A Prayer for Guarded Speech, Pure Worship, and Deliverance from Evil. Psalm 141 is David’s prayer for urgent, reverent access
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
Trust Like Mount Zion: Stability, Protection, and God’s Justice.
Psalm 125 promises stability to those who trust in the LORD, comparing them to Mount Zion—unmoved, enduring, and secured by God. It teaches that the righteous are not guaranteed a trouble-free life, yet they are surrounded by the Lord’s faithful protection as mountains surround Jerusalem. The psalm also contains a sober warning: if the “rod of the wicked” were to rest too long on the righteous, temptation could pressure even the upright toward wrongdoing—so it appeals for God’s timely restraint of evil. It distinguishes between the upright in heart and those who turn aside into crooked ways, affirming that God will deal justly with persistent rebellion. Its aim is to form steady trust, holy perseverance, and a prayerful refusal to compromise when wickedness presses in.
Psalms 125:1 – 125:5
1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the Lord [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O Lord, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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