A Confident Heart in a Corrupted World

                                     Psalm 36

                           Rev. Bruce Brown

I.     The Corruption of the Human Heart (verses 1-4)

II.   The Character of the LORD's Heart (verses 5-9)

III.   The Confidence of the Believer's Heart (verses 10-12) 

“Unbelievers do not acknowledge that it is in God they live, move, and have their being, but rather imagine that they are sustained by their own power; but David, on the contrary, here affirms from the experience of the godly, that the fountain of life is in God.  By this he means, that there is a not a drop of life to be found without him, or which flows not from his grace… true godliness springs from the knowledge of God, and again, the light of faith must necessarily prepare us to uprightness of heart.  At the same time, we ought always to bear in mind, that we only know God aright when we render to him the honor to which he is entitled; that is when we place entire confidence in Him.”  ~ John Calvin