“The Way to Joyful Relief”

        Psalm 32

       Rev. Bruce Brown

I.       The Misery with Silence (verses 3-4)

II.     The Miracle of Forgiveness (verses 1-2, 5)

III.    The Mercy in Instruction (verses 6-11) 

“God will continually watch over us… I am glad God promises to do that for us.  For great as forgiveness is, the one who has sinned and been forgiven does not want to repeat the sin or again fall into error but rather wants to go on walking in the right way and so please our heavenly Father.  How are we to do that unless God continues to keep His eye on us?  If we ignore that care and refuse that counsel, we will be like brute beats that have no understanding (vs. 9).  If we persist in our folly, we will be like the wicked who experience many woes (vs. 10).  But if we listen to God, obey him, and so walk in his right way, we will be able to rejoice in God.  And we will be able to teach others also, which is what David has been doing in this psalm.”    ~ James M. Boice