Other
Gods
A
Study in Psalm 16 (Part 2)
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Title:
Other Gods -----------------------
Date: 8/20/1999
Keywords:
"choice" "choose" "other gods" "refuge" "sorrow"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
The
following is the second of five studies in Psalm 16 as it
relates to resisting Web porn. Feel free to study and/or
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welcome your feedback.
Passage:
Psalm
16:1-4*
1. Preserve me, O God, for
I take refuge in Thee.
2. I said to the Lord, "Thou art
my Lord; I have no good besides Thee."
3. As for the saints who are in
the earth, they are the majestic ones in whom is all
my delight.
4. The sorrows of those who have
bartered for another god will be multiplied; I shall
not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor shall
I take their names upon my lips.
Questions
1. Compare the way David
chose God to be his Lord in verse 2 with the way
others choose a god in verse 4. What is
"bartering"?
2. What does David say will
happen to these people? Have you seen this to be true
in your personal experience?
Practical
help
Drinking blood was
considered a detestable act by Old Testament Jews, and
frankly it’s a pretty gross thought today. A
drink offering of blood implies killing things to
worship an idol. If Internet pornography is your idol,
what are you killing to do it? Are your relationships
with others dying?
Have you wiped out your feelings
for godly pleasures in order to be stimulated by
images on a computer screen? Verse 4 calls us to wake
up to the fact that sorrows will be multiplied by
choosing what God calls sin.
Turn to God to help you avoid
porn and its sad consequences. He can and will help
you stand strong because He is faithful to His Word.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW
AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The
Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972,
1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission."