Gods On the Ground (2 of 2)
Series: Psalm
Craig Smith
Psalm 82
Big Idea: God calls His children to live out His priorities.
I. Introduction
A. Create need...
B. Read the Psalm
Ok, let's walk through this line by line.
II. Main Body
82:1a - A psalm of Asaph.
Asaph was either the individual author of this psalm or the name a group of worship leaders at the Temple who produced this psalm.
82:1b - God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the ''gods''
Ok, so understanding this line is really key to understanding this whole Psalm. If we don't get this right, we'll miss the whole point of this psalm. So...we're told that God presides in or he's in authority over, the great assembly. And this is a great assembly of ''gods.''
The question is, who are these ''gods'' that God presiding over and judging?
There are two options. This is either talking about the false gods of the nations, so the Greek gods and the Babyonian gods and the Sumerian gods. So it's like a united nations of all the gods and God is presiding over all of them and judging them. That's one option.
The other option is that this is actually talking about the nation of Israel and, by extension, all of God's people. So in this case, God would be presiding over and judging His people.
After a lot of study, I've come to believe pretty firmly that it's the second option: this Psalm is a judgment against God's people for failing to live out His priorities. Real quick, let me give you four reasons why I say this:
a. #1 - The Hebrew word for ''assembly'' here almost always refers to the people of Israel. This word is used almost 200 times in the Bible, and the vast majority of them refer to the Israelite community, to the assembly of God's people.
b. #2 - The psalm itself says the ''gods'' are ''sons of the Most High''. That happens in verse 6. Let's just take a quick peak ahead: ''I said, 'You are ''gods''; you are all sons of the Most Hi ...
Series: Psalm
Craig Smith
Psalm 82
Big Idea: God calls His children to live out His priorities.
I. Introduction
A. Create need...
B. Read the Psalm
Ok, let's walk through this line by line.
II. Main Body
82:1a - A psalm of Asaph.
Asaph was either the individual author of this psalm or the name a group of worship leaders at the Temple who produced this psalm.
82:1b - God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the ''gods''
Ok, so understanding this line is really key to understanding this whole Psalm. If we don't get this right, we'll miss the whole point of this psalm. So...we're told that God presides in or he's in authority over, the great assembly. And this is a great assembly of ''gods.''
The question is, who are these ''gods'' that God presiding over and judging?
There are two options. This is either talking about the false gods of the nations, so the Greek gods and the Babyonian gods and the Sumerian gods. So it's like a united nations of all the gods and God is presiding over all of them and judging them. That's one option.
The other option is that this is actually talking about the nation of Israel and, by extension, all of God's people. So in this case, God would be presiding over and judging His people.
After a lot of study, I've come to believe pretty firmly that it's the second option: this Psalm is a judgment against God's people for failing to live out His priorities. Real quick, let me give you four reasons why I say this:
a. #1 - The Hebrew word for ''assembly'' here almost always refers to the people of Israel. This word is used almost 200 times in the Bible, and the vast majority of them refer to the Israelite community, to the assembly of God's people.
b. #2 - The psalm itself says the ''gods'' are ''sons of the Most High''. That happens in verse 6. Let's just take a quick peak ahead: ''I said, 'You are ''gods''; you are all sons of the Most Hi ...
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