Sister Teri Sunday School 5/22/16

All the foundations of the earth are out of course. 

Psa 82:1  A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Psa 82:2  How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Psa 82:3  Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Psa 82:4  Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Psa 82:5  They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Psa 82:6  I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

Psa 82:7  But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Psa 82:8  Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Verse 5: ignorant judges, head in the sand judges, they haven’t a clue to what is going on.  And now everything is falling apart and the whole world is out of course. 

The people in the world, the judges of the land are ignorant of the true foundation so they are not judging right judgment and things are going contrary to the true Word of God.  Babylon is full of evil.  They used to try to hide it.  Now it is in the open and they are allowing things that God’s Word is clearly against. 

This is why the world is in the situation that it is in.  The religious world is off the foundation.  Their judges are ignorant.

You rulers and judges don’t know anything.  You don’t understand anything you have gotten off of what is true and right.

Adam Clarke – They know not - The judges are not acquainted with the law of God, on which all their decisions should be founded.

Neither will they understand - They are ignorant and do not wish to be instructed. They will not learn; they cannot teach.

All the foundations of the earth - “All the civil institutions of the land totter.” Justice is at the head of all the institutions in a well regulated state: when that gets poisoned or perverted, every evil, political and domestic, must prevail; even religion itself ceases to have any influence.

2Ch 19:6  And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

2Ch 19:7  Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

There is a message for the church: the true people of God.  The things that go on in the religious world affect us.  Those spirits that can be so convincing will work to distort the truth.  We need to take heed.

2Ch 19:9  And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

2Ch 19:11  And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

2Ch 20:3  And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

2Ch 20:4  And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

We need to come together before God and seek Him and His divine intervention to see what He would have us to do in this current state of affairs that we are in. 

2Ch 20:12  O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

We are encompassed on every side with the forces of evil.  We have no might against this company that is coming against us.  We don’t know what to do but our eyes are upon God.

2Ch 20:15  And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

It is still God that is the commander of this great army.  He empowers us to do what we need to do. 

2Ch 20:17  Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

We don’t need to fight in our own strength.  There is a time to stand still and get our eyes upon God.  Get the infilling of the strength, spirit, and power of God and then go out.  For the Lord will be with you.

2Ch 20:18  And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

They were encouraged and strengthened in their hearts and worshipped God.  We don’t want to be cowered down in fear, there is a job that God would have us to do.

Within the church of God, God presides over the administration of the Church.  He will cause right judgment to go forth. 

In the church we need to have our decisions based upon the Word of God.  Without the Word of God being our foundation and guide, we are ignorant and should not be teachers.  Our lessons need to be founded on the Word of God. 

We see today that even religion itself is ceasing to have an influence on the government of our land, the laws that are being administered, and the decisions that are being made.

Psa 82:8  Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

We need God to arise.  He is allowing this to happen.  He is proving the hearts of men.  Where is the judgment of these religious people that they can back the one person that has no godly influence behind him? 

Truncated because I had to leave early.