Sermon
Songs That Lead Us Home | Psalm 137 - Justice and the Cross
Treeline Church
Speaker: David Livingston
August 11, 2024 · 47 min
Summary
Psalm 137 captures the Babylonian exile's profound injustice and suffering, teaching that God hears cries for justice and will judge evil, yet the cross of Christ transforms how believers pray for justice—simultaneously trusting God's vengeance while extending mercy to enemies through faith in Jesus's substitutionary atonement.
Highlights
Be careful to stand in judgment of something you know nothing about. Instead, it may be good for you just to listen to the cry for justice instead of judging the tone or the manner in which it comes.
It is an act of profound faith to entrust one's most precious hatreds to God, knowing they will be taken seriously.
God will bring specific tailored justice to bear on all the sin and evil in our world. That will happen because God is righteous.