Introduction

Bible Unmolested – During the American Civil War, one of the Baptist church buildings in northeast Tennessee, Mossy Creek, was “irreparably damaged. Troops were quartered near this church at different times during the war. A soldier in the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment, who was at Mossy Creek during February, 1864, recorded the treatment that had been given the church’s facilities by the invading armies.

1. WAIT UPON GOD (Psalm 62:1-4 [1] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. [2] He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. [3] How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. [4] They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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1. He is our Salvation (Psalm 62:1-2 [1] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. [2] He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
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1. The source of our salvation (Psalm 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
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2. The essence of our salvation (Psalm 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
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2. He is our Security (Psalm 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
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1. His is our defense   
2. shall not be greatly moved (2Timothy 2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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3. He is our Stability (Psalm 62:3-4 [3] How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. [4] They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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1. Among those who shall fall (Psalm 62:3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
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2. Among those who are frauds (Psalm 62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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2. WAIT ONLY UPON GOD (Psalm 62:5-7 [5] My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. [6] He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. [7] In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
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1. His our Only Relief (Psalm 62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
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1. He is the only God (Isaiah 44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
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2.   He is our only expectation (Romans 8:19-23 [19] For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. [20] For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, [21] Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. [22] For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. [23] And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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2. He is our Only Rock (Psalm 62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
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1. “He only is my rock” (Deuteronomy 32:3-4 [3] Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. [4] He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
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2.  “I shall not be moved” (Psalm 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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3. He is our Only Refuge (Psalm 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
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1. Our glory (Psalm 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
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2. Our strength
3. Our refuge (Psalm 91:1-2 [1] He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. [2] I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
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3. TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES (Psalm 62:8-12 [8] Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. [9] Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. [10] Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. [11] God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. [12] Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
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1. In Times of Despair (Psalm 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
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1. When your heart is broken
2. When you need a hiding place (Psalm 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
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2. In Times of High Degree (Psalm 62:9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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1. Remember the vanity of all men
2. They are altogether lighter than vanity
3. In Times of Desire (Psalm 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
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1. When tempted to oppress
2. When tempted to steal
3. When blessed with honest increase (Proverbs 23:4-5 [4] Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. [5] Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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4.   In Times of Doubt (Psalm 62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
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1. The proclamation of God’s word
2. The power of God’s might (Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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5. In Times of Discouragement (Psalm 62:12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
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1. God’s mercy toward our sins
2. God’s reward toward our obedience

Conclusion

A Drunkard Brought to God