Psalm 33 | Sermon Resources | 24 November 2024
Summary
Thanksgiving might still be a few days away, but the Christmas season has already begun here at Cornerstone! Pastor Billy kicks off the Christmas sermon series this week looking at the very beginning of the Christmas story, the story of creation. In this sermon series we will look at the Christmas story through the lens of the grand narrative of the Bible which can be broken into four parts: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. Over the next five Sundays we will dig into each of these story elements.
Discussion Questions
1. What was your biggest takeaway from the sermon this week?
2. The Bible is made up of 66 books, but it tells a single story which is sometimes broken up into four parts: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration (or consummation). How familiar are you with these four story elements? How is this a good summary of what the Bible is fundamentally about?
General Overview
3. What themes stand out to you in Psalm 33?
4. For what purpose was Psalm 33 written? What do you think the author intended to accomplish in writing this psalm?
God the Creator (v.6-9)
5. Why is it important to understand that it was God who made the world and that he did so through his word?
6. In what ways does the teaching in this section challenge some of our assumptions of the world?
God the Sustainer (v.10-15)
7. How might the truths presented in this section provide encouragement for someone going through a difficult time?
8. When speaking of God as creator, the Bible often presents him at the same time as the sustainer. What is the connection between God the creator and the God the sustainer?
God the Deliverer (v.16-19)
9. In what ways are you tempted to trust in worldly power rather than God’s power?
10. What causes us to, at times, doubt God’s ability to bring deliverance?
11. In the sermon Pastor Billy defined waiting on the Lord as “standing in the gap between the brokenness that exists now and promise of what God will do in the future.” Where might God calling you to “stand in the gap” in your life right now?
Have You Not Known, Have You Not Heard? by Isaac Watts
Have you not known, have you not heard
That firm remains on high
The everlasting throne of Him
Who formed the earth and sky?
Are you afraid His power shall fail
When comes your evil day?
And can an all creating arm
Grow weary or decay?
Supreme in wisdom as in power
The Rock of Ages stands,
Though Him you cannot see, nor trace
The working of His hands.
He gives the conquest to the weak,
Supports the fainting heart;
And courage in the evil hour
His heavenly aids impart.
Mere human power shall fast decay,
And youthful vigor cease;
But they who wait upon the Lord
In strength shall still increase.
They with unwearied feet shall tread
The path of life divine;
With growing ardor onward move,
With growing brightness shine.
On eagles’ wings they mount, they soar,
Their wings are faith and love;
Till, past the cloudy regions here,
They rise to Heav’n above.
