Peter Barnes | Psalm 122
SERMON NOTES
Meeting with God’s People
Psalm 122; Heb.:10:1-25; 12:18-24
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents (see Ex.23:17). Count von Zinzendorf: ‘no Christianity without fellowship’.
1. The joy of God’s people.
– vv.1-2; Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘I have been to church today and am not depressed.’
– Acts 2:41-42, 46-47
2. The unity of God’s people.
– vv.3-4; Jeroboam sought to rupture it in 1 Kings 12:26-29
3. Justice for God’s people.
– v.5; hence Elijah confronted King Ahab.
4. Prayer for the peace and welfare of God’s people.
– vv.6-9; hence Neh.1:3-4; 2:10
– Jerusalem did not know her peace in Luke 19:28, 41-42
– Heb.12:22-24; Acts 9:31