Peter Barnes | Psalm 106
SERMON NOTES
LESSONS IN HISTORY
Psalm 106
– Psalm 106:1, 47-48 are in 1 Chronicles 16:34-36.
1. The history of Israel is the history of sin.
– Sin is everywhere – 106:6.
(a) the sin of unbelief at the Red Sea – 106:7 (Ex.14).
(b) the sin of complaining against God in the wilderness – 106:13-14 (Num.11).
(c) the sin of jealousy – 106:16 (Num.16).
(d) the sin of idolatry – 106:19-22 (Ex. 32).
(e) the sin of unbelief and disobedience – 106:24-25 (Num.13-14).
(f) the sins of idolatry and immorality – 106:28-29 (Num.25).
(g) the sin of provoking God and Moses – 106:32-33 (Ex.17; Num.20).
(h) the sin of compromising with paganism – 106:34-39.
– 1 Cor.10:6, 11. These examples are a warning to us.
2. The history of Israel is the history of God’s chastising His people.
– 106:15 (in the desert), 17-18, 23 (re. the golden calf), 26-27 (they would not reach the Promised Land), 29b, 40-43.
3. The history of Israel is the history of God’s grace.
– 106:4, 7, 45.
– 106:8-12, 23, 30-31, 43-46; this is to lead us to prayer and to praise – 106:47-48.