Remembering — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:06the longest psalm in the bible is psalm
3. 0:09119
4. 0:10it has been called the psalm of the
5. 0:12scriptures because it concentrates on
6. 0:15one thing
7. 0:16the amazing sufficiency of god's word
8. 0:19for our lives
9. 0:20open to psalm 119 today and open your
10. 0:23heart to the lord as we join scott pauly
11. 0:26in this study it is our prayer that
12. 0:28through god's truth you will find all
13. 0:31you need
14. 0:38do you have a good memory
15. 0:40we're all different all of us
16. 0:42are made up differently
17. 0:44i wonder do you have a good short-term
18. 0:46memory or perhaps you say no my
19. 0:48short-term memory is not the best but
20. 0:50how about my long-term memory
21. 0:53i wonder is your memory being exercised
22. 0:55is it being used
23. 0:57i'm speaking today on the subject of
24. 0:59memory but not just remembering names
25. 1:02and faces and people and places and all
26. 1:04of that i'm speaking today really about
27. 1:06spiritual memory so memory is a muscle
28. 1:09you've got to use it
29. 1:10and i think one of the great principles
30. 1:12of scripture is that god wants us to
31. 1:15exercise our spiritual memory
32. 1:18you see god remembers what we often
33. 1:21forget and that is that we are very
34. 1:24forgetful people why do you think god
35. 1:27gave us this book the bible
36. 1:30to remember
37. 1:31why do you think he sent the holy spirit
38. 1:33to bring all things to your remembrance
39. 1:35why do you think jesus left the
40. 1:37ordinances of baptism and the lord's
41. 1:39supper this due in remembrance
42. 1:43of me
43. 1:44and so if you're going to keep moving
44. 1:47forward you're going to have to learn to
45. 1:49remember
46. 1:50in our study we've come now to psalm 119
47. 1:53and the section that begins with verse
48. 1:5449 and guess what the first word of the
49. 1:57section is
50. 1:59remember
51. 2:00remember the word unto thy servant upon
52. 2:03which thou has caused me to hope
53. 2:05this is my comfort in my affliction for
54. 2:08thy word hath quickened me
55. 2:10the proud have had me greatly in
56. 2:12derision yet have i not declined from
57. 2:14thy law
58. 2:15then in verse 52 i remembered thy
59. 2:18judgments of old oh lord and have
60. 2:20comforted myself
61. 2:22horror hath taken hold upon me because
62. 2:24of the wicked that forsake thy law
63. 2:26thy statutes have been my songs in the
64. 2:28house of my pilgrimage
65. 2:30and again a third time in verse 55 i
66. 2:33have
67. 2:35remembered thy name o lord in the night
68. 2:38and have kept by law
69. 2:40this i had because i kept thy precepts
70. 2:44would you mark them in your bible and
71. 2:46and mark them in your memory
72. 2:48verse 49 remember
73. 2:50verse 52 i remembered and verse 55 i
74. 2:55have
75. 2:56remembered there is this repeated
76. 2:58emphasis on remembering in scripture by
77. 3:00the way even the repetition itself is a
78. 3:02memory device
79. 3:04a famous teacher used to say
80. 3:06never repeat
81. 3:08i say never repeat
82. 3:10for emphasis well he got his point
83. 3:12across the idea is that repetition
84. 3:16is for emphasis repetition is for memory
85. 3:20someone has even said that repetition is
86. 3:22the mother of all learning and god is
87. 3:23not afraid to repeat himself
88. 3:25so three times in this one section of
89. 3:28psalm 119 verse 49 to 56
90. 3:31he mentions memory now the first one
91. 3:34the psalmist is praying and he cries out
92. 3:36to god asking god to remember
93. 3:38remember your promised lord remember
94. 3:40your word lord to your servant
95. 3:43might i just remind you that you don't
96. 3:45have to help god remember god has a
97. 3:47perfect memory the only thing god
98. 3:49forgets
99. 3:50is what he chooses to forget and praise
100. 3:52god that's our sin
101. 3:53he cast them in the sea of his
102. 3:55forgetfulness are you glad for that
103. 3:56today
104. 3:58god has
105. 3:59a selective memory he chooses to forget
106. 4:02some things and never bring them up
107. 4:03again but you don't have to remind him
108. 4:05to keep his covenant keep his word he's
109. 4:07never going to forget
110. 4:09he's never forgotten you a single day
111. 4:10and he's not about to start today so
112. 4:12really what the psalmist is doing here
113. 4:14in his prayer in his cry is he's
114. 4:16reminding himself of that when he says
115. 4:18remember the word of thy servant he's
116. 4:20just saying lord i'm claiming your
117. 4:22promise
118. 4:23i'm hearkening back to that that eternal
119. 4:26promise
120. 4:27that timeless truth
121. 4:30it is the psalmist who needs to be
122. 4:32reminded
123. 4:33then he says in verse 52 i remembered
124. 4:36thy judgments of old oh lord and have
125. 4:39comforted myself
126. 4:41go back intentionally think on
127. 4:44god's promises and god's principles it
128. 4:46brings great comfort
129. 4:48it pushes the spiritual reset button in
130. 4:51your heart
131. 4:52this principle of spiritual memory is
132. 4:54found all through scripture for example
133. 4:55in the new testament paul wrote to
134. 4:56timothy
135. 4:58and challenged him to stir up the gift
136. 5:00of god which was in him
137. 5:02how did he do it read the context of the
138. 5:03passage he takes him back to when hands
139. 5:06were laid upon him he takes him back to
140. 5:08first principles and the first calling
141. 5:11he uses memory to bring that fresh
142. 5:13stirring
143. 5:14a peter writes to believers that had
144. 5:16been scattered abroad through
145. 5:17persecution
146. 5:18they were in unfamiliar territory living
147. 5:21in unfamiliar times sound familiar and
148. 5:23guess what he says to them
149. 5:25stir yourself up by way of remembrance
150. 5:29memory is one of the things that stirs
151. 5:32the heart stirs the mind don't wait on
152. 5:36somebody else to stir you don't wait on
153. 5:38circumstances to get better to be
154. 5:39stirred
155. 5:40instead go back in your mind go back to
156. 5:42the day you got saved
157. 5:44go back to the to the early truths god
158. 5:46taught you go back to the answers to
159. 5:48prayer go back and rehearse the
160. 5:50faithfulness and the goodness and mercy
161. 5:52of god to you
162. 5:53think on these things today purposefully
163. 5:56and god will use that memory to stir
164. 5:59something deep in your heart
165. 6:01and then finally in verse 55
166. 6:03he says i have remembered thy name o
167. 6:05lord now remember there is this constant
168. 6:08connection between god's word and his
169. 6:10name in scripture because
170. 6:12look we say a man is only as good as his
171. 6:14word
172. 6:16may i say to you god's word is his name
173. 6:19when god gives his word on something
174. 6:20he's signing his name on the line he's
175. 6:23putting his name on the line
176. 6:25he is saying i've given you my
177. 6:27my promise
178. 6:28my character backs this up
179. 6:31we need to think much on the good
180. 6:33character of god the attributes of the
181. 6:35lord
182. 6:36rehearse the names of god today use his
183. 6:39name not lightly god forbid not
184. 6:41flippantly
185. 6:43not in vain but rather with meaning with
186. 6:46purpose
187. 6:47use it to remember
188. 6:50all that god has done in your life the
189. 6:52specific time the psalmist references
190. 6:54here he says i've remembered thy name o
191. 6:56lord in the night
192. 6:58and have kept thy law we'll come back to
193. 7:00this emphasis on the nighttime hours in
194. 7:02psalm 119 but i love this
195. 7:05when nobody's around you can remember
196. 7:07god in the dark seasons
197. 7:09when the lights go out
198. 7:11when you're living in the shadows when
199. 7:13nobody sees and nobody else can hear you
200. 7:16remember this god is with you
201. 7:19god has not failed you forsaken you or
202. 7:22failed you
203. 7:23god has has not left you alone he
204. 7:27promised he's with you he would never
205. 7:29leave you nor forsake you he's with you
206. 7:31to the end of the world amen to that
207. 7:33friend remember these things today
208. 7:37how easily we remember our hardships
209. 7:41and how quickly we forget his help
210. 7:44spurgeon said by some strange perversity
211. 7:47man tends to forget what he should
212. 7:49remember and remember what he should
213. 7:51forget
214. 7:52we'll come back to this section in our
215. 7:54next
216. 7:55study
217. 7:56and we'll look at it yet again if you'll
218. 7:58read it psalm 119 verse 49 to 56 you'll
219. 8:01notice that it's full of problems full
220. 8:03of problems in verse 50 there's
221. 8:04affliction in verse 51 there's derision
222. 8:07in verse 53 there's horror in verse 54
223. 8:09there's pilgrimage in verse 55 there's
224. 8:11night
225. 8:13yes those things are realities but i
226. 8:15will tell you what you have
227. 8:16you have divine memories spiritual
228. 8:18memories of what god has done in your
229. 8:20life
230. 8:21if i could give you just a practical
231. 8:22application of this today a tool you can
232. 8:24use
233. 8:25two things first i would point out to
234. 8:27you that the word is our memory manual
235. 8:31that's why god gave the scripture so use
236. 8:33the scripture today to remind you
237. 8:35and then i love this he says in verse 54
238. 8:38thy statutes have been my songs in the
239. 8:41house of my pilgrimage songs hearken
240. 8:43back memories don't they why don't you
241. 8:44choose you a great song today about the
242. 8:46lord a great old hymn or song or chorus
243. 8:49that speaks of the faithfulness of god
244. 8:50and and sing it to yourself to the day
245. 8:53and god's scriptures and god's songs
246. 8:56will help your memory they will help you
247. 8:59to remember the goodness and the
248. 9:01faithfulness
249. 9:03of your god
250. 9:04by the lord's help today
251. 9:06let's all remember
252. 9:15all you need is found in the word of god
253. 9:17as you learn it and apply it you will
254. 9:20come to know the god of the word more
255. 9:22and more our prayer today is that you
256. 9:25will grow in your understanding of
257. 9:27scripture and your love for the one who
258. 9:29gave it
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267. 10:01you