SERMON IN A SENTENCE: Remember your heavenly home and ask God to remember his justice.

SERMON NOTES

Introduction

Context

1. Lament Your Condition [Psalm 137:1–4]
a. Exiled Because of Sin [Psalm 137:1–2, cf. Deut. 28:63–64; 2 Chr. 36:15–20; Gen. 3:1–15; Rom. 3:23]
b. Endure Shame from Captors [Psalm 137:3–4, cf. Gen. 11:1–9; Dan. 2–5; 1 Pet. 5:13; Rev. 17–18; 1 Pet. 1:1–7]

2. Long for Home [Psalm 137:5–6]
a. Pledge Your Allegiance [Psalm 137:5–6b, cf. 2 Tim. 2:8–13]
b. Preserve Your Allegiance [Psalm 137:6c, cf. Ecc. 3:11; Rev. 2:4–5; Heb. 10:24–25]

3. Look to God for Justice [Psalm 137:7–9]
a. Remember the Mockers [Psalm 137:7, cf. Acts. 17:31; Gen. 25:30, 36:8; Oba. 11; Isa. 34:5; 1 Cor. 13:6]
b. Remember the Malicious [Psalm 137:8–9, cf. 1 Thess. 1:6; Isa. 13:1–14:23; Lam. 2, 4, 5; Isa. 47:1–15; Jer. 25:12–14, 26; 50–51; Isa. 47:6–7; Rev. 18, 6:16; 2 Thess. 1:7–8]

Conclusion