2. O Yahweh, You have searched me
and known me.
You know when I sit down and
when I rise up; You understand my
thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying
down, And are intimately
acquainted with all my ways.
3. Even before there is a word on my
tongue, Behold, O Yahweh,
You know it all.
You have enclosed me behind
and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful
for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
4. Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your
presence?
If I ascend to heaven,
You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol,
behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the
sea,
5. Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of
me. If I say, "Surely the darkness
will overwhelm me, And the light
around me will be night,"
Even the darkness is not dark to
You, And the night is as bright as
the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
6. For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths
of the earth;
7. Your eyes have seen
my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for
me, when as yet
there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your
thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
8. If I should count them,
they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
O that You would slay the wicked,
O God; Depart from me,
therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak against You
wickedly, And Your enemies take
Your name in vain.
9. Do I not hate those who hate You,
O Yahweh?
And do I not loathe those
who rise up against You?
I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
10. Search me, O God,
and know my heart;
Try me and know
my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any
hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
11. “MODERN MOVEMENTS
IN AMERICAN “CHURCHIANITY”…
• The Willow Creek movement ↔ “seeker
sensitive.”
• The Saddleback movement ↔ “purpose-
driven.”
• The Vineyard Movement ↔ “signs and
wonders.”
• The Emerging Church, or Emergent
Church movement ↔ “meaningful,
mystical worship experiences.”
12. “For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine;
but wanting to have their ears
tickled, they will accumulate for
themselves teachers
in accordance to their own desires,
and will turn away their ears
from the truth
and will turn aside to myths.”
II Timothy 4:3-4.
13. “I solemnly charge you in the
presence of God and of Christ
Jesus, who is to judge the living and
the dead, and by His appearing
and His kingdom: preach the word;
be ready in season and out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort,
with great patience and instruction.”
II Timothy 4:1-2
14. HOW ABOUT A…
GOD-CENTERED
BIBLICALLY BASED
CHURCH???
16. The God of Psalm 139
(the God of Scripture!)
(THE GOD!) is…
• Omniscient, 1-3
• Eternal, 4.
• Sovereign, 5.
• Inscrutable, 6.
• Infinite (omnipresent), 7-8
• Communicative, 9-10.
18. What responses should we make to a God
like this?
• Acknowledge Him…worship Him! 1-6.
• Submit to Him, 7-10.
• Be encouraged by Him, 11-12.
• Give thanks to Him, 13-14.
• Praise Him, 14.
• Value His thoughts, 17-18.
• Abide in fellowship with Him, 18.
• Avoid ungodliness and ungodly men, 19-
22.
• Invite His scrutiny and leading, 23-24.
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