecies Part 3

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 78 PART 1 of the MESSIANIC PROPHECIES – Part 3 Psalms 2, 8, and 16 Okay, it is good to have everybody back, again; and you’ve had your break. For those of you joining us on television, we’re just an informal Bible study. We like to compare Scripture with Scripture primarily. My main reason for using so much of Scripture is to prove to the scoffers that this is a supernatural Book unlike anything else on Earth. All you have to do is study it, and it becomes obvious. But most of the world will not do that. We’re especially looking at Psalms for a few programs. I know we’ve had a lot of requests over the years to teach some Psalms. Today, a gentleman just told me that he was moved a month or two ago to start studying Psalms. So he’s appreciating today. All right, we’re going to pick right up where we left off in the idea of the Messianic Psalms. There are sixteen chapters throughout the Book of Psalms that deal quite completely with the death, burial, and resurrection. Now I’m going to jump up to the next one, which is Psalms chapter 16. We just finished chapter 8. If you’ve noticed in your Bible—I’m sure they all have it—that it’s called a Michtam of David. A Michtam was something that was actually set in stone, and it was a prayer of David. There are several of them throughout the Book of Psalms that were engraven, and they, too, were primarily concerned with Christ and His resurrection. Psalms 16 was just that. It was engraved in stone of some sort—much like the Ten Commandments, I guess—and it became a prayer concerning the death and resurrection of Christ. Now the first several verses we’re not going to make comment on. We’ll just drive right on down until we get to the part where, again, I can show from the New Testament proof-positive that we’re talking about His death, burial, and resurrection. This will be down in verse 10, where Peter quotes it in Acts chapter 2. But we don’t want to skip all these good verses. So if you’ll bear with me, we’ll just read them and realize that the underlying thought is resurrection. Psalms 16:1 “Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.” Now, I’ve done this before. I’ll do it again. There are three words in Scripture that are all quite synonymous – trust is the Old Testament word. The New Testament words are primarily – faith and believe. You put the three of them together, and they all mean the same thing. When you believe, you’re trusting. When you’re trusting, you believe. And when you believe and trust, you’re exercising faith. Always remember that when the Old Testament speaks of this “I have put my trust,” it’s putting his faith. He believes it. Now verse 2: Psalms 16:2-3 “O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.” Now the saints in the Earth in David’s vocabulary would have been what people? Well, it would have been Israel—the believing element in Israel—because the Gentiles for the most part had nothing to do with Israel. So, to the saints within the Earth, would have to be the believing remnant of Israel: Psalms 16:3b “…and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.” Well, now it figures, doesn’t it? Who do you suppose David had the most real sincere fellowship with? The believers or the unbelievers? Well, naturally the believers. It’s doesn’t matter where you are. Iris and I have gone all over the United States the last two months, and no matter where we go, we don’t hit strangers over five minutes. Why? Because they all love the same Lord that we do. And it is (even though we get tired) so thrilling to know that we have like-minded believers from Maine to California. And that’s just part of being members of the Body of Christ. All right, let’s read on. Psalms 16:4a “Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:…” Well, now what’s that taking about? The pagans and the idolaters in Israel. They can’t enjoy any of the blessings of the God of Abraham that David can. But on the other hand, their sorrows shall be more. Now I can’t help this as I read these things. Other verses come to mind, and I have to use them. Turn with me to Jeremiah 44 to show that when David spoke of those who were adhering to other gods, he wasn’t necessarily speaking of the Gentile world. He was speaking of fellow Israelites. Jeremiah chapter 44 and this is why I use it as often as I do—the shocking experience that in Israel there was this much blatant pagan worship. And this, of course, is why God had to deal with them so severely over and over. Come back to Jeremiah 44, so that we’ll know what David was referring to. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible