Salvation History

Remember salvation history to be saved.
•Importance of salvation history for each generation (1–8)
•Ephraim: a case study of forgetting salvation history (9–16)
•Ephraim forgetting in the wilderness wanderings (17–31)
•Ephraim under judgment remembering insincerely (32–39)
•Ephraim forgetting the exodus and conquest (40–55)
•Ephraim forgetting in the Promised Land (56–64)
•Hope for the forgetful through the Lord's servant (65–72)
Applications
✓Learn and propagate this religious history
✓Beware of imitating Ephraim
✓Persevere in your faith and obedience to the Lord
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Psalm 78 points to the good news (gospel) of Jesus Christ.
•Greatest saving act so far: His first advent (65, 66; Gal 4.3–5)
•The supremely the Chosen One (67, 68, 70; Matt 12.17 ff.)
•Of the tribe of Judah (68; Heb 7.14)
•Son of David (70; 2 Sam 7.12, 13, 16; Matt 1.1; Luke 1.30–33)
•"Man after God's own heart" (72; 1 Sam 13.14; Acts 13.22)
•Good and Great Shepherd (71, 72; Jn 10.11; 1 Pet 5.4)
•His church, God's temple, Mount Zion (68b; 1 Cor 3.16; Heb 12.22)
This is the redemptive-history you must remember to be saved.
•1 Cor 15.1–4
•Col 1.21–23
•Heb 2.1
•Heb 3.6
•Heb 3.14
Applications
✓Never tire of this salvation-history which is the gospel
✓"Decisional regeneration" is a horrible heresy
✓Keep trusting and following the Lord Jesus Christ