Tabor Baptist Church

Introduction

• Question: 'What are you going to do after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted?'
• Are you content to 'tune in' from a distance?
• This morning - speaking about a special drawing together of God's people
• Title - such a great salvation
• A reminder of this salvation: its greatness, wonder, privilege and infinity
• Being in the right place at the right time and responding in the right way
• Example of Thomas, Song of Songs
• Do we miss out on blessing?
• Like the Israelites in the wilderness
• The wonders of our salvation

The God of Salvation

• v3 - a call to worship
• To do us good and to bless us
• 'The Lord' - mentioned 15 times
• Him/His - mentioned 9 times
• 24 references to God in 22 verses 
• God is to be the focus
• To meet with God in Trinity
• Song: I saw a new vision of Jesus
• v18 - The Lord is near
• A great declaration of the present God
• Quote from Isaiah
• He is the God from whom we cannot escape
• Psalm 139:8
• God is in the midst when Christians gather
• Example
• The God who became man and lived amongst us - John 1
• Not an avatar
• The eternal Son of God
• He never stopped being God
• Tempted in all ways
• Despised and rejected by men
• The Lord Jesus understands what we are going through
• Example of David
• He feined madness before Abimelech - 1 Sam 21
• He was aware that God was present
• Example of Abersychan

The Heirs of Salvation

• v18 - the broken hearted and crushed in spirit
• v7 - the promise for those who fear Him
• v9 - for His saints
• v10 - those who seek the Lord
• v15 - the righteous
• When we come to God it is often because we have come to an end in ourselves
• David is writing this psalm
• He knew what it was to cry out to God
• Psalm 51:3-4
• Example of Jesus' parable of the two men praying
• Have you come to the end of yourself?
• God shows us our sin
• Do we say 'depart from me for I am a sinful man'?
• The Lord is near to the broken hearted
• We are not beyond God's grace
• v18
• Mental health vs spiritual health
• We may feel crushed by our mistakes
• Example
• God can pick up our shattered lives
• Quote from Song

The Acts of Salvation

• v18 - He saves
• v22a - He redeems
• v22b - None who put their trust in Him shall be condemned
• Jesus saves
• "He came into the world to save sinners"
• Jesus is making intersession for us
• Jesus redeems
• The language of slavery
• We are not free but born in sin and shaped in inquitity
• We are bought back
• There is a severance / cutting of the bondage of sin
• We become servants of the most High God - 1 Cor 4, 1 Pet2:16
• Have you been set free?
• The final act of salvation
• None of those who trust in Jesus will be condemned
• There will be a final Day of Judgement
• Do you have this assurance?
• Example of Jesus' parable - Luke 12
• Rom 8:1,38-39
• Have you taken refuge in the Lord?
• Quote from Song
• Closing Remarks