This is the first part of the series: "When God Doesn't Make Sense" It's a study on Psalm 73.

1. make sense
When GOD
DOESN’T

2. Pr. Paulo
Rabello
#1
THE
CURE
FOR
ASAPH’S
DISEASE

4. “It was almost 10
in one of the
main avenues of
the capital when
I saw a homeless
family preparing
to go to sleep.
Before they wrap
themselves in…”

5. “…their poor,
dusty blankets,
they lay a piece
of cardboard,
kneel; and father,
mother and
daughter pray.
Scenes like this
remind me…”

6. “…constantly
that evil is ripe
and ready to be
eliminated. So I
wonder, "How
long, O Sovereign
Lord, will you be
long-suffering
to the sinner?"

7. THEY HAD LOST EVERY MATERIAL
THING THIS WORLD COULD OFFER

8. HOWEVER, THEY NEVER LOST THE
SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF LIFE

9. the
temptation...

10. the
temptation...
losing the
perception
of life
losing the
perception
of life
losing the
perception
of life
losing the
perception
of life
SPIRITUALSPIRITUALSPIRITUAL

11. the
temptation...
To be
carried
away
by the
ENVY
of the
WICKED
To be
carried
away
by the
ENVY
of the
WICKED
To be
carried
away
by the
ENVY
of the
WICKED

17. ?HOW
LONG
WHY

18. Asaph

19. Asaph
I am from the tribe of Levi, a
musician by vocation and
delight. Appointed singer of…

20. Asaph
…the Levites, had under my
responsibility the religious
services of Jerusalem.

21. Asaph
I participated in the
magni=icent musical
procession that brought the…

22. Asaph
…Ark of the Lord from the
house of Obed-Edom to the
tent of King David. On that…

23. Asaph
…day, the king discovered my
talent and made me a music
minister. There were 4,000…

24. Asaph
…Levites, who in 24 shifts
continually praised the Lord
with instruments made by…

25. Asaph
…the king's command for this
purpose. It was a real school
of sacred music. You see,…

26. Asaph
…me and my children wrote 12
of the 150 Psalms that are in
the Bible. But not everything…

27. Asaph
…was okay in my life. In this
testimony I’m about to tell you
I want to explain in more…

28. Asaph
…details the crisis that
struck me and which I
speak about in Psalm 73.

30. Asaph
Psalm 73

33. ASAPH’S PROBLEM
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43. ??
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44. ??
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46. 1849 - 1923

47. “Moral ambivalence,
no coherent ethical
code, end of universal
morality, fragmentation
of truth, non-recognition
of authority, moral
absence of state,
resurrection of
tribalism and
rejection of revelation.”
Zygmunt
Bauman

48. ?How
long

50. ASAPH’S
DISEASE
SLOW and PROGRESSIVE

51. ASAPH’S
DISEASE
SLOW and PROGRESSIVE
characteristics of
APOSTASY

52. Isn't it in
vain that
I've been
trying
to serve
GOD?

53. ASAPH’S
DISEASE
ENVY THE “SUCESS”
AND “HAPPINESS”
OF THE WICKED

54. Alzheimer’s
DISEASE
ASAPH’S
DISEASE

55. German physician
that in 1906
recognized and
located a DISEASE
that corrodes
the mind and
gradually erases
all the memories of a person.
Alois Alzheimer

56. Alzheimer’s
DISEASE
LOSS OF “MEMORY”

57. “My mom was
diagnosed with
Alzheimer when
she was 57.
It started small.
When we spoke
on the phone, I noticed she
became disconnected and couldn’t
follow the conversation…”
Heather N. Van Lin
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-nevitt-van-lin/losing-my-mother-again-an_b_7696176.html

58. “…the way
she once could.
At that time, I
couldn’t put
my finger on it.
(…) I lost my
mom 6 years after her diagnosis,
when she was 63 years old…”
Heather N. Van Lin
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-nevitt-van-lin/losing-my-mother-again-an_b_7696176.html

59. “Really, we
didn’t just lose
her when she
passed, we lost
mom many
times and slowly
over the course of her fight
against the disease.”
Heather N. Van Lin
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-nevitt-van-lin/losing-my-mother-again-an_b_7696176.html

60. erases from the mind the
spiritual memories
of life in Christ
ASAPH’S DISEASE

61. Billy Graham
Charles Templeton

62. Billy Graham
Charles Templeton

63. 1918 - 20181915 - 2011

64. 1915 - 2011
He could
not reconcile
SUFFERING
with God’s
kindness
and mercy

65. 1996
He could
not reconcile
SUFFERING
with God’s
kindness
and mercy

66. Patriarchs
& Prophets,
pg. 459.1
”
“

67. Patriarchs
& Prophets,
pg. 459.1
”
“

68. Patriarchs
& Prophets,
pg. 459.1
”
“

69. Psalm 73
was written
after Asaph's
CRISIS
&
DOUBTS
before God.

70. It was
written
to HELP ALL
who are
STRUGGLING
& SUFFERING
to REMAIN
CLOSE God.

71. 3ASAPH’S DISEASE
SAFEGUARDS
33
1. Mind your language;
“If I had spoken out like
that, I would have
betrayed your children.”
Ps. 73:15

72. “”When someone asks how you
are feeling, do not try to think
of something sad to tell in order
to gain sympathy. Do not talk
of your lack of faith and your
sorrows and sufferings. The
tempter delights to hear…
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 253.3

73. “”…such words. When talking
on gloomy subjects, you are
glorifying him. We are not
to dwell on the great power
of Satan to overcome us. Often,
we give ourselves into his
hands by talking of his power.
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 253.3

74. “”Let us talk instead of the
great power of God to bind
up all our interests with His
own. Tell of the matchless
power of Christ, and speak
of His glory. All heaven is
interested in our salvation.
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 253.3

75. “”The angels of God, thousands
upon thousands, and ten
thousand times ten thousand,
are commissioned to
minister to those who
shall be heirs of salvation.
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 253.3

76. “”
They guard us against evil
and press back the powers
of darkness that are
seeking our destruction.
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 253.3

77. 3ASAPH’S DISEASE
SAFEGUARDS
33
1. Mind your language;
“If I had spoken out like
that, I would have
betrayed your children.”
Ps. 73:15

78. 3ASAPH’S DISEASE
SAFEGUARDS
33
“Surely God is good to
Israel, to those who are
pure in heart.”
Ps. 73:1
2. Use your
spiritual memory;

79. “”When temptations assail
you, when care, perplexity,
and darkness seem to
surround your soul, look to
the place where you last
saw the light. Rest in…
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 250.1

80. “”…Christ’s love and under
His protecting care. When
sin struggles for the
mastery in the heart, when
guilt oppresses the soul and
burdens the conscience,…
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 250.1

81. “”
…when unbelief clouds
the mind, remember that
Christ’s grace is sufficient
to subdue sin and
banish the darkness.
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 250.1

82. “”
Entering into communion
with the Savior, we enter
the region of peace.
Ministry of
Healing,
pg. 250.1

83. 3ASAPH’S DISEASE
SAFEGUARDS
33
“Surely God is good to
Israel, to those who are
pure in heart.”
Ps. 73:1
2. Use your
spiritual memory;

84. 3ASAPH’S DISEASE
SAFEGUARDS
33 3. Enter in the
Sanctuary;
“…till I entered the sanctuary
of God; then I understood
their final destiny. .”
Ps. 73:17

85. “…I entered the sanctuary
of God; then I understood
their final destiny…”

86. NEVER
LEAVE
THE LORD
WITHOUT
ENTERING
THE
SANCTUARY

87. DEATH,
SUFFERING
OR PAIN
DO NOT
MEAN
THE END
FOR THE
RIGHTEOUS

88. THE END
OF THE
WICKED IS
DIFFERENT
FROM
THOSE WHO
FEAR GOD