Divisions (run-on sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture/Principles are Aims for each Division – a truth about God, a truth about man, a truth about God’s relationship to man; a sin to avoid, promise to trust, example to follow, command to obey, truth to believe):
1.By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept (Psalm
137:1-6)
Principle: Learn
from the sorrow of the past.
2.Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction (Psalm 137:7-9)
Principle: Pursue
mercy, not vengeance in spite of the past.
Principle: Leave
vengeance to the Lord.
Subject Sentence (10-word
sentence with proper structure showing exactly where you are in Scripture):
Israel wept, and was happy over Babylon’s doom.
Aim (“To Cause My
Audience To…” Know, See, Learn, Understand, etc.):
TCMATK Vengeance belongs to the Lord, regardless of our
torment.
Application (not
yes or no question. Meant to bring about
heart change):
1.How might you adopt and pursue Jesus’ attitude toward
your persecutors: “Forgive them, Father, they don’t know what they’re doing”?
2.What needs to change in your thinking for you to pursue
the salvation and sanctification of your “enemies”?
The Big Idea (author’s
main purpose in writing; the one thing all the other things in the passage is
about; if you couldn’t talk about it, you would still understand the passage is
trying to convey this):
Torment
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