Divine Protection
Stephen Whitney
Psalm 91
In the late 4th century, a few hoodlums in the city of Antioch were outraged by a new set of taxes levied against them by the emperor Theodosius. They took to the streets and toppled statutes of the emperor and his wife, dragging them through the streets in protest. The emperor was so angry that he issued a threat that he would avenge the mob by destroying the whole city. The citizens then waited in anxiety and fear about their impending destruction.
John Chrysostom (d. 407) who was a pastor there preached 21 sermons during this stressful time. He wrote about the fear which the people felt: ''Lately our city was shaken, but how the very souls of the inhabitants totter! The very foundations of every heart quiver; and we all see death daily before our eyes.''
Today many people are living in fear, not of the government destroying our city, but of the coronavirus and the unknown future of what that means for us individually or as a country. Fear of the unknown causes people to panic because they don't believe in a God who is in control.
In his eighth sermon he shared four points: Love wisely, Give generously, Pray devotedly and Live thankfully. To Live thankfully he explained that the hope of the Christian is that God reigns. He expounded upon the goodness of God by saying that, ''God governs the world even in times of uncertainty. The Christian understands that God wisely ordains whatever comes to pass so as to accomplish his purposes. We don't always know what those are; but we know that he is good.''
Psalm 91 describes the internal peace and security a person can have who takes God as their refuge in any time of danger. The psalm as no title so we do not know who wrote it or under what circumstances the psalm was written, but it gives those who trust in God assurance of his protection in times of trouble. It is the OT equivalent of Romans 8:31-39 that nothing can separate us from the love of God in ...
Stephen Whitney
Psalm 91
In the late 4th century, a few hoodlums in the city of Antioch were outraged by a new set of taxes levied against them by the emperor Theodosius. They took to the streets and toppled statutes of the emperor and his wife, dragging them through the streets in protest. The emperor was so angry that he issued a threat that he would avenge the mob by destroying the whole city. The citizens then waited in anxiety and fear about their impending destruction.
John Chrysostom (d. 407) who was a pastor there preached 21 sermons during this stressful time. He wrote about the fear which the people felt: ''Lately our city was shaken, but how the very souls of the inhabitants totter! The very foundations of every heart quiver; and we all see death daily before our eyes.''
Today many people are living in fear, not of the government destroying our city, but of the coronavirus and the unknown future of what that means for us individually or as a country. Fear of the unknown causes people to panic because they don't believe in a God who is in control.
In his eighth sermon he shared four points: Love wisely, Give generously, Pray devotedly and Live thankfully. To Live thankfully he explained that the hope of the Christian is that God reigns. He expounded upon the goodness of God by saying that, ''God governs the world even in times of uncertainty. The Christian understands that God wisely ordains whatever comes to pass so as to accomplish his purposes. We don't always know what those are; but we know that he is good.''
Psalm 91 describes the internal peace and security a person can have who takes God as their refuge in any time of danger. The psalm as no title so we do not know who wrote it or under what circumstances the psalm was written, but it gives those who trust in God assurance of his protection in times of trouble. It is the OT equivalent of Romans 8:31-39 that nothing can separate us from the love of God in ...
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