For In The Hand Of The Lord There Is A Cup Series

Psalms 75 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup

I. THE JOY - 1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:

for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

It's Source - Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks,

It's Sense - Unto thee, do we give thanks,

It's Sanctity - for that thy name is near

It's Sensitivity - thy wondrous works declare

2. THE JUDGE - (2-3)

His Requirement - 2 When "the proper or appointed time"

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

His Rule - 2 When I shall receive the congregation

His Righteousness - 2 I will judge uprightly.

His Reckoning - 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved

His Right - 3 I bear up the pillars of it.

His Resolve - "Selah" John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

3. THE JUDGED - 4-5

The Wanton - 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly:

Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

The Wicked - 4 and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

The Willful - 5 lift not up your horn on high:

The Wasteful - speak not with a stiff neck

4. THE JUDGMENT - 6-9

Dr. Crawford Loritts, “Don’t obsess with orchestrating your future.

‘It is God . . . putting down one and lifting up another.’ Psalm 75:6-7.

A. The Exaltation of The Secular -

6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

B. The Elevation of The Supernatural -

7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

C. The Eradication of The Supernal - 8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof,

all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

1. The Control - "in the hand of the Lord"

2. The Cup - "there is a cup"

3. The Contents - "wine"

4. The Colour - "is red" (blood) Rev 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

5. The Commotion - "fully mixed"

6. The Cascade - "he pours it out"

7. The Condemnation -

but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

D. The Exultation of The Spiritual -

9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

5. THE JUSTICE - 10 God is Judge - trust Him!

The Sinner Excluded 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off

The Saint Exalted - but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Isaac Watts declares in, “Keep Silence, All Created Things,”

“Here He exalts neglected worms, To scepters and a crown;

And there the following page He turns, And treads the monarch down.”

If Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people, So is Hell.