Christians In Captivity
Adrian Rogers
Psalm 137:1-4
"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" Let me give you to background of this Psalm. God had been so good to His people Israel. God gave to them a land. God gave to them a law. And to crown it off God gave to them a Lord, Himself. Do you know what they did? They defiled the land. They defied the law. They denied the Lord. And because of that, God sent Nebuchadnezzar, a cruel pagan king, with his army to carry them, away out of the land of Judah, out of Jerusalem, out of Zion to a place of bondage. They were carried to a strange land, a foreign country. To Babylon. And there they became captives in Babylon. And this Psalm was written. Perhaps it was written by Jeremiah. Some think Jeremiah wrote this Psalm. It's a plaintiff's song of song of saints in captivity. Now what does that have to do with me? What does that mean to me today? Remember we told you that there are three questions that you ought to ask when you look at any passage of Scripture. What did it mean then? What does it mean today? That doesn't mean that their meanings change, but how can I apply what happened to the people back then, how can I apply that today? Ah, but you are not quite ready yet for it to really be meaningful to you. What did it mean then, what does it mean today? Now I will ask the third question. What does it mean to me personally? All right.
I want to talk to you today about this subject, "Christians in Captivity," because there is a tremendous lesson for us today and I believe that I am talking to many this morning, by means of this pulpit and by means of radio and television and by means of tape later on that are living in a Babylonian captivity. You have been taken captive by the world and by the flesh and by the devil. Now when you were saved, you were born again. And when you were born again, you were born free. Free. If the Son shall make you free, you shall be ...
Adrian Rogers
Psalm 137:1-4
"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" Let me give you to background of this Psalm. God had been so good to His people Israel. God gave to them a land. God gave to them a law. And to crown it off God gave to them a Lord, Himself. Do you know what they did? They defiled the land. They defied the law. They denied the Lord. And because of that, God sent Nebuchadnezzar, a cruel pagan king, with his army to carry them, away out of the land of Judah, out of Jerusalem, out of Zion to a place of bondage. They were carried to a strange land, a foreign country. To Babylon. And there they became captives in Babylon. And this Psalm was written. Perhaps it was written by Jeremiah. Some think Jeremiah wrote this Psalm. It's a plaintiff's song of song of saints in captivity. Now what does that have to do with me? What does that mean to me today? Remember we told you that there are three questions that you ought to ask when you look at any passage of Scripture. What did it mean then? What does it mean today? That doesn't mean that their meanings change, but how can I apply what happened to the people back then, how can I apply that today? Ah, but you are not quite ready yet for it to really be meaningful to you. What did it mean then, what does it mean today? Now I will ask the third question. What does it mean to me personally? All right.
I want to talk to you today about this subject, "Christians in Captivity," because there is a tremendous lesson for us today and I believe that I am talking to many this morning, by means of this pulpit and by means of radio and television and by means of tape later on that are living in a Babylonian captivity. You have been taken captive by the world and by the flesh and by the devil. Now when you were saved, you were born again. And when you were born again, you were born free. Free. If the Son shall make you free, you shall be ...
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