The Last Walk (4 of 6)
Series: Pitch Perfect
Dr. James Merritt
Psalm 23:4
Introduction
1. You probably have not heard the name Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, but he taught philosophical theology for many years at Yale University. He was a widely respected author, philosopher and teacher. His son tragically died at the age of twenty-five in a mountain-climbing accident. As you can imagine it just devastated him and he later wrote about his experience in a book. He made this observation.
''When we have overcome absence with phone calls, winglessness with airplanes, summer heat with air-conditioning - when we have overcome all these and much more besides, then there will abide two things with which we must cope: the evil in our hearts and death.''
2. Those are the two things that everyone from all walks of life have to cope with. Neither plays favorites and are universal. No one can deny that there is evil in the human heart and obviously nobody can deny that we are going to die. That brings us to a stanza of a song, maybe the most beautiful song at least in the terms of the lyrics that have ever been written and are found in the book of songs called ''Psalms.'' It not only is King David's number one hit, but it is probably the most well-known, well-loved chapter in the entire Bible.
3. We are in a series on the 23rd Psalm that we have been calling ''Pitch Perfect,'' because this beautiful song speaks to so many things that we face all of our life to the very end. [Turn to Psalm 23:4]
4. I find it interesting that David mentions the very two things that Dr. Wolterstorff said we have to all cope with. Listen to it.
''Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.'' (Psalm 23:4, ESV)
See those two words, ''death and evil.'' We do face evil every day. We will face death one day. Between the two words is the word ''fear.'' I find very few people who wil ...
Series: Pitch Perfect
Dr. James Merritt
Psalm 23:4
Introduction
1. You probably have not heard the name Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, but he taught philosophical theology for many years at Yale University. He was a widely respected author, philosopher and teacher. His son tragically died at the age of twenty-five in a mountain-climbing accident. As you can imagine it just devastated him and he later wrote about his experience in a book. He made this observation.
''When we have overcome absence with phone calls, winglessness with airplanes, summer heat with air-conditioning - when we have overcome all these and much more besides, then there will abide two things with which we must cope: the evil in our hearts and death.''
2. Those are the two things that everyone from all walks of life have to cope with. Neither plays favorites and are universal. No one can deny that there is evil in the human heart and obviously nobody can deny that we are going to die. That brings us to a stanza of a song, maybe the most beautiful song at least in the terms of the lyrics that have ever been written and are found in the book of songs called ''Psalms.'' It not only is King David's number one hit, but it is probably the most well-known, well-loved chapter in the entire Bible.
3. We are in a series on the 23rd Psalm that we have been calling ''Pitch Perfect,'' because this beautiful song speaks to so many things that we face all of our life to the very end. [Turn to Psalm 23:4]
4. I find it interesting that David mentions the very two things that Dr. Wolterstorff said we have to all cope with. Listen to it.
''Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.'' (Psalm 23:4, ESV)
See those two words, ''death and evil.'' We do face evil every day. We will face death one day. Between the two words is the word ''fear.'' I find very few people who wil ...
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