The Fool Series

Psalm 53 The Fool

1. His Contempt -

1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

i. His Description - The fool

ii. His Declaration - hath said in his heart

iii. His Denunciation - There is no God.

GOD IS DEAD - Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche (1883)

Nietzsche is Dead - GOD (1900)

2. His Conduct - 1-4

i. Their Character - 1 Corrupt are they,

ii. Their Corruption - 1 and have done abominable iniquity:

iii. Their Contamination - 1 there is none that doeth good.

3. His Condemnation -

i. God’s Examination - 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

ii. God’s Expectation - 2 to see if there were any that did understand

iii. God’s Explanation - 2 that did seek God.

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,

and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

It's Personal - And I sought for a man among them

It's Practical - that should make up the hedge,

It's Pivotal - and stand in the gap before me for the land

It's Powerful - that I should not destroy it:

It's Pitiful - but I found none.

4. His Condition - 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one

i. The Course of their Backsliding - 3 Every one of them is gone back:

ii. The Curse of their Backsliding - they are altogether become filthy;

iii. The Consequence of their Backsliding - there is none that doeth good, no, not one

5. His Conceit - 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Their Ignorance of -

i. God’s Purity - 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

2. God’s People - who eat up my people as they eat bread:

3. God’s Punishment - they have not called upon God.

6. His Concern - 5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them

i. Their Fears Are Great - There were they in great fear,

ii. Their Fears Are Groundless - where no fear was:

iii. Their Fears Are Godless - for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:

They're Dead - God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:

They're Discredited - thou hast put them to shame,

They're Despised - because God hath despised them.

7. His Confusion - 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

1. The Reign of Christ - 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!

2. The Release by Christ - When God bringeth back the captivity of his people,

3. The Rejoicing In Christ - Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad