Psalms 44:1
“We Have Heard With Our Ears”
Psalms 44:1-3, “We have
heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in
their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy
hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the
people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own
sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.”
From faith to
faith. Faith in God is spread one soul at a time. It happens when those
who have faith in the promises of God teach what they have heard of the Word to
others. He that is faithful in little is faithful in much: one soul at a time.
We have heard with our ears. 1 John
1:1-2 says, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life.” It should be no surprise that hearing the Word of life and
believing it results in receiving spiritual life. This is the power of the Word
of God through the blood of Jesus Christ.
In talking about hearing, what needs
to be heard is what God has done. If you listen to the world you will hear a
great deal from men about the accomplishments of men. But what are the
accomplishments of men compared to the wonderful works of God? How many, and how great are the works of Jesus Christ.
Psalms chapter 44 tells about the
wonderful work of God in bringing the nation of
The obvious great result of God
bringing
God used the Israelites to bring
judgment to the depraved, ungodly, and unimaginably wick nations that filled
that land. This took a great effort on the part of the Israelites. Notice,
however, that these verses only talk about what God did. No matter how great
the effort is that you give, no matter how great are your ablilities,
there is only one who deserves any praise for what you accomplish, Christ.
Christians should never praise each other. A Christian who gives his all to
Christ will never desire or need praise or recognition for his accomplishments.
Praise God not man for God’s mighty works. The need for love
and the need for praise or not the same. If you praise God for what
another Christian accomplishes and that Christian is someone who lives for
Christ the praise to God is enough. From to faith to faith that it might be of
grace.
Psalms 44:1-3, “We have
heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in
their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy
hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the
people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own
sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.”
It all has to do with having God’s favour. Once you turn from your sins to Jesus Christ you
enter into the favour of God. This means you become a
joint heir with Christ. Romans 8:17 says, “And if children, then heirs; heirs
of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him, that we
may be also glorified together.” Who does the Almighty God favour?
He favour’s those who have turned from their sins to
Jesus.
Favour does not mean
physical success. The favour of God means always
having the spiritual victory through Christ. If God be for us who can be
against us? Favour means to be redeemed from sin and
from chains of darkness. To be brought from thralldom to the Gospel light is
the favour of God. Favour
means that in the sense of the Gospel of Christ things will always work out for
the best. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose.”
Who will fight your battles for you?
Who will redeem you from the curse of the law? Jesus pleads, strives, and
fights against the forces of wickedness of this world. It is a spiritual
warfare against the truth of the written Word of God.
Psalms 44:4 says, “Thou art my
King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.” Until the return of Christ there
will always be kings in the human sense. We should respect the powers that be
so long as they do not go against the teachings of the Bible. But A Christian
knows that the one true living God, Christ Jesus, is the king of Kings. Only
the King of Kings can command deliverances.
We have heard with our ears, O God.
Neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand. Thou art the king of
kings, Jesus, who paid the dept for the redemption of our souls on the cross of
Life is a spiritual warfare for every
mortal man. It begins in the slavery of sin. Psalms 44:5 says, “Through thee
will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that
rise up against us.”
Life is a spiritual warfare. Those
that rise up against the truth of the Word of God will not stand at the
judgment. I Timothy 6:12 says, “Fight the
good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called,
and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”
To be delivered form so great a death
as eternal death through faith in Christ that we should not trust in ourselves,
we trust Christ will yet deliver us with his deliverances for we have heard
with our ears that it is Christ Jesus who died for our sins and rose again.
Turn from your sins to Jesus and receive the spiritual victory.
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