Peter Barnes | Psalm 16
SERMON NOTES
FULLNESS OF JOY IN THE RESURRECTION
Psalm 16; Acts 2:22-41
– joy in this life and the next.
1. Faith in God.
– 16:1-2; good definition of faith: to take refuge in God and know we have no good apart from Him
– Ps.73:25-28; Rom.9:30-10:4; ‘Other refuge have I none,/ Hangs my helpless soul on Thee’ (Charles Wesley)
2. Joy in this life.
(a) fellowship with God’s people (16:3). See 1 John 4:20-21.
(b) rejection of false religion (16:4).
(c) gratitude to God (16:5-6)
(d) guidance and stability (16:7-8)
3. Everlasting joy in the resurrection life.
– 16:9-10; like Job 19:25-27; Ps.73:26
– verse 10 refers to David via Christ (Acts 2:27-32; 13:35-37)
– 16:11; cited by James Melville as he was dying in 1614.