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Leviticus 25 tells of the year of the Jubilee (Hebrew, “Yobal”). This was the year of release for all manner of servitude; land reverted to the original family owner with the cancellation of all debts. It occurred every 50th year and began 49 years and 6 months after the completion of the previous Jubilee; and lasted for 1 year. Its commencement was marked by the sounding of the silver trumpet, which spoke of redemption. There are many incredible patterns associated with the Yobal, both in ancient times and also in the modern era. 1847 the series of lectures delivered by John Thomas, which produced the remarkable book “Elpis Israel” (at the same time Karl Marx released the Communist Manifesto in his book “Das Kapital”). 1897 was the first Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland, where Theodore Hertzl declared “today I founded the Jewish State”; which in fact occurred 50 years later on when in 1947 the United Nations Select Committee on Palestine, UNSCOP, decided to partition the Promised Land leading on to the declaration of the State of Israel on 14th May, 1948 (the flag of Israel was raised at midnight following that day – making it actually the 15th of May Jewish time; but the Declaration of the State of Israel had occurred on May 14th). Now for the chapter breakdown: Verses 1 to 7 Sabbath for the Land; Verses 8 to 13 The Year of Jubilee; Verses 14 to17 Regulations for sale and purchase; Verses 18 to 22 Exhortations against fear of shortages; Verses 23 to 24 Land rights ultimately belong unto Yahweh; Verses 25 to 28 Assistance to the poor to help with re-purchase; Verses 29to 34 Laws of house sales: Verses 29to 30 Metropolitan Verse 31 Country Verses 32 to 34 Houses and fields of the Levites Verses 35 to 38 Usury not to be taken from a brother; Verses 39 to 46 No Israelite to be made a bond slave, only of the Gentiles; Verses 47to 55 Redemption of a poor Israelite from servitude to a stranger. Psalms 135 and 136 speak of identical themes, but with slightly different words. The recurring phrase in Psalm 135 is the need to praise the name of Yahweh because of His mighty deeds on behalf of His people, Israel. The Psalm could be entitled, “Your Name, O Yahweh, endures forever”. The Psalmist traces God's awesome deeds performed on behalf of Israel from the time the patriarch Jacob, that is Israel, took possession of the Promised Land. The nation was our Sovereign's peculiar treasure, as verse 4 tells. The song traces the providence of the Almighty for His people as He delivered them from Egypt. It outlines their Maker's care for them in giving them victories over the giants of Sihon the king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan. Their Omnipotent Creator gave them the Land promised to their faithful forefathers. What power in heaven, or in earth, is comparable to our LORD's. The gods of the heathen are impotent idols. And as verse 18 declares, “They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusts in them.” Who is it that you have placed your trust in? Hopefully not in yourself. For what folly that would be! Hopefully you are not striving for material success. Again, how futile is that! But slowly read aloud the final three verses of the song and make the affirmation with the Psalmist, “Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise to Yahweh (Hallelujah)”. Psalm 136, as Psalm 135, commences by praising the creative might of our Omnipotent Creator. It once more outlines the Almighty's providential care for His people, Israel. The choir would sing of the victorious LORD and His triumphing over every foe of His people. Then the entire nation would acclaim that truth by uttering the refrain, “O give thanks to the Lord of lords…”, or “to the God of gods”; and similar phrases dotted throughout the Psalm. However the most pronounced; and greatly emphasised refrain is, “for His mercy endures for ever”. Repetition is a great tool for learning and understanding the core message of the Psalm. Never let us forget that, “OUR SOVEREIGN'S MERCY ENDURES FOR EVER”. And let us praise and thank Him constantly for that wonderful and dependable character of our God. Luke chapter 8 begins by naming some of the women who accompany our Lord and his Apostles. Among them was Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's nobleman (consider some of the difficulties this may have occasioned – perhaps very similar to Obadiah, the steward of Ahab; who had fed 100 of Yahweh's prophets during the great drought). The Parable of the Sower is taught, as the basis of understanding all of our Lord's parables. As we have seen it can be called the parable of the soils; as the seed sown is the same – it was the response that differed. The chapter then records an explanation from Jesus as to why our Lord spoke in parables. It was to reveal the message to the seekers and to confound the self righteous. The teaching by parables is a fulfilment of Christ's mission and is explained in Psalm 78:1-4 and Isaiah 6:1-13. Then follows the parable of the lamp on the table which outlines the disciple's responsibility to spread the Gospel. Jesus' mother and brothers, being concerned for him, seek to curtail his preaching. They are told to join the supporters rather than those who are slowing down God's work. Next Jesus calms a storm demonstrating that he is indeed the Son of God (see Psalm 107 verses 23 to 32). The chapter then says that he heals the man called Legion. Whose curing is proved by the destruction of the pigs. The Jews should not have been breeding these as the Law of Moses forbad it. The record follows with the curing of the woman with the issue of blood for 12 years (note Luke's ironic comments about his fellow doctors). Then Jesus raises the twelve year old daughter of Jairus (whose name means ‘enlightenment') and presents her alive to her parents. Christ shows that he is indeed the Good Shepherd of John 10 when he said to the child “little lamb arise”.
As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” By your favor, O Yahweh, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed. - Psalm 30:6-7 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 02:13 – Introduction 15:05 – Commentary on Psalm 30 31:24 – How Much Power Will Republicans Have Post-Inauguration? – Headline Roundup, AllSides 44:16 – Conservatives: Stop making excuses for Andrew Tate – BlazeTV Staff 57:03 – “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius, Goodreads 1:06:12 – Compare and Contrast: ‘The Man Comes Around' by Johnny Cash and ‘The Man' by The Killers – ChatGPT 1:14:14 – Putting Americans First – Kevin Portteus, The American Mind 1:34:24 – Conclusion
Teach me your way, O Yahweh, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. - Psalm 27:11-12 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 02:45 – Introduction 12:44 – Commentary on Psalm 27 31:29 – ‘Battle for the American Mind' Revisited 46:35 – 5 Key Takeaways From Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing – Andrew Thornebrooke, Ryan Morgan, The Epoch Times 56:30 – If there's one thing to watch from today's hearing, it's Markwayne Mullin calling out the hypocrisy of his fellow senators using grace and truth – Joel Abbott, NTB 1:01:37 - Come here for the highlights of Dems trying (and failing) to dunk on Pete Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing – Joel Abbott, NTB
Be exalted, O Yahweh, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power. - Psalm 21:13 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 02:12 – Introduction 08:35 – My Commentary on Psalm 21 29:12 – Positive Goals for 2025 49:40 – Negative Goals for 2025 1:11:59 – Resolution and Rejoicing Instead of Reactivity and Rejection
O Yahweh, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? - Psalm 15:1 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 01:15 – Introduction 10:37 – My Commentary on Psalm 15 30:18 – Empathy - Wikipedia 44:40 – The Sin of Empathy – Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist, YouTube 1:03:28 – Gifts of Grace and Marks of the True Christian - Romans 12:3-21, BibleGateway 1:25:22 – A High Priest Who is Unable to Sympathize With Our Weaknesses – Hebrews 4:15, Bible Hub 1:35:09 – Each Person Is Tempted – James 1:13-15, BibleGateway 1:41:16 – Lawsuits Against Believers – 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, BibleGateway 1:53:18 – Whether Something Not Being in the Bible Means It Is Unbiblical 1:57:14 – Compassion, Ancient Greek philosophy – Wikipedia 2:06:35 – Compassion, Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia 2:11:09 – The Coddling of the American Mind, Safetyism - Wikipedia 2:24:41 – Conclusion
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? - Psalm 13:1 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 01:21 – Introduction 04:55 – My Commentary on Psalm 13 26:01 – 13 (number) – Wikipedia 48:16 – Why is 13 considered an unlucky number? – Google 58:52 – Why is 13 considered an unlucky number? – ChatGPT 1:17:09 – Conclusion
Send us a textAll Christians at times encounter difficulty in praying. At such times it is important to understand that prayer starts with bring one's attention Godward. Genuine prayer begins inwardly before it is expressed outwardly. Believers have turned to the Psalms through the centuries to help them express their thoughts to God and to themselves and toward and with others. The Psalms gives us models of communication with God. Today we read-pray Psalm 3,"Arise, O Yahweh!Save me, O my God! Salvation belongs to Yahweh."We can locate prayer when God is addressed directly by his name or roles. Sometimes the psalmist will engage in self talk and at other times people talk. The Psalms are dynamic in nature and should be read and prayed in this manner. Bible Insights with Wayne ConradContact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conradgsccdallas@gmail.com (Good Shepherd Church) Donation https://gsccdallas.orghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTZX6qasIrPmC1wQpben9ghttps://www.facebook.com/waconrad or gscchttps://www.sermonaudio.com/gsccSpirit, Truth and Grace MinistriesPhone # 214-324-9915 leave message with number for call backPsalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
All Christians at times encounter difficulty in praying. At such times it is important to understand that prayer starts with bring one's attention Godward. Genuine prayer begins inwardly before it is expressed outwardly. Believers have turned to the Psalms through the centuries to help them express their thoughts to God and to themselves and toward and with others. The Psalms gives us models of communication with God. Today we read-pray Psalm 3," Arise, O Yahweh!Save me, O my God! Salvation belongs to Yahweh."We can locate prayer when God is addressed directly by his name or roles. Sometimes the psalmist will engage in self talk and at other times people talk. The Psalms are dynamic in nature and should be read and prayed in this manner.
Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? - Psalm 10:1 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 03:01 – Introduction 08:24 – My Commentary on Psalm 10 27:35 - ‘Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America' by Michael P. Winship – Goodreads 1:43:05 – America's Lasting Puritan Legacy 2:47:57 – Conclusion
Yahweh is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. - Psalm 9:9-10 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 03:03 – Introduction 15:02 – My Commentary on Psalm 9 51:20 - ‘Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647' by William Bradford – Goodreads 1:33:51 - ‘Pilgrims and Puritans: 1620-1676' by Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier – Goodreads 2:07:34 - ‘Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience' by Martyn Whittock - Goodreads 2:36:08 – Conclusion
Yahweh judges the peoples; judge me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. - Psalm 7:8 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 04:38 – Introduction 10:39 – My Commentary on Psalm 7 27:13 - THE BIBLE, CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, AND LENDING MONEY: AN ARGUMENT FOR RENEWED CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES – Dana Schneider, Christian Legal Perspectives, Harvard Law 1:07:34 - Simony – Wikipedia 1:28:29 - ‘The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance' by Paul Strathern – Goodreads 1:42:53 – Pope Leo X – Protestant Reformation – Wikipedia 2:08:43 - What does it mean to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit (Philippians 2:3)? – GotQuestions.org 2:27:26 - Conclusion
O Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. - Psalm 8:1 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 01:42 – Introduction 04:50 – My Commentary on Psalm 8 24:23 – Reflections on 18 Years of Marriage 1:06:34 – Thanksgiving: 1621- 2024 1:20:18 - Majesty Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster 1:26:20 – Conclusion
Turn, O Yahweh, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise? - Psalm 6:4-5 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 01:55 – Introduction 11:49 – My Commentary on Psalm 6 30:35 - F. Scott Fitzgerald – Wikipedia 45:47 - Jazz Age – Wikipedia 1:07:03 - Prohibition in the United States – Wikipedia 1:30:48 - ‘The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Goodreads
Lead me, O Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. - Psalm 5:8 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 02:17 – Introduction 06:36 – My Commentary on Psalm 5 32:44 - The Best Male Hobbies – Speeed, YouTube 53:37 - ‘The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values' by Brian Christian - Goodreads
O Yahweh, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah - Psalm 3:1-2 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 01:29 – Introduction 04:35 – My Commentary on Psalm 3 32:40 - What Does Selah Mean? – Ashley Lyon, Bible Study Magazine, Logos.com 46:12 - How Many Imprecatory Psalms Are There, and Where They Are 1:12:29 - What are the imprecatory psalms? – GotQuestions.org 1:24:53 - How Should Christians View the Imprecatory Psalms? – Nathan W. Bingham & W. Robert Godfrey, Ligonier.com 1:41:58 - Conclusion
When I was a teenager, one day I was hanging out with my friends at the mall, and I was filling out this form to win a new car. (We've all done that before, right?) You know there's always those new cars at the mall, and you can win them for free — you just have to write down a lot of information. So that's what I was doing, and then suddenly this mall-walker approached me and he says, “Son, what are you doing?”I said, “I'm trying to win this car.”He said, “Well did you read the fine print?!”And I wasn't very smart, but I was respectful, so I said: “No sir, I did not.”And then, with a look of contempt on his face, he said, “And that is what is wrong with your generation!” And he turned around and mall-walked off.And I've never entered another sweepstakes in my life. True story. What the man said landed. I don't have time to read the fine print (who wants to do that?), but I also don't want to be what's wrong with my generation, so I just leave the whole thing alone. But that's not our approach to the Old Testament! Like the apostle Paul says, we believe that everything here has been written for our instruction, even the fine print, and that's what we're gonna look at today. And I'll go ahead and tell you it's not pretty. In just two chapters here, Chapters 11 and 12 — there are three different complaints; God's anger is mentioned four times; and people die with food in their mouths. The fine print is bad. It shows us a nation in decline, but that's not what it would seem like at the end of Chapter 10. There's a stark contrast in these chapters I want you to see: there's the shiny new car on one hand, then there's the fine print on the other hand, and then there's what it means for us. And that's the outline for this sermon. If you like outlines, I'm going to call these movements. There are three movements we're going to track in this story:See the shiny new carRead the fine printTake something homeFather, thank you for your Word and for this gathering. We ask now for you to bless the unfolding of your word. Let there be light! In Jesus's name, amen. 1. See the shiny new carSay you're strolling through the Old Testament, in the Book of Numbers, and you come upon the end of Chapter 10. In verse 11, we read that Israel is finally, actually leaving Mount Sinai. The first ten chapters have been preparing for this, but now it's happening. That cloud that is the manifestation of God's presence begins to move, and verse 13 says, “at the command of the Lord by Moses” the people follow. And they follow in a certain order. The tribe of Judah is first in line. Judah's ProminenceWe begin to see in Numbers the emerging prominence of Judah, and it's what we'd expect by now if we remember the Book of Genesis. If you remember, in Genesis 49, when Jacob blesses his 12 sons, he gives this amazing blessing to Judah. He says, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples” (Genesis 49:10). Judah is special in God's plan. This is the tribe that King David will be from, and eventually this is the tribe Jesus is from. Jesus is the Lion from the tribe of Judah (Revelation 5:5), and we see Judah's importance start to play out in Numbers. Judah is first.Abrahamic PromiseBut not only that, look at Hobab in verse 29. Hobab is Moses's brother-in-law, which means he was a Midianite (a Gentile). But look what Moses says to him in verse 29: “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.'”Bible quiz: Where did God first say he'd give this land to Israel? What book of the Bible?Answer: Genesis. This is God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:7. Abraham was in the land of Canaan and God said to him, “To your offspring I will give this land.” Moses makes a direct quote of that promise. He knows about it. He says, verse 29:“We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel.”Moses says this again in verse 32:“And if you do go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”So get this: Moses is expecting that the Lord will do them good, and he's saying to this Gentile that if he sticks with Israel, God's blessing on Israel will be a blessing to him. Moses seems to think that through Israel the Gentiles will be blessed.Bible quiz: Where does Moses get that idea? What book of the Bible?Answer: Genesis. Again, this is in God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12! God told Abraham that he would bless him and make him a blessing. All the families of the earth — Gentiles — would be blessed through him.And that is happening here! It's like Moses has taken Genesis as his script, and he's just checking off the boxes. The blessings are flowing. God is doing it! This is a shiny, new car, and nothing makes that more obvious than verses 35 and 36. The fulfillment has begun, and you can kind of hear a good movie theme song in the background.And whenever the ark set out, Moses said,“Arise, O Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” 36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Yahweh, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”This is epic! Count me in! I'm ready to sign up and be part of this thing. Let's go!But wait a minute. There's some fine print. This is the second movement.2. Read the fine printAnd I want you to see that it really does function like fine print in the storyline. Look back at Chapter 10, verse 12. I want you to see this. Chapter 10, verse 12.Verse 12,“…and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.”This is their departure/arrival. They leave Sinai and settle in Paran. Got it? Now turn over a couple of pages to Chapter 12, verse 16. Chapter 12:16,“After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.”This is when they get to where we've already been told they end up. Chapter 12, verse 16 tells us the same thing that Chapter 10, verse 12 tells us. The people go from Sinai to Paran. From the high view, we already know this from Chapter 10; then Chapter 12 repeats it — so what's the point of Chapters 11 and 12 in-between? Well it's the fine print. The details. Three Complaints to ComeAnd this is how it starts, 11:1, “And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes…”The Jurassic Park theme song is over and this is not good, but we need to pace ourselves here. This is the first of three complaints we read about in Chapters 11 and 12. For each complaint, God responds in anger, Moses prays, and the place where it happened is given a name. So we're gonna track these complaints by the names. If you like to think in order, think of it like this: Sinai is where they're starting from; Paran is where they arrive. And there are three stops in-between: Taberah, Kibroth-hattaavah, Hazeroth. (And those are all the Hebrew names transliterated in English, but for the meaning in English, these three places mean Burning, Craver's Graveyard, Separation — and I'm gonna talk about them like that.) First …Complaint #1 — Burning (11:1–3)We don't have too many details here, just that the people complained about their “misfortunes” — and that word for misfortunes is actually the Hebrew word that means “evil.” That's how the Israelites were thinking about their hardships. They complained about the evil they had experienced, and immediately, if we're reading carefully, we're supposed to pick up on a contrast. Because in the previous chapter, just a few verses earlier, we read the word “good” three times. Moses says Yahweh has promised good to Israel, and with whatever good Yahweh does to Israel, they'll do good to Hobab. It's all good according to Moses. That's God's heart. But then the people are complaining about evil. Hardship. Misfortune. And we don't know exactly how they were complaining — maybe they were commiserating in small groups, maybe a guy was having a private conversation with his wife, maybe they were alone in their car in traffic — we don't know, but however they did it, it was hatred of God. They considered their situation to be evil, and they blamed God for it. And God heard it. (Because, heads up, God hears everything.)And his fierce anger was kindled. In response, he sent fire among the people and burned up the outlying parts of the camp, which implies that if you were hanging out in the outlying parts of the camp, you were consumed by the fire. And this terrified the people. There's fire around them! Is it gonna stop? Is it coming in? So they cried to Moses; Moses prayed to the Lord; the fire died down; the place got its name. All of this happens in three verses. Pretty straightforward. There's not a lot of details on purpose. Because this first complaint is meant to be a kind of preview for what's to come. In case we got too excited about the end of Chapter 10 and we think we're gonna win a shiny new car — because it takes less than two weeks to get from Sinai to Canaan, we got this! — well Chapter 11 opens by thumping us between the eyes and says: Not two weeks, try 40 years. This is going to be bad, and the problem is not God; the problem is the people. That's what this place, the Burning, tells us. But now let's look at the second complaint.Complaint #2 — Craver's Graveyard (11:4–35)This is kind of a spoiler alert, but this place is called Craver's Graveyard. So good luck. There's a lot of fine print here. I'll be quick. It starts with “the rabble.” I want you to see that word in Chapter 11, verse 4. Find that for just a second. 11:4 — the word “rabble.”Verse 4,“Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again …”One question we need to answer is, “Who is this rabble?” — and I want you to see that this verse tells us they are different from the people of Israel. The King James Version actually translated the word as “mixed multitude.” These people would have been non-Israelites who came with Israel when they left Egypt. Another good translation of this word is “riffraff” — this is a negative group. They've tagged along with Israel and now they're the ones who had the strong craving. But notice that it's the people of Israel who complain. So the riffraff at least influenced Israel, but it's Israel who is whining, and it's Israel who says, “Oh that we had meat to eat!” — And just a heads up, this gets really gross. The people say:“We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”And it's fascinating in this story, because right away in verse 7, as an aside, we're told again what manna is. It's like the writer is saying: Let me remind you about the stuff they're complaining about.And it's all very positive. Manna's appearance is like a bdellium — that's a precious stone from the Garden of Eden; it's incredibly versatile in terms of what you can make with it; it tastes like cake; and it falls from heaven. Verse 7 defends manna and it's meant to be a correction to the complaint.Because, first off, there was no free lunch in Egypt. That's a lie. The only free food these people have ever experienced was the stuff that falls from heaven — and that's another difference. Look at the food mentioned from Egypt: fish, cucumber, melons, leeks, onions, garlic. One thing that all these food have in common is that they come from below. It's not a coincidence. This is grave food. So Yahweh has been providing heavenly food that literally costs nothing — it falls down from heaven — but they're craving grave food that will cost them their lives.And Moses was done. The people are weeping and whining, and verse 10 tells us that the “anger of the Lord blazed hotly.” And the ESV says Moses was “displeased.” And that's not as strong as the original word here. The word behind “displeased” is again the Hebrew word for “evil.” Literally, the verse says “it was evil in the eyes of Moses.”And Moses wants out, and he tells God starting in verse 11. And some readers take Moses's words here as another complaint, but I think we should tread carefully in how we view Moses. He knows more about what's going on here than we do. He's God's prophet, and God does not correct him here, but instead, God helps him. See, the reason Moses is dejected is because he knows how this is going to play out. He knows the people haven't learned anything. He knows they're too evil to make it to the Promised Land — even if God gives them what they want. Because God says he will. God says he'd send them meat, but down in verse 21, Moses knows that even with that provision, it won't be enough for the people. God could empty the ocean for these people and it still won't be enough. Their lust, like all lust, is insatiable. Always craving, never satisfied.So Moses responds the way he does here because it's certain he's going to see these people die, and frankly, he can't handle all that carnage by himself. He knows this thing is going down, and he just can't bear that burden alone, and God seems to understand. Because he tells Moses to choose 70 elders from the people; God will share his Spirit with them; and they'll be able bear the burden with Moses. (And there's a little story within the story that we're gonna come back to, but for now skip to verse 31.)God does indeed send meat — he dropped quail for them just outside the camp. And people who craved meat went out to get it, and as they were eating it, while the meat was still in their mouths, God's anger was kindled, and he struck them all down. And the rest of the people buried them there, and the place got its name: Craver's Graveyard.Then they left there and came to a new place — and a new place meant a new complaint — complaint #3.Complaint #3 — Separation (12:1–16)We're still in the fine print, and one detail to notice about the previous two complaints is that God's judgment took place just outside the camp — The burning was the outlying parts of the camp (11:1); the cravers gathered the quail outside the camp and were spread out (11:31-32). Remember how the camp was set up: the tabernacle, God's presence, was at the center; there was Moses and Aaron, and the priests, and then the Levites, and then the tribes of Israel, and then the outer camp.Well, all the mess was happening out here for the first two complaints, but look at Complaint #3, Chapter 12, verse 1:Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. [Because, again, heads up, the Lord hears everything.]And if we keep reading, we see that God defends Moses, and he says of Moses the most honoring, commending words that he's said about any man besides Jesus. Moses is the meekest man on the face of the earth; he's been faithful in all of God's house; God speaks with him face to face.We learn very quickly that Miriam and Aaron's complaint about Moses is unjustified; God's anger is kindled once again; Miriam is struck with leprosy; Moses prays; Miriam is separated from the people outside the camp; they waited for her seven days and after she was brought back in, they leave, and the place gets its name: Separation.There's a lot of details we could pursue in this complaint, but the main thing to see is where the complaint is coming from. This is not outside the camp, but this was about as close to the center as you can get. Aaron was the priest; Miriam, Moses's sister, was a prophetess (she was a singer, a female vocalist). These are two people upfront. They're leaders. And even they complain.This is the nail in the coffin about the condition of these people. From the outside even now to the inside, it's a mess. It's dysfunctional and toxic — as readers, our hope is all but lost.And there's a kind of whiplash. We go from the shiny new car and lots of hope, to suddenly we find ourselves in these details, bogged down into something we just want to get out of — like Moses did. Personally (and this was new for me — I've always been more of an Abraham-guy than a Moses-guy), but I felt sorry for Moses this past week. I felt heavy with him. I would not want his calling … and if y'all were like Israel here I wouldn't want my calling.But here's the thing: you're not. We are not like Israel. And this is what we take home from this story.3. Take Something Home Let's go back to Chapter 11 when Moses appoints the 70 elders. There's a mini-story in verses 24–30 that I want to show you. It's an amazing scene: God sends his Spirit on these elders and they start prophesying — and the prophesying here was word-ministry. They spoke words of guidance. They were confirming that they can help Moses instruct the people. And there are these two guys who apparently kept prophesying after the others had stopped. Their names were Eldad and Medad, but their names mean “God-Loved” and “Beloved.” Which, in light of what we've been seeing, these are positive names. It's a glimmer of something good. Well they're prophesying, and one guy hears them and runs to tell on them. And then, suddenly, there emerges a new character in Numbers, a man named Joshua. Joshua is Moses's assistant, his disciple, and he says, “Mr. Moses, stop these guys.”God-Loved and Beloved were doing word-ministry, and Joshua thought they were undermining Moses' authority, but actually they were serving it. Moses is not concerned. He says this is a good thing. Don't be jealous for me. He says, verse 29:“Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”All of sudden, piercing through this dark story there's light. And it leads us to imagine a different kind of people, under a different kind of leader, perhaps one whose name is Joshua.See, there's no doubt this little story is meant to be a marker of hope. It's a foreshadowing of the New Covenant community. Because what Moses wishes does happen. Even later in the Old Testament storyline, God speaks through the prophet Joel about this new covenant community, and he says, 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. (Joel 2:28–29)So the Holy Spirit is not just for Moses, and just for the 70, but the Holy Spirit is in everyone who then has the ability to do word ministry. This is all true of us right now. Right now, every Christian — every member of this new covenant community — can take this Book in your hands and you can go to any other member in this community and you can open this Book and help them. You can encourage them with God's word. You can show them what God says. Get this: what we have church was a dream for Moses. We don't have to worry about God's anger toward us, or about him striking us down, because God has already done that. And I'm not talking about this place called the Burning, or the Craver's Graveyard, or Separation, but I'm talking about the Place of a Skull — Golgotha. At that place, God's anger burned hotly and he poured out fire, as it were, on our sin. On our complaining and craving, God poured out his judgment — but it wasn't judgment on us, it was judgment on Jesus as our substitute. We are not like faithless Israel because our sins have been atoned for, once and for all, by the death of Jesus Christ. And he has given us his Spirit to believe. He keeps us. Jesus is able to save us to the uttermost, the whole way — and this morning we rest in him. We worship him. We give him thanks. That's what we do at this Table.The TableAt this Table, we as Christians come here to remember what Jesus has done for us. Together, as a brothers and sisters in Christ, as members of the new covenant community, we say Jesus, thank you. Jesus, you are strong and kind and we trust you.
Greg Stump | Walking with God in Exile: Lessons from the Book of Daniel | August 4, 2024
And Asa scried to Yahweh his God, “O Yahweh, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” - 2 Chronicles 14:11 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 03:07 – Thoughts on the Reading 31:46 - Dozens Of Palestinians Killed In Rafah Blast Died From ‘Secondary Explosions' Likely From Hamas Weapons: IDF – Ryan Saavedra, DW 35:23 - How Will Biden Respond to Israel's Airstrike on Palestinian Civilians in Rafah? – Headline Roundup, AllSides 47:43 - Principles of the deep right – Curtis Yarvin, Gray Mirror 1:14:27 - What in the absolute banana republic is happening in this court?? – Harris Rigby, NTB 1:21:27 - America's premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids' to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death' – Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian 1:42:17 - ‘Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World' by Joe Rigney - Goodreads --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message
Therefore David blessed Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.” - 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 07:58 – Thoughts on the Reading 34:48 - What does the Bible say about compassion? – Got Questions 42:43 - Keyword Search: Compassion - BibleGateway --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message
In Isaiah 62-7-63-12, we are shown 4 pleas that should-mark our prayers.--II. O Lord, take notice of our present situation.-A. Where is your zeal and compassion toward us,-for you are our Father -63-15-16----B. Why do you face us as enemies, for though we-don't act like it, we are your holy people--63-17-19-----III. O Lord, we recognize the reality of our situation.-A. We need your powerful presence, just as-you've been present in the past for those who-wait for you -64-1-4-.-B. We know you've turned from us because we've-sinned, so we repent -64-5-7-.--IV. O Lord, we submit to you, so do not remember our-iniquity or remain silent with your salvation--64-8-12-.
In Isaiah 62-7-63-12, we are shown 4 pleas that should-mark our prayers.--II. O Lord, take notice of our present situation.-A. Where is your zeal and compassion toward us,-for you are our Father -63-15-16----B. Why do you face us as enemies, for though we-don't act like it, we are your holy people--63-17-19-----III. O Lord, we recognize the reality of our situation.-A. We need your powerful presence, just as-you've been present in the past for those who-wait for you -64-1-4-.-B. We know you've turned from us because we've-sinned, so we repent -64-5-7-.--IV. O Lord, we submit to you, so do not remember our-iniquity or remain silent with your salvation--64-8-12-.
In Isaiah 62:7–63:12, we are shown 4 pleas that shouldmark our prayers.II. O Lord, take notice of our present situation.A. Where is your zeal and compassion toward us,for you are our Father (63:15-16)?B. Why do you face us as enemies, for though wedon't act like it, we are your holy people(63:17-19)?III. O Lord, we recognize the reality of our situation.A. We need your powerful presence, just asyou've been present in the past for those whowait for you (64:1–4).B. We know you've turned from us because we'vesinned, so we repent (64:5–7).IV. O Lord, we submit to you, so do not remember ouriniquity or remain silent with your salvation(64:8-12).
In Isaiah 62-7-63-12, we are shown 4 pleas that should-mark our prayers.-I. O Lord, help us remember the past.-A. You faithfully loved and saved your people in-the past -63-7-9-.-B. Your people consistently rebelled against you-and brought your wrath -63-10-.-C. You -remember- your own character and-actions -63-11-14-.
In Isaiah 62-7-63-12, we are shown 4 pleas that should-mark our prayers.-I. O Lord, help us remember the past.-A. You faithfully loved and saved your people in-the past -63-7-9-.-B. Your people consistently rebelled against you-and brought your wrath -63-10-.-C. You -remember- your own character and-actions -63-11-14-.
In Isaiah 62:7–63:12, we are shown 4 pleas that shouldmark our prayers.I. O Lord, help us remember the past.A. You faithfully loved and saved your people inthe past (63:7–9).B. Your people consistently rebelled against youand brought your wrath (63:10).C. You "remember" your own character andactions (63:11–14).
Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song and Praise
Lent I – B 02/18/24 Our Gospel lesson today puts Jesus in the wilderness. It is not a wilderness that we are used to in our part of the country. In our wilderness we think of different kinds of trees, streams or lakes. It is a place where hopefully we can experience peace and calmness. This is not the wilderness that Jesus was experiencing. His wilderness is often described as a desert with probably only small bushes, if even that and little to no water close by. It also says in our Gospel lesson that Jesus was tested or tempted by satan. It doesn't sound like peace and calmness to me. Instead, it sounds like constant agitation and a climate that can be difficult to survive in. So then, how can we relate to this type of wilderness, where there was probably no snow. One of my Old Testament professors at the Moravian Seminary suggested that this wilderness is akin to the world we live in. Not the physical climate necessarily, but the cultural and political climate that we have today. The division in our country continues to grow. I fear for our country while going through this presidential election. We will have strong people on both sides and many who will be apathetic and think what is the purpose of voting. Voting is important. I would never tell you who to vote for, but only what to consider when you vote. Gun violence continues and this past week was the one year anniversary of it at MSU. We heard about the gun violence in Kansas City this past week and this past week another college. This has become a political issue and Christians are divided on this and so many things. A threat to our national security was in the news this past week. All of the isms are alive and active. The world is filled with war, Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Hamas, the bombings in the Red Sea and our retaliation. Our government can't decide on how to or not to assist. It has become more about politics. Please notice that I have not said democrat or republican. I believe all parties need to put aside something in order to work for the safety and betterment of our country which may then be more in line with God's law. I do believe satan is alive and active in all of this unrest. We are being tested. Might God be saying to us how are we going to keep our covenant based on the two great commandments? Now, does this sound like the wilderness that Jesus was experiencing, where there was not much peace or calmness as he was being tested or tempted also not to live according to God's law, God's covenant. What else does Mark say about Jesus' time in the wilderness? Matthew and Luke elaborate on three specific temptations. Mark says he was with the wild beasts and the angels waited on him. There are a number of ways that we could look at the wild beasts. One is that they were in harmony with Jesus and maybe even somehow served him. Another way is that Jesus learned to live with wild beasts. In our wilderness there are people that we are required to interact with that we don't trust or clash with and we need to learn some way of relating to them. The angels waited on him. We might picture the angels bringing him food and water. They may wash his feet. Whatever ways that we can imagine that could have happened as Mark does not define how they waited on him. Are there not days that we could use someone to wait on us? Frankly even going out to eat, where you don't have to cook or clean up can be, being waited on. At night, maybe even a libation. I believe if we are ready to receive it God does provide angels waiting on us through others. This wilderness that we live in also brings us pain and sickness. Most of us have been there or are there and have experienced this. One of our own families, the Kopf family has experienced pain, sickness and death. This is when we can be lifted up on Eagle's wings and be held in the palm of God's hand. This comes from the familiar Psalm 91 which will the Psalm for Lent 1 next year. God can and does all of this, but what can we do here and now in the wilderness? The Psalm for today is one to pray. Some have suggested that it is possible that Jesus prayed this Psalm in the wilderness. This Psalm is classified as a lament. The Psalm singer begins, To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul. Soul is defined as whole being. I am turning my whole being over to you God, is essentially what they are saying. I don't know where else to turn. When we can do this we are ready to say, Make me to know your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths. Yes this is our verse for Lent. This ‘to know', is not only knowledge, but it is asking God to teach us to the very core of our being. This relates to the intimacy that I was talking about in last week's sermon. It is when we open ourselves up that we are better able to see God's path for our lives and for our beloved community. Our ability to be taught is that we acknowledge that we do not have all the answers and are open to learning. When we look at our wilderness, our reality is that we are still sinful people, and we are not seeing God's way clear enough. Have we figured out yet that if and when we are willing to learn to God's ways, that it involves change on us as individuals and as a beloved community? When we learn new things about groups of people, our thinking changes as well as our language and actions. In order for growth to happen in any area of our life, first we learn and then we make changes. Changes have been made here at Fatih and will continue to be made. This only occurs after we learn to know God's ways. I challenge us during this Lenten season to practice turning our lives over to God in Jesus Christ. Then we are more ready to pray, make me to know your ways, O God. Teach me your paths. In order to live in our wilderness today this is what we are called to do.
Dale Ralph Davis from his commentary on Psalms 1-12 The Way of the Righteous in the Muck of life. dr Davis leads us in prayer through Psalm 7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shawn-odendhaldap/message
“For this I will praise you, O Yahweh, among the nations, and sing praises to your name. Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.” - 2 Samuel 22:50-51 This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Samuel 22 05:48 - Thoughts on the Reading 54:11 - Left-Rated Outlets Publish Warnings of a Second Trump Administration – Headline Roundup, AllSides.com 1:12:37 - Fergus Mór - Wikipedia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message
Lesson 11 and 12 Notes Download Worship Yahweh Music Playlist Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil…. 2 Samuel 7:1-17, 27-29 The covenant God cut with David is a big part of our hope. 2 Samuel 7:27-29 “For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. “Now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. “Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.” Psalm 89:3-4, 19-37 The Davidic covenant makes certain King Jesus is coming back. Psalm 132:11 Yahweh has sworn to David a truth from which He will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.” Jeremiah 33:19-21 The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. Luke 1:32-33; Isaiah 11:1ff Psalm 2:6-9 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain. “I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You. ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as your possession. ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, you shall shatter them like earthenware.'” “You are My Son, today I have begotten you” is quoted in Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5; and 5:5. Jesus will sit upon the throne of David in Jerusalem and govern the world on behalf of Yahweh. All the nations of the world will be broken and in subjection to his absolute sovereignty. Righteousness, justice, and equity will finally prevail worldwide. Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3 declare the complete elimination of war and that the weapons of war will be transformed into tools of agriculture. “Rod of iron” symbolizes the Messiah's unshakable rule over the nations. “Dash in pieces” like pottery suggests that His judgment will be swift and severe against those who defy His authority. Psalm 37:1-11; 22, 29, 34 The covenant cut with Abraham is a big part of our hope. Genesis 12:1; 13:14-15, 17; 15:7, 18; 17:7-8; 22:17; 23:17-20; Romans 4:13; and Galatians 3:6-29 Psalm 37:7-11 Rest in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret [kindle to anger] because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret [kindle to anger]; it leads only to evildoing. For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh, they will inherit the land. Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; and you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. But the humble will inherit the land and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. A big part of the Abrahamic covenant is the promise to inherit the regenerated land that, according to Galatians 3, will include the whole earth. Christians are included in this great promise, again according to Galatians 3 among other Scriptures. In view of our future in the Kingdom of God, we should not allow ourselves to get caught up in this present evil age responding to the insanity around us with anger or wrath. In a little while, the wicked will be no more, and only the righteous will prevail. Be patient, God-centered, diligent to live godly under the tutelage and direction of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our hope is not a wishy washy, maybe could happen kind of hope, nor is it a stagnant no influence kind of hope. Our hope is based upon the promises of Almighty God; therefore, they are as certain as certain can be. If you have songs you would like to add to the Worship Yahweh playlist, send a YouTube link to vcf@lhim.org or digital@lhim.org.The post 11: Standing on Hope first appeared on Living Hope.
Lesson 11 and 12 Notes Download Worship Yahweh Music Playlist Galatians 3:8-9, 14, 29 Psalm 25:3-5 The human tendency we all must fight is the desire to control our own lives without the help or interference from God and anyone else. Waiting for God's assistance and direction is hard to learn but essential if we want a better life. Asking for His help and doing things His way are so much better than doing them our own “independent” way. Waiting, in the context of this psalm, may refer to seeking God's involvement in our daily affairs and/or waiting until the end of the age when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. Those who wait will not be disappointed. Psalm 27:13-14 Amid challenges and difficulties, we keep keeping on because we have confidence and anticipation that the day is coming when we will experience Yahweh's goodness in the land of the living. To wait on Yahweh involves patience, trust, and a sense of reliance on God's timing and providence. Everything will work out, even if we must wait until the Lord comes back. Psalm 31:23-24 O love Yahweh, all you His godly ones! Yahweh preserves the faithful and fully recompenses the proud doer. Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. Yahweh preserves or protects those who love Him and are committed to Him. The proud will face consequences for their actions. Those who put their hope and trust in God for daily living and eternal destiny can find strength and courage even in difficult times. If God is for us, who can be against us? We are in good shape as live for our hope. Psalm 39:4-7 David requests an awareness of his mortality, so he can understand the importance of the limits of human existence. A handbreadth is the width of the hand without stretched out fingers, which again emphasizes the fleeting nature of life. He points out the insignificance of chasing wealth. What good are riches in the scheme of eternity? Life for all is transient and insubstantial when compared with the spiritual verities. Each day is a precious gift that should be utilized for God's glory as we wait for Him. For the believer, mortality will be swallowed up with immortality. Psalm 119:165-167 Those who love Your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble. I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh, and do Your commandments. My soul keeps Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. Christ's disciples have been saved, are being saved, and will be saved when Jesus returns. On “the day of salvation” when Christ returns, we will experience our complete and eternal salvation. Then, we inherit new bodies and new minds just like his resurrected body. In view of that day – “I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh, and do Your commandments.” Psalm 130:5-6 In the ancient world, walls surrounded the cities providing protection from would-be enemies. Every night, citizens took turns as watchmen to oversee the city. Late into the night, staying alert became more and more difficult. The watchmen longed for the morning when they would be relieved from their duty. This is a brilliant comparison for our anticipation of Christ's return. We long for that glorious day! Until dawn breaks, we are on watch for the approaching of our spiritual adversary, the devil. 1 Peter 5:8 states, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” Psalm 145:3-6 Our ultimate trust does not belong in earthy rulers or powerful people for they cannot in the end save or provide true or everlasting deliverance. All human authority and achievements are temporary, while God's power is limitless and enduring forever. God is our ultimate source of help and hope. Human beings are transitory compared to God's eternal nature and reliability. Zion, the City of God Psalm 132:11-18 The restoration of Zion is part of our hope. Psalm 68:16 Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has desired for His abode? Surely the LORD will dwell there forever. Psalm 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved. Psalm 87:2-3 The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah. Psalms 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.” Psalm 46:1-11; 48:1-14 Psalm 122:1-9 A Song of Ascents, of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.” Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together; To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of Yahweh–An ordinance for Israel–To give thanks to the name of Yahweh. For there thrones were set for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.” For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good. If you have songs you would like to add to the Worship Yahweh playlist, send a YouTube link to vcf@lhim.org or digital@lhim.org.The post 12: Standing on Hope (Part 2) first appeared on Living Hope.
Lesson 9 and 10 Notes Download Worship Yahweh Music Playlist 2 Samuel 14:28-15:6, 12-14 Absalom's betrayal of David 2 Samuel 12:9-13 The consequences of David's sin is foretold. 2 Samuel 16:5-13 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has told him. Psalm 3:1 What state of mind would David have as a parent; as a sinner who was told the consequences to come; as the founder of Jerusalem, the city of God; as the king being dethroned and exiled again; as the leader of a nation at civil war? Psalm 3:1-8 This is what faith looks like! “I lay down and slept; I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me…. Psalm 9:9-11 Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble; and those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, O Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek You. Sing praises to Yahweh. Psalm 27:1-5, 13-14 Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? Psalm 31:1-5, 14-17, 19-21 Psalm 46:1-11 God is our refuge, a very present help in trouble, we will not fear, Yahweh of hosts is with us. Psalm 46:10 (ESV) “Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” If you have songs you would like to add to the Worship Yahweh playlist, send a YouTube link to vcf@lhim.org or digital@lhim.org.The post 9: Faith and Trust in Your God first appeared on Living Hope.
Lesson 7 and 8 Notes Download Worship Yahweh Music Playlist Psalm 51:5 Romans 4:1-9 Another reason this incident was written is so that we know “all men” means “all”, including the great men Abraham and David. Our understanding of grace, mercy, and forgiveness is greatly enhanced with this record about David. Psalm 51:6-12 Did God answer David's prayer? Acts 13:21-23 7 Hyssop is a wild shrub the twigs of which were used for sprinkling in purification rites. Numbers 19:16-19 Apparently, hyssop had natural purification properties. 10 The reason acceptance of forgiveness is often difficult is we keep doing the same thing over and over. God must change our hearts and guide our steps, and we must fight to accept His workings. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. David is not only asking forgiveness and a clean heart, but additionally a STEADFAST state of mind in which he would be willing and ready to obey the commands of God and to serve Him faithfully. Psalm 119:9-12 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me wander from Your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Yahweh; teach me Your statutes. 16-17 Sacrifices, Hebrews 13:14-15 4:5 Sacrifice of righteousness 50:14 and 23; 54:6; 107:22; 116:17 Sacrifice of thanksgiving I06:28, 37, and 38 Sacrifice cost them a lot. How about us? Psalm 32:1 This psalm is believed to be written after the situation with Uriah in keeping with David's promise in Psalm 51:12-15. How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit! “Transgression”, “sin”, and “iniquity” are used to convey the same idea. They highlight the act of straying from the path of righteousness by disobeying God's will and thereby breaking fellowship with Him. “Forgiven”, “covered”, and “impute” basically communicate the same thing. God's forgiveness is a blessing. Sin is the general act of missing the mark and falling short of God's standard. This is the opposite of what is right. Genesis 4:7 – Cain, sin is crouching at…. Transgression is the willful act of crossing boundaries and violating God's law, whether with or without evil intent. Genesis 50:17 – Joseph and his brothers Iniquity carries a deeper meaning, in that it is a premeditated choice in sin without repentance, with evil intent. It can also imply continuous commitment to sin. While these terms have distinct meanings, it's important to note that they are often used interchangeably and can overlap in certain contexts. They convey the idea of wrongdoing, rebellion against God, and need for repentance and forgiveness. 2 “in whose spirit there is not deceit” – a person who is sincere, honest, and transparent in his/her relationship with God. This person has a pure heart, no hidden motives or deception. 4 David metaphorically expresses the burden of unconfessed sin as a heavy weight and a drain on his strength, like the oppressive heat of summer. The depiction emphasizes the distress and discomfort experienced while trying to hide the sin. Psalm 38:4-10, 17-22 7 Now is the time to repent; do not wait; time may run out on your life or the day of God's judgment. It implies a sense of urgency and the recognition that there is a window of opportunity to seek God's forgiveness and mercy. “You are my hiding place.” David relished fellowship with God. He used these concepts in his writings – stronghold 14 times, refuge 41 times; shelter 4 times; shadow of the Almighty, shadow of your wings, my fortress, the secret place of Your tent, and the secret place of Your presence. 8 These verses seem to switch from David speaking to God, to God speaking to him. 9 This is caution against stubbornness and resistance to God's leading. These animals require external control mechanisms like bits and bridles. 11 Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. Psalm 6:1-10 David, suffering physically, near death, at wits end, turns to Yahweh and cries out for help. Asking God to return implies a sense of distance from Him, so he prays, “Yahweh, rescue my soul; save me”. Spiritually minded people understand God's intervention is not because it is earned or deserved; rather, it is because of His lovingkindness, His steadfast, unchanging love. All of us experience times of suffering and have feelings of separation from God. David did what we should do – pray and focus on God's lovingkindness and not our problem or feelings. David ends the psalm confident God heard his prayer. Verse 9 states: Yahweh has heard my supplication, Yahweh receives my prayer. Psalm 19:11 In view of the preceding verses in this Psalm that magnify the significance of God's word, David acknowledges the Scriptures will help him by warning him to avoid sins. 12 We can be deceived and not acknowledge our own errors, so we pray and ask for help and forgiveness, similar to the Lord's prayer. 13 “Presumptuous” is failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate, to be arrogant, audacious. We need God's help to avoid deliberate or willful sins and hidden sins we are unaware of. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 25:5-8 The prayer is uttered by a humble, fragile, contrite believer to his compassionate, loving, and kind God. The information recorded in Psalm 25 is needful to all those who want to walk in a loving relationship with Yahweh. Asking God to remember His own virtues (compassion and lovingkindnesses) and not remember our sins and transgressions is indeed unusual, but very necessary. 1 John 1:8-10 Our faith for forgiveness has much more substance since we live after Jesus' death and resurrection. God's plan of redemption and salvation are now complete in Christ. When we read the following, we should have the same (nay, more) faith to accept forgiveness – 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Psalm 25:9-11 “For Your name’s sake, O Yahweh”, not for my sake or my merits’ sake, but to glorify Your mercy and to show forth the glory of Your divine attributes. To pardon a great sinner will bring You great glory; therefore, for Your name’s sake pardon me. This verse illustrates the logic of faith; it looks not for merit in oneself but to the goodness and mercy of God. Instead of being flabbergasted by the demerits of sin, it looks to the steadfast love of our merciful God and Father. “Yahweh's loving kindnesses never cease; they are new every morning.” Psalm 40:11-13 David's confidence in Yahweh, even when his iniquities overtake him, is a great example of taking God at His word. Yahweh declared that He is compassionate, gracious, and forgiving. David believed Yahweh would forgive him because He said so. Psalm 103:1-22 He pardons all your iniquities…. Psalm 130:1-7 In the ancient world, walls surrounding the cities provided protection from those who would be enemies. Every night, citizens took turns as watchmen to oversee the city. Late into the night, staying alert became more and more difficult. The watchmen longed for the morning when they would be relieved from their duty. This is a brilliant comparison for our anticipation of Christ's return. We long for that glorious day! Until dawn breaks, we are on watch for the approaching of our spiritual adversary, the devil. 1 Peter 5:8 states, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: 1. David's sin is recorded, so can remain vigilant, understand God's forgiveness, and appreciate salvation by ________________. a) merit, b) love, c) grace, d) works 2. Psalm 32:1 How blessed is he whose transgression is _________, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit! a) Remember, b) forgotten, c) counted, d) forgiven 3. Psalm 103 states that our transgressions are removed from us using what comparison? a) As high as the heavens are above the earth, b) as deep as the ocean, c) as far as the east is from the west, d) as high as the highest mountain If you have songs you would like to add to the Worship Yahweh playlist, send a YouTube link to vcf@lhim.org or digital@lhim.org.The post 8: Forgiveness (Part 2) first appeared on Living Hope.
September 16, 2023Today's Reading: Introit to Pentecost 16: Psalm 143:1-2; antiphon: Psalm 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh! I have fled to you for refuge! (Psalm 143:9)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. In Psalm 143, David is praying for refuge from his enemies and rest. Whether he is thinking of Saul, or the other sons of Solomon, or any number of other enemies, he is being pursued, and he finds only darkness and weariness. But behind those earthly enemies is God. If God enters into judgment with David, he will not survive, because no one living is righteous before Him (143:2). Everything depends on whether God is for you or against you. Even if you have no earthly enemies, if God is against you, what does it matter? On the other hand, even if everyone in the world is against you, what does it matter, if God is for you? “Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, because there is not a righteous one before You of all the living.” If God is going to answer us, we need Him to answer us according to His righteousness, not ours. Of all the living, there is no one righteous–except the Man who is also the living God. He alone is righteous, and God enters into judgment against Him on the cross. Because His righteous one faced the judgment of sin and death, God will not enter into judgment against you. In the Presence of the only one whose judgment matters, we flee to Him in the flesh of Jesus for refuge. In Him we will find rest from our enemies: He is the one who conquered our sin, which threatens to bring us under God's condemning judgment, and He is the one who conquered death, which is behind the threat of every enemy. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him! Blessed is the one who finds refuge in the promises of God, in the baptismal name, in the absolution, in the body and blood that we eat with the bread and wine. In all of these means, God assures us that He delivers us from all our enemies, even our own sinful flesh. On every Lord's Day, we flee to Him for refuge. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.From depths of woe I cry to Thee, In trial and tribulation; Bend down Thy gracious ear to me, Lord, hear my supplication, If Thou rememb'rest every sin, Who then could heaven ever win Or stand before Your presence?Though great our sins, yet greater still Is God's abundant favor; His hand of mercy never will Abandon us, nor waver. Our shepherd good and true is He, Who will at last His Israel free From all their sin and sorrow” (LSB 607:1, 5).- Pastor Timothy Winterstein is pastor at Faith Lutheran Church, East Wenatchee, Washington.Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, Ky.Study Christ's words on the cross to see how you can show more Christlike grace in your life. Perfect for group or individual study, each chapter has a Q&A at the end, and the back of the book includes a leader guide. Available now from Concordia Publishing House.
September 9, 2023Today's Reading: Introit to Pentecost 15: Psalm 92:1-4, antiphon Psalm 92:5sDaily Lectionary: 1 Kings 2:1-27, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13How great are Your works, O Yahweh! Very deep are Your thoughts! (Psalm 92:5)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Here's a clue to the theme for each Sunday's Divine Service: trace the thread from the antiphon of the Introit (the first and last verse of the Introit), to the Collect for the day, to the readings. Sometimes the theme will be clear and obvious; other times it will be a little bit harder to identify. It is easier during the festival half of the Church Year (from Advent through Trinity) than it is during the Sundays after Pentecost. But looking ahead to the Introit with its antiphon, reading the assigned readings, and praying the Collect will help get the Word of God into your heart and onto your lips in preparation for the Divine Service. For example, for tomorrow, the Introit comes from Psalm 92 and the antiphon is 92:5, which I translated above. The psalm puts in parallel God's “works” and God's “thoughts,” and says that they are “great” and “very deep.” This causes us to ask, “What are God's thoughts? Can I know them?” If God did not reveal His thoughts, we could not know them. His thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). We would (as we often do) make up our own ideas about what God would do or not do.But God has not left us to imagine His thoughts or figure them out on our own. He has revealed Himself in His great works. Christians start with what God has done and then we understand what God is like. What He says is the same as what He does. How He acts is the same as who He is. And He reveals His thoughts finally and forever in His Son, Jesus. In Jesus' death and resurrection, we see the true depth of God's thoughts, and the greatness of His works. In God's works, we see God's thoughts. Who could imagine that God would become flesh and die? Who could imagine that God would take on Himself the offense and curse of sin? Who would think that the least, the last, the helpless, the child would be the greatest in the Kingdom (Matthew 18:1-2)? More than that, God gives His Kingdom only to those who cannot give Him anything in return (18:3-4). None of us could imagine a mercy that never fails to seek those whom people would consider “lost” (18:10-14). God seeks us in Jesus, and then He seeks everyone through His Church, wherever two or three are gathered around His forgiving love (18:18-20). These thoughts of God would be too deep for us to imagine, if He had not sent His Son and revealed them to us in His works. How great are Your works, and very deep are Your thoughts! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night” (Psalm 92:1-2).- Pastor Timothy Winterstein is pastor at Faith Lutheran Church, East Wenatchee, Washington.Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, Ky.Study Christ's words on the cross to see how you can show more Christlike grace in your life. Perfect for group or individual study, each chapter has a Q&A at the end, and the back of the book includes a leader guide. Available now from Concordia Publishing House.
“So may all your enemies perish, O Yahweh! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.” And the land had rest for forty years. - Judges 5:31 This Episode's Links: (All timestamps offset by 24-seconds) 00:00 – Judges 5 04:34 – Thoughts on the Reading, and a Trip 46:06 – A Recent Trip to Wyoming for Work --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message
Biyaya para sa Bawat Pangangailangan Bigyang pansin nʼyo ako at kahabagan; bigyan nʼyo ako ng inyong kalakasan at iligtas ako na inyong lingkod. (Salmo 86:16, ASND) Biyaya sa hinaharap ang patuloy na sinusumamo ng mga nagdadasal na salmista. Paulit-ulit nila itong ipinagdarasal upang matugunan ang bawat pangangailangan nila. Binibigyan nila tayo ng magandang modelo ng pang-araw-araw na pag-asa sa biyaya sa hinaharap para sa bawat pangangailangan. Nagsusumamo sila ng biyaya kapag sila'y nangangailangan ng tulong: “Panginoon, pakinggan nʼyo ako at kahabagan. Tulungan nʼyo ako, Panginoon!” (Awit 30:10). Kapag sila'y nanghihina: “Bigyang pansin nʼyo ako at kahabagan; bigyan nʼyo ako ng inyong kalakasan at iligtas ako na inyong lingkod” (Awit 86:16). Kapag sila'y nangangailangan ng kagalingan: “Maawa po kayo sa akin at akoʼy pagalingin, dahil akoʼy nanghihina na” (Awit 6:2). Kapag sila'y nagdurusa dahil sa mga kaaway: “O Yahweh, ako sana'y iyong kahabagan, masdan ang pahirap na dinaranas ko mula sa kaaway!” (Awit 9:13, MBBTAG). Kapag sila'y nalulumbay: “Dinggin nʼyo po ako at inyong kahabagan, dahil akoʼy nag-iisa at naghihirap” (Awit 25:16). Kapag sila'y nagdadalamhati: “O Yahweh, sana'y iyong kahabagan, sapagkat ako ay nasa kaguluhan; namamaga na ang mata dahil sa pagluha” (Awit 31:9, MBBTAG). Kapag sila'y nagkasala: “Tunay akong nagkasala, iyo akong pagalingin, sa akin ay mahabag ka!” (Awit 41:4, MBBTAG). Kapag sila'y nananabik na maitaas ang ngalan ng Diyos sa mga bansa: “O Dios, kaawaan nʼyo kami at pagpalain . . . upang malaman ng lahat ng bansa ang inyong mga pamamaraan at pagliligtas” (Mga Awit 67:1–2). Hindi maitatanggi na ang panalangin ay ang dakilang ugnayan ng pananampalataya sa pagitan ng kaluluwa ng banal at ng pangako ng biyaya sa hinaharap. Kung nilayon ng Diyos na bigyang-lakas ng panalangin ang ministeryo, nilalayon Niyang ipagpatuloy ito ng pananampalataya sa biyaya sa hinaharap. Devotional excerpted from Future Grace, page 296 This article was translated by Joshene Bersales and was originally written by John Piper of Desiring God. To read the original version, click https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/grace-for-every-need Joshene Bersales considers Joshua her Bible hero, and strives to have faith that can make the sun stand still. She graduated with an AB Literature (English) degree from Ateneo de Manila University. She is a writer, editor, and translator. Joshene loves theater, traveling, and tea. You can find her on IG (@joshenebersales) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/joshenebersales/). John Piper (@JohnPiper) is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Providence.
Psalm 26 (LSB)4 I do not sit with worthless men,And I will not go with pretenders.5 I hate the assembly of evildoers,And I will not sit with the wicked.6 I shall wash my hands in innocence,So I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh,7 In order to proclaim with the voice of thanksgivingAnd to recount all Your wondrous deeds.8 O Yahweh, I love the habitation of Your houseAnd the place where Your glory dwells.9 Do not take my soul away along with sinners,Nor my life with men of bloodshed,10 In whose hands is a wicked scheme,And whose right hand is full of bribes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org
Psalm 26 (LSB)Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity,And I have trusted in Yahweh; I will not waver.Test me, O Yahweh, and try me;Refine my mind and my heart.For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,And I have walked in Your truth. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.definedbymoments.org
"These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God." - Genesis 6:9 (ESV) You, O Yahweh, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man. - Psalm 12:7-8 (ESV) “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' - Matthew 11:16-17 (ESV) This Episode's Links: "Generation" Keyword Search - ESV, BibleGateway.com 'Ozymandias', by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) - Poets.org Report: British government warns that reading Tolkien, Lewis, Orwell, and John Locke radicalizes people into far-right extremism - Joel Abbott, Not the Bee ‘Decline Is A Choice': DeSantis Releases New Ad Rallying Conservatives To Fight For Freedom Wood Harrelson Monologue - SNL Karine Jean-Pierre: “The cabinet is majority people of color…” Tulsi Gabbard: “They're proud to be selecting people based on race.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message
Partakers Friday Prayers! We pray together and when Christians pray together, from different nations, different churches and different denominations - that reveals Church unity! Come! Let us pray together! A prayer of Bonaventure Lord Jesus, as God's Spirit came down and rested upon you, may the same Spirit rest upon and be within us. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Yahweh, Grant us the gift of understanding, by which your precepts may enlighten our minds. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Jehovah, Grant us counsel, by which we may follow in your footsteps on the path of righteousness. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Great God, grant us courage, by which we may ward off the Enemy's attacks. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Sovereign God, grant us knowledge, by which we can distinguish good from evil. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Merciful God, grant us piety, by which we may acquire compassionate hearts. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Holy God, grant us fear, by which we may draw back from evil and submit to what is good. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O ineffable God made known through Jesus, grant us wisdom, that we may taste fully the life-giving sweetness of your love. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ For we ask this, O God our Father, In the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us Through the Son who died and rose again! Amen. Based on a Prayer of Bonaventure 1221 –1274 Right Mouse click or tap here to save this as an audio mp3 file ~Click on the appropriate link below to subscribe or share
Text : Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes. Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments…
Text : Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes. Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments…
-Sung Psalm- 5---Psalm 5 is part of a group of five Psalms -Psalms 3-7- that explore the theme of refuge.--Psalm 2 ended, -blessed are all who take refuge in you.- So during Advent we are looking at these songs of refuge---In verse 11 we now hear -let all who take refuge in you rejoice.---The word translated -refuge- in verse 11 is found 25 times in the Psalter-15 times in book One -the first 41 Psalms---But it's not just about the word -refuge.- If you look at Psalms 3-7, you will notice that only Psalm 5 and Psalm 7 actually use the word refuge, but all five of them focus on the same idea.--David cries out for deliverance in Psalm 3, describing Yahweh as a -shield about me.- In verse 4, he speaks of how Yahweh answered him from his holy hill. And notice the result- When God answered David's prayer, he lay down and slept-he had found refuge in the care of the Lord.--Psalm 4 calls upon God to hear the prayer of the godly, including, -in peace I will both lie down and sleep- for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.---Psalm 6 likewise calls out to God for deliverance. Verses 6-7 speaks of how he floods his bed with tears every night- without the deliverance of the Lord, he has no strength. But then in verses 8-10 he declares that the Lord has heard his plea, and therefore his enemies will be driven back.--Psalm 7 starts by declaring, -O Yahweh, my God, in you do I take refuge - save me from all my pursuers and deliver me----These five Psalms of refuge will set us up for Psalm 8 -on Christmas morning- - the Son of Man who has dominion over all things-
-Sung Psalm- 5---Psalm 5 is part of a group of five Psalms -Psalms 3-7- that explore the theme of refuge.--Psalm 2 ended, -blessed are all who take refuge in you.- So during Advent we are looking at these songs of refuge---In verse 11 we now hear -let all who take refuge in you rejoice.---The word translated -refuge- in verse 11 is found 25 times in the Psalter-15 times in book One -the first 41 Psalms---But it's not just about the word -refuge.- If you look at Psalms 3-7, you will notice that only Psalm 5 and Psalm 7 actually use the word refuge, but all five of them focus on the same idea.--David cries out for deliverance in Psalm 3, describing Yahweh as a -shield about me.- In verse 4, he speaks of how Yahweh answered him from his holy hill. And notice the result- When God answered David's prayer, he lay down and slept-he had found refuge in the care of the Lord.--Psalm 4 calls upon God to hear the prayer of the godly, including, -in peace I will both lie down and sleep- for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.---Psalm 6 likewise calls out to God for deliverance. Verses 6-7 speaks of how he floods his bed with tears every night- without the deliverance of the Lord, he has no strength. But then in verses 8-10 he declares that the Lord has heard his plea, and therefore his enemies will be driven back.--Psalm 7 starts by declaring, -O Yahweh, my God, in you do I take refuge - save me from all my pursuers and deliver me----These five Psalms of refuge will set us up for Psalm 8 -on Christmas morning- - the Son of Man who has dominion over all things-
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[Sung Psalm: 5]Psalm 5 is part of a group of five Psalms (Psalms 3-7) that explore the theme of refuge.Psalm 2 ended, "blessed are all who take refuge in you." So during Advent we are looking at these songs of refuge!In verse 11 we now hear "let all who take refuge in you rejoice."The word translated "refuge" in verse 11 is found 25 times in the Psalter-15 times in book One (the first 41 Psalms)But it's not just about the word "refuge." If you look at Psalms 3-7, you will notice that only Psalm 5 and Psalm 7 actually use the word refuge, but all five of them focus on the same idea.David cries out for deliverance in Psalm 3, describing Yahweh as a "shield about me." In verse 4, he speaks of how Yahweh answered him from his holy hill. And notice the result: When God answered David's prayer, he lay down and slept–he had found refuge in the care of the Lord.Psalm 4 calls upon God to hear the prayer of the godly, including, "in peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety."Psalm 6 likewise calls out to God for deliverance. Verses 6-7 speaks of how he floods his bed with tears every night; without the deliverance of the Lord, he has no strength. But then in verses 8-10 he declares that the Lord has heard his plea, and therefore his enemies will be driven back.Psalm 7 starts by declaring, "O Yahweh, my God, in you do I take refuge - save me from all my pursuers and deliver me!"These five Psalms of refuge will set us up for Psalm 8 (on Christmas morning) – the Son of Man who has dominion over all things!
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In this week's study, I go into Chapter 9, the 5th Trumpet.In our last study we finished Chapter 8th with an angel/eagle crying with a loud voice Woe, Woe, Woe. In today's study we begin with the 5th trumpet. Woe, woe, woe = That is, there will be great woe. The repetition of the word is intensive, and the idea is, that the sounding of the three remaining trumpets would indicate great and fearful calamities. These three are grouped together as if they pertained to a similar series of events, as the first four had been.We will see that the 1st woe would be this 5th trumpets, whereas the 2nd woe begins in Chapter 9 verse 13 with the 6th (note man's number) trumpet and ends in Chapter 11verse 14 AFTER the resurrection of the 2 witnesses. The 3rd woe perhaps we are to see the answer in Chapter 12 verse12, “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Or does the 3rd woe begin at the sounding of the 7th trumpet.1. star = The star (or angel) had fallen from heaven before John saw it.From = “ek” out from. So this “star” definitely fell from Heaven.the bottomless pit = Greek, “the pit of the abyss”; the orifice of the hell where Satan and his demons dwell. "The pit of the abyss" appears to be the abode of demons. See Rev. 20:1-3; Luke 8:28, 31. Of the under-world, considered particularly of the abode of the wicked.2. pit = this opens every evil spirit on earth.Could this be the pit/hell, the ‘geenna' that Yahshua Messiah makes mention of in the Gospels? Matthew 11:28, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Mathew 11:23, “And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.” Matthew 23:33, “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”smoke = associated with “judgment or the pit”. From that source came forth some influence, symbolized by smoke, which darkened the earth. Could the smoke be also the vehicle that the locusts ride on? We can compare this smoke, which is negative to the types of clouds, which are positive, that are used for Yahweh. The sun was darkened = We can say spiritually the light of faith, which is the word of Yahweh, may well be represented by the sun, according to that of the Psalms 119: 105, "Thy word, O Yahweh, is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths."3. out of smoke = remember that smoke is always symbolic of judgment. So we can see judgment upon the people of this earth from the wrath of Yahweh.locusts = Satan's army. Joel 2:25 “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.” The destroying locusts symbolize destroying armies.power = “ex-oo-see'-ah” authority or delegated power;4. And it was commanded them = John does not say by whom this command was given, but it is clearly by someone who had the direction of them.Have any questions? Feel free to email me at keitner@netzero.net
Partakers Prayers We pray together and when Christians pray together, from different nations, different churches and different denominations - that reveals Church unity! Come! Let us pray together! A prayer of Bonaventure Lord Jesus, as God's Spirit came down and rested upon you, may the same Spirit rest upon and be within us. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Yahweh, Grant us the gift of understanding, by which your precepts may enlighten our minds. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Jehovah, Grant us counsel, by which we may follow in your footsteps on the path of righteousness. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Great God, grant us courage, by which we may ward off the Enemy's attacks. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Sovereign God, grant us knowledge. by which we can distinguish good from evil. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Merciful God, grant us piety, by which we may acquire compassionate hearts. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O Holy God, grant us fear, by which we may draw back from evil and submit to what is good. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O ineffable God made known through Jesus, grant us wisdom, that we may taste fully the life-giving sweetness of your love. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ For we ask this O God our Father, In the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us Through the Son who died and rose again! Amen. Based on a Prayer of Bonaventure 1221 –1274 Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file
Then Hezekiah prayed before the face of Yahweh and said, “O Yahweh, God of Israel who lives above the cherubim. You are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the world; you have made the heavens and the earth” (2 Kings 19:15). We serve the King of kings. Stay blessed family.
Kay Yahweh ay isang bagay lang ang aking hiniling, iisa lamang talaga ang aking hangarin: ang tumira sa Templo niya habang buhay, upang kagandahan ni Yahweh'y aking mapagmasdan, at doo'y humingi sa kanya ng patnubay. (Mga Awit 27:4) Hindi puwedeng walang tugon ang Diyos sa nagsisising pananabik ng kaluluwa. Dumarating Siya at binubuhat ang pasanin ng kasalanan at pinupuspos ng kagalakan at pasasalamat ang ating puso. “Pinawi mo itong aking kalungkutan, pinalitan mo ng sayaw ng kagalakan! Pagluluksa ko ay iyong inalis, kaligayahan ang iyong ipinalit. Aawit sa iyo ng papuri at hindi ako tatahimik, O Yahweh, aking Diyos, pasasalamat ko'y walang patid” (Mga Awit 30:11–12). Pero hindi lang mula sa pagsulyap pabalik sa pasasalamat nagmumula ang ating kagalakan. Gumigising din ito mula sa pasulong na sulyap sa pag-asa: “Bakit ako nanlulumo, bakit ako nagdaramdam? Sa Diyos ako may tiwala, siyang aking aasahan; Diyos na Tagapagligtas, muli ko siyang aawitan” (Mga Awit 42:5–6). “Sabik akong naghihintay, O Yahweh, sa iyong tugon, pagkat ako'y may tiwala sa pangako mong pagtulong” (Mga Awit 130:5). Sa huli, hindi inaasam ng puso ang anuman sa mabubuting kaloob ng Diyos, kundi ang Diyos mismo. Ang makita Siya at makilala Siya at makapiling ang Kanyang presensya ang huling piging ng kaluluwa. Higit pa rito'y wala nang hahanapin pa. Hindi ito kayang ilagay sa mga salita. Tinatawag natin itong kasiyahan, kagalakan, kaluguran. Ngunit ang mga ito'y mahinang tumuturo sa di-masambit na karanasan: “Kay Yahweh ay isang bagay lang ang aking hiniling, iisa lamang talaga ang aking hangarin: ang tumira sa Templo niya habang buhay, upang kagandahan ni Yahweh'y aking mapagmasdan, at doo'y humingi sa kanya ng patnubay” (Mga Awit 27:4). “Sa piling mo''y madarama ang lubos na kagalakan; ang tulong mo''y nagdudulot ng ligayang walang hanggan” (Mga Awit 16:11). “Kay Yahweh mo hanapin ang kaligayahan” (Mga Awit 37:4).
So the three words this morning I hope we can remember from Psalm 54 go like this: Pray Preach Praise These are the three words that form the outline of Psalm 54 (as we're gonna see), and at the same time, these three words give us a three-part guide for what to do when we find ourselves in crisis situations. Psalm 54 is an amazingly practical psalm — and it's meant to be.David is meant to be a model for us of faithfulness to God. The rest of Book II here in the Psalms (from 51 through 72) except for two of them are all “Psalms of David.” And many of these psalms have little notes above the first verse that tell us when David wrote them. And those notes are there so that we can link these psalms to actual moments in David's life, and so that we can connect the dots to our own lives. These psalms are for when we find our own selves in the midst of crisis … when we are overwhelmed by the threat of harm; when there are forces set against us that seem to be advancing against us. David shows us that in faith we do three things: pray, preach, praise.I want to show you this in Psalm 54, but first let's ask for God's help:Father in heaven, thank you for your word, and thank you that there is life in your word. Give us life today, we ask. Refresh our hearts; steel our faith; in our thoughts and actions, make Jesus stand forth as good and mighty for us, because he is. We ask this in his name, amen. So the outline again is three words, and one of my goals is that these three words get stuck in our heads. Say it with me if you can: pray, preach, praise — and we're looking first at pray in verses 1–3.Pray (verses 1–3) O God, save me by your name,and vindicate me by your might.O God, hear my prayer;give ear to the words of my mouth.For strangers have risen against me;ruthless men seek my life;they do not set God before themselves. Selah Right away in Psalm 54 David is praying, and he's praying to God for two things: First, David prays that God would save him.Second, David prays that God would hear his prayer to be saved.And that gives you an idea of the kind of desperation he's in. Verse 3 tells us the occasion of his prayer. David says: “For strangers have risen against me.” Psalm 86:14 repeats this exact verse except there the word “strangers” is replaced with the word “insolent men” — and there are some questions as to why that happens — but I think it's the same idea: these men, these enemies of David are, at the very least, estranged from him. They don't know David; David doesn't know them — and they are insolent and disrespectful to him. Verse 3 here says they're “ruthless.” They unjustly seek to destroy David … and that was certainly true of the Ziphites. In your Bibles, take a look right above verse 1 at that little note in small caps. That little note is called a superscript, and as many of you know, and like I mentioned, it's been added there to tell us about the particular moment in David's life when he wrote the psalm: To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?” Meet the ZiphitesSo I need to tell you this story. The story behind Psalm 54 comes from 1 Samuel 23. David had been on the run from King Saul. Saul understood that David was a threat to his kingship, and so he wanted to hunt David down and kill him. And by the time of chapter 23, David had built this ragtag army between four to six hundred men and they were camping out west of Jerusalem. Well, David found out that the Philistines were attacking a little town called Keilah. The Philistines were just going in and robbing their food, having their way, and Keilah didn't really stand a chance against them. So David inquired of Yahweh — he asked God: “Should I go and fight against the Philistines and save Keilah?"(1 Samuel 23:2). And God said Yes. But it seems David's men were reluctant. They didn't want to do this. They were already on the run from Saul, and now this would mean they're fighting the Philistines too. It didn't make sense to them, but … David asked God God told him to do it God promised to give the Philistines into his hand. So David and his men did what God said; they attacked the Philistines and they were victorious. 1 Samuel 23:5 tells us, “So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.” And then the word gets to Saul. People say: Hey, we know where David is! He's in the city of Keilah. And so Saul advances west toward this city. David knows that Saul is coming, and so he asks God: When Saul gets here, will this city that I just saved hand me over to Saul? And God tells him Yep, they're gonna turn you in.So David and his men have to leave the city. They head south, to the Wilderness of Ziph — and so, everybody, meet the Ziphites. As soon as the Ziphites found out that David was in their area, they went straight to Saul to tell him David's location. They said to Saul, 1 Samuel 23:19, “Is not David hiding among us?” You hear that? The superscript of Psalm 54 is taken straight from 1 Samuel 23:19.All the Ziphites knew of David was that he just saved their neighbor — but still they decide to set themselves against David and they conspire with Saul. And Saul gets very close to catching David here. David and his men are on the run, in a hurry, and Saul gets just around the corner from him, until suddenly Saul gets called back to Israel to fight the Philistines because the Philistines had attacked Israel while Saul was away (So there's a neat irony in the story: David had saved Keilah by attacking the Philistines. Now God saves David by the Philistines attacking Israel.)The point, I think, is that God is the one who saves David. We Can't, God CanGod saved David just like David prayed — and David prayed because he knew he was in a crisis situation! He didn't waste any time here trying to figure out his next move. He just prayed. He prayed because: What else do you do when you find yourself in a place so out of your control? I'm talking about a place that seems like, by all accounts, somewhere you never wanted to be — this is a place that if things don't change, I'm going to be destroyed; I'm in a cutthroat dilemma here; I'm stuck in a slow-motion train wreck and I cannot do anything to stop it. That was the case for David in Psalm 54 — and I think we can relate.You've been there. The stress is high. The prognosis is grim. The darkness is overwhelming. And when you're there, what do to you? You pray. You ask God to help you. And that alone is an evidence of his grace to you. It's the simple fact that you're going to him. It's that you know you can't, but he can. That's the simplest explanation for prayer that I can think of. We can't, but God can. See, the only reason we pray in the midst of crisis — or in the midst of anything — is because the grace of God at work in us leads us to desire things we know we cannot create and so we ask God to. It's that simple. It's the same reason my five-year-old asks me to get a cereal bowl for him out of the cabinet. So try to imagine this: The bowl is in the cabinet here; I'm here; he's there. He can't reach the bowl; I can reach the bowl; and so what should he do? He should ask me to get him a bowl! Right? That's prayer.A few weeks ago at Ultimate Goal soccer camp I was teaching about prayer to a big group of kids and I used this illustration, and after explaining everything, I said: So what should my little boy do if he wants a bowl? And one of the campers said, “He should climb up on the counter!” And the funny thing is that's what my kids do most of the time … if they want a bowl, they climb up on the counter and get one. You know how kids are. They go their own way; they can get it; they can do it! I've been telling my kids to get off the counter for 15 years; but I realize God's been telling me the same thing for about four decades.See, we're always climbing on the counter, right? What does it take for us to know we can't but God can? The very act of prayer is the exact opposite of the fool in Psalm 53 who says there is no God. Praying is the practice of not being that fool; and David shows us this in Psalm 54. Following his example, in the midst of the crisis, first, we pray.Then next, we preach.Preach (verses 4–5)Verses 4–5: Behold, God is my helper;the Lord is the upholder of my life.He will return the evil to my enemies;in your faithfulness put an end to them. So David has been speaking to God, and now he is speaking to himself. That's what I mean by preach. This is David's self-talk. This is how he addresses his own soul, like we've seen before in the Psalms. David is preaching the truth of God to himself. He looks at his heart and says: “Behold!” Hey, get this! Know this!See, in praying, David brings himself before God's attention; but now in preaching, David brings God before his own attention. He remembers the God to whom he prays. And David makes that clear in verse 4, but it doesn't start there. Right at the beginning of his prayer in verse 1, we can see that David knows who God is. That's evident in David's appeal. Look back at verse 1 for a minute. David prays: “O God, save me, by your name…” By God's NameDavid then must know something about God's name, and he prays this way for good reason. Remember David's enemy in verse 3! They had come out of nowhere while David was on the run from Saul. They were a stranger enemy, and at the end of verse 3 here, David links them to the fool in Psalm 53:1. These ruthless men “do not set God before themselves.” David's enemy was precisely the type who says, “There is no God” — which like Ryan explained last week: it's not that they don't believe God exists, it's that they don't submit to him. According to David's enemy, God is real and out there and that's all fine, but, to them, God is not worthy of their honor, so they don't acknowledge him.And so when David says, “O God, save me by your name,” he is saying: Save me according to your reputation that my enemy has defamed! God, hallow your name by saving me from those who have belittled it!David is asking God to save him on the basis that God's highest allegiance is to his own glory. David knows this about God. David knows that God's glory is why anything else exists at all. Yahweh, the one true God, the Creator of the universe, the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob; our Father through Jesus Christ our Lord, together with the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever — this God made the world and all that's in it to showcase the glory of his name. God's name is his self-disclosure; it's who he shows himself to be in creation and providence and redemption. God's name is the truth of who he is that is put on display for us in his works and ways, so that we can trust him, which just magnifies his glory even more.See, when God tells Moses his name at the burning bush, God says: “This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations” (Exodus 3:14–15). God is saying there: I've told you my name, and I will always act according to my name. Remember this! God authorizes those who trust him to invoke him by his name. God says: You can come to me on the basis of who I've told you I AM.That's what David is doing here. When David appeals to God's name, he's appealing to how God has revealed himself. David is appealing to the deepest, most glorious reality he knows.And of course David wants to be rescued— the enemy is right on his heels — but central to David's petition is that God is jealous for God's glory, and David is jealous for God's glory too. David wants the record of God's name to be set straight. He knows that his salvation is bound up in God showing himself to be who he is. God Is My HelperAnd so it's standing on that truth that David preaches to himself: “God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life” David says that based upon the truth of God, in the security of his relationship with God. There is a covenant of grace behind these words, because God had set his mercy on David and David has responded in repentance and faith. So just to be clear, God is not everybody's helper. He's not. God is not the helper of the Ziphites or Doeg the Edomite or anybody who does “not set God before themselves” (54:3). God is the helper only of those who trust him. God is the helper of the one who encounters the display of his name and receives it in humble faith. God is the helper of those who know they need a helper — which is why it is pray then preach. First, go to God as your helper! That's the immediate reaction of the heart of faith. God, help me! Help me!First, go to God as your helper; then, preach to yourself that God is your helper!That's David's example for us. We preach the truth of God to ourselves. And a lot of times when we do this, it means we're repeating basic truths. And I want to say this because when you hear this idea of preaching to yourself, it might sound intimidating, like What do I preach? What would I say to myself? Well you could just copy David here. That's a good place to start. But I want you to know that we don't necessarily need to learn new truths to preach to ourselves; we just need to remember the old truths we've already learned.The Key in Your PocketIt reminds me of Christian in Pilgrim's Progress. At one point on his journey, Christian and his friend, Hopeful, get captured by Giant Despair and the giant takes them to Doubting-Castle and throws them into the dungeon. And it was a “very dark Dungeon, nasty and stinking to [their spirits] … they were without one bit of bread, or drop of drink, or Light, or any to ask how they did.” And John Bunyan tells us that Christian had “double sorrow.” He was dangerously low, and from Wednesday to Saturday Giant Despair attacked Christian and Hopeful with lies and he beat them, and he said that they had no chance of escaping; they were stuck forever. And they almost believed the lies, except that on Saturday night they begin to pray. And as Christian and Hopeful were praying, Christian “as one half amazed, broke out in passionate speech” and he says: Why am I in this dungeon? I have the key in my pocket. And the key was called Promise, and it actually unlocked every door in Doubting-Castle, and so Christian and Hopeful went, unlocked the doors, and continued on the way.The key was in his pocket. The truth he needed all along was right there. Brothers and sisters, you've got the key in your pockets. And it's a basic key.God is my helper! … that's pretty basic.Or how about: “God is great, God is good” That's truth that some of you learned when you were kids. … To know that God is great — that he is sovereign, that he reigns over all things and that his power is unstoppable.And to know that God is good — that his greatness is always wielded for what is ultimately best, and that for his people all his paths are steadfast love and faithfulness … we remember this and we preach this to our souls! God is great, God is good. Or, how about … “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so” … When's the last time you said that to your soul? That Jesus loves me. That I know he does. That I know Jesus loves me because the Bible tells me he loves me. We remember this and we preach this to our souls!And of course we always want to go deeper and learn new truths about God in his Word, and we will, but, Christian, you know enough truth about God right now to be a good preacher to your soul. You've got the key in your pocket now. So use it. Like David does here: God is my helper;the Lord is the upholder of my life.God's justice will be executed. God will put all things right. This is preaching to yourself.So we pray (verses 1, 2, 3); we preach (verses 4–5); and now we praise (verses 6–7).Praise (verses 6–7)Verses 6-7: With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;I will give thanks to your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.For he has delivered me from every trouble,and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies. Later this fall we're going to talk more about the meaning of sacrifices and offerings in the Book of Leviticus, but when David mentions a “freewill offering” here, he's talking about an offering to God that hasn't been commanded or isn't part of any vow. David didn't try to make a deal with God in verse 1. He didn't say “In exchange for saving me, then I'll praise you.” David wants to be clear that's not what this is. David will offer a sacrifice to God; he will thank God, because we wants to.Now we saw in Psalm 50 and 51 that sacrifices by themselves, apart from the heart of faith, are worthless. God despises them. But when the heart is humble, when the affections are true, these kinds of sacrifices were the Old Testament way of entering God's presence and staying awhile. In other words, David is saying he desires fellowship with God. Verse 6 is an act of worship.So entering into the presence of God, before and unto God, David says, “I will give thanks to your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.” And there's God's name again. The same name he invoked in verse 1, and remembered in verse 4, David now worships in verse 6. This is David's praise. Pray. Preach. Praise.And we praise God because God is worthy of praise. God deserves our praise. There's no debate about this. But I want us to slow down for a minute and look at the language here.Notice that this psalm starts in the present tense. Verse 1 and verse 4: God, save me.God is my helper. It's present. David wants God to do this now. And yet from this same place, in this same psalm, in verse 6 David speaks about the future: I will sacrifice to you.I will give thanks to your name. But now notice in verse 7 that David grounds this future act of praise in what God has done in the past. Verse 7: For he has delivered me from every trouble;My eye has looked in triumph on my enemies. So there's past, present, and future in Psalm 54, and so what do we make of this?Well, I think here it is: David's confidence that God will save him today and that he will praise God tomorrow is grounded in the fact that God has saved him in the past. Up to this point, David says, God has delivered me from every trouble. Up to this point, I have looked in triumph on all my enemies. And if God did it in the past, he can do it again. If God acted then according to his name, he will do it now, and I will praise him. From where David is standing now, he can thank God for past victories; and he knows that in the future he will stand at a place and look back on this moment, when this moment is another past victory, and there he will thank God for this. That's David's confidence in God. And if David has this kind of confidence in God because of his past victories, how much more confidence do we have because of God's greatest victory?See: we have more than the examples of God's victory in our own lives to look back on; we have more than God's faithfulness to his people in the Old Testament — because when we look back, we look back to an empty tomb. Jesus Christ, by his life, death, and resurrection, has saved ushas vindicated ushas given us his Holy Spirit and the assurance that he is always with us and that God hears our prayershas put our enemies to open shame by triumphing over them; including the worst enemy of allJesus has returned the evil of death to death because by Jesus death has died. Death does not have the final say. Jesus has conquered it — in fact, he has more than conquered it, because now, Jesus has made this great enemy of mankind our chauffeur into the eternal presence of God, where we will be with him forever, which is far better. Death is our enemy — we don't make friends with it — but Jesus has triumphed over death, and one day, in him, so will we. And so we praise him. Praise him!Only God knows all the crisis situations in this room — what's happening now and what might be ahead — only God knows. But whatever situation you're in, Psalm 54 is a guide for you. If you're stuck. If you're in danger. If you're afraid. If you're overwhelmed … in God's mercy, by faith … pray, preach, praise.Father in heaven, we do praise you! We praise you because you are worthy of praise. You are above all. There is nothing greater and nothing better. You are the Most High over all that is, and you are the exceeding joy of our souls. You created us for your glory, and in Jesus alone, because of Jesus, we come to you in absolute surrender. Thank you, Father, that you set your love on us by your grace and that you have poured your love out for us in the death and resurrection of your Son. Jesus is our salvation, and we give you all praise and honor, in his name, amen.
You have turned my wailing into my dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy so that I may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever (Psalm 30:11-12). We thank you Lord.
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Does your Tongue GIVE LIFE or TAKE IT AWAY? Did you wonder where your parents got the idea to tell you to watch your mouth? It seems like a physically impossible request for good reason, YOU CAN NOT WATCH YOUR MOUTH WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EYES!! You can, however, accomplish it with your "RUACH'AL EYE"!! We looked at Psalm 141; 3-4 tonight and for good reason, more often than not, it was our mouth or tongue that gets us in to the messes we find ourselves in!! The concept of Engaging your Mind before your Mouth is not NEW it has been around for thousands of years, yet so few are willing to display any application of the principle! One would presume the desired outcome would be the trouble we get & keep ourselves in. It doesn't have to be that way!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/love-live/message
Consider that I love your precepts; O Yahweh, according to your loyal love preserve my life. The whole of your word is truth, and your every righteous judgment endures forever (Psalm 119:159-60). We are in good hands family. Stay blessed!
Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done—your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I tried to proclaim and tell of them, they would be too numerous to count (Psalm 40:5). Indeed, we are blessed!
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Into your hand, I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Yahweh, faithful God (Psalm 31:5). We are on this journey together family. Stay blessed!
Tú no adorarás al Señor tu Dios de la manera que las otras naciones rinden culto a sus dioses, llevando a cabo en honor de ellos toda clase de actos detestables que el Señor odia. Hasta sacrifican a sus hijos y a sus hijas en el fuego como ofrenda a sus dioses. Deuteronomio 12:31 NTV https://bible.com/bible/127/deu.12.31.NTV
In the good times, let us remember that every good and perfect give comes from our Father in Heaven, and show our gratitude in word and deed. When times are not so good, let us examine our hearts and remember from where our help comes. When we cry out to Him, He will answer. You have turned my wailing into my dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy so that I may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever. (Ps. 30:11-12 Lexham English Bible)
In this week's study, I continue in verse 3, Chapter 2. In our last study, we were in verse 3 discussing of Christians not fainted ‘kamno' or to work one's self weary, be weary (or even sick). Other words, don't make yourself all worked up over what is happening in the world around you. As a Christian, we have Yahshua Messiah within. And He who is for us, nobody can came against us, therefore we, as Christians, must rebuke those that hate Yahshua Messiah, whether they are republicans or democrats. If they hate Yahshua Messiah, who died at Calvary's Cross to save the sinners of their sins with His shedding blood, we must rebuke them in Yahshua Messiah's glorious name! In this study we discover:Then we are to mark and avoid them. ‘Rom. 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. ‘Have no fellowship with their works but expose them. ‘Eph. 5:11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. ‘Turn away from them. ‘2 Tim. 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. ‘Don't even let them in our house. ‘2 Jn. 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him Yahweh speed:' Don't Grow Weary. We must run and not grow weary and Yahweh will help us. ‘Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. ‘Verse 4; Don't Forsake Your First Love. When you love a person you give yourself to them heart and soul. But like in marriage, sometimes we forget how much zeal we had in our love for each other when we were first married. The Ephesians had left that love, being together in one mind, sharing together, and their zeal for the bridegroom, The Messiah. We must not forsake meeting together in fellowship and love. Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. We must also not forsake the Lord because He may ultimately forsake us. ‘Jer 17:13 O Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.' Don't end up like those in Hosea 4:6 ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God (Elohim), I will also forget thy children.'But, be like those in 2Timothy 2:15 ‘Study to shew thyself approved unto God (Yahweh), a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.'Join me as we go Chapter by Chapter, Verse by Verse, Unraveling the Words of Yahweh!Have any questions? Feel free to email me at utwoy@netzero.net
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By [wbt_preacher_link preacher=”John Cortright”] Throughout our days, our years, our lives, no matter what the circumstance, God is in control. All things were designed for His purpose. Revelation 4:8-11 For You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created Job 14:1-2; Psalm 90:1-12; 39:4-5; 144:3-4 A man's life is short of days. He comes forth like a flower and withers. Teach us to number our days. What is the extent of my days? My lifetime is nothing in Your sight. Man is like a mere breath, a passing shadow. Psalm 62:5-9 Wait for God only! He only is my rock and my salvation. Trust in Him at all times. Men of low degree and high rank together in the balances are lighter than breath. Psalm 31:1-13 God was his refuge, the rock of his strength, his fortress. David committed his soul to God through the afflictions and troubles. Jesus quoted from this psalm on the cross (Luke 23:46; 1 Peter 2:21-23). Psalm 31:14-15 But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh, I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand. Where are we in the course of human history? When will Christ return? It is in God's hand. The Father alone knows the day and hour. Mat 24:36; Mar 13:32-33; Acts 1:7; 1 The 5:1-6; 2 Pet 3:8-14The post My Times Are in Your Hand first appeared on Living Hope.
You Are Important to God INTRODUCTION: What ever happen Today , after 6moths There's good news today! “You are important to God!” He values you highly! I. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO GOD BECAUSE “HE CREATED YOU IN HIS IMAGE.” A. You are God's highest creation. Mga Awit 8:4 Ano ba ang tao upang iyong pahalagahan; o ang anak ng tao upang iyong pangalagaan? Mga Awit 8:5 Nilikha mo siyang mababa sa iyo nang kaunti, pinuspos mo siya ng dangal at ng luwalhati. Mga Awit 8:6 Ginawa mo siyang pinuno ng lahat ng iyong nilikha, sa lahat ng mga bagay, siya ang iyong pinamahala: Mga Awit 8:7 mga tupa at kawan pati na ang mababangis, Mga Awit 8:8 lahat ng ibong lumilipad, at mga isda sa karagatan, at lahat ng nilikhang nasa karagatan. Mga Awit 8:9 O Yahweh, na aming Panginoon, sa buong mundo'y tunay kang dakila! B. The Bible speaks of mankind as the offspring of God. Mga Gawa 17:26 Mula sa isang tao'y nilikha niya ang lahat ng lahi sa buong mundo. Itinakda niya sa simula't simula pa ang kani-kanilang panahon at hangganan. Mga Gawa 17:27 Ginawa niya iyon upang hanapin nila ang Diyos; baka sakaling sa kanilang paghahanap, siya ay matagpuan nila. Ang totoo, hindi naman siya talagang malayo sa bawat isa sa atin; Mga Gawa 17:28 sapagkat, ‘Hawak niya ang ating buhay, pagkilos at pagkatao.'Tulad ng sinabi ng ilan sa inyong mga makata, ‘Tayo nga'y mga anak niya.' Mga Gawa 17:29 Sapagkat tayo'y mga anak ng Diyos, huwag nating akalaing siya ay tulad lamang ng mga larawang ginto, pilak, o bato na pawang likha ng isip at kamay ng tao. Genesis 1:27 Nilalang nga ng Diyos ang tao ayon sa kanyang larawan. Sila'y kanyang nilalang na isang lalaki at isang babae, > Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." II. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO GOD “BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOUR EVERYDAY NEEDS.” A. God providentially cares for the needs of mankind. Mateo 5:45 upang kayo'y maging tunay na mga anak ng inyong Ama na nasa langit. Sapagkat pinasisikat niya ang araw sa mabubuti gayon din sa masasama, at nagpapaulan siya sa mga matuwid at sa mga di-matuwid. Mga Gawa 14:17 Gayunman, nagbigay siya ng sapat na katibayan upang makilala ninyo siya sa pamamagitan ng kabutihang ginagawa niya sa inyo. Binibigyan niya kayo ng ulan mula sa langit at ng masaganang ani sa takdang panahon. Binubusog niya kayo ng pagkain at pinupuno ng kagalakan ang inyong mga puso.” III. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO GOD “BECAUSE HE LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON TO DIE FOR YOUR SINS.” A. We are all lost and in need of salvation. Mga Taga-Roma 3:22 Pinapawalang-sala ng Diyos ang lahat ng sumasampalataya kay Jesu-Cristo, sa pamamagitan ng kanilang pananalig sa kanya, maging Judio man o Hentil. Mga Taga-Roma 3:23 Sapagkat ang lahat ay nagkasala, at walang sinumang nakaabot sa kaluwalhatian ng Diyos. Mga Taga-Roma 3:24 Ngunit dahil sa kanyang kagandahang-loob, sila ay pinawalang-sala na niya sa pamamagitan ni Cristo Jesus na siyang nagpapalaya sa kanila. Mga Taga-Roma 6:22 Ngunit ngayong pinalaya na kayo mula sa kasalanan at naging alipin na ng Diyos, ang natamo ninyo'y isang buhay na banal at ang ibinubunga nito'y buhay na walang hanggan. Mga Taga-Roma 6:23 Sapagkat kamatayan ang kabayaran ng kasalanan, ngunit ang libreng kaloob ng Diyos ay buhay na walang hanggan, sa pamamagitan ni Cristo Jesus na ating Panginoon. Mga Taga-Efeso 2:4 Subalit napakasagana ng habag ng Diyos at napakadakila ng pag-ibig niya sa atin. Mga Taga-Efeso 2:5 Tayo'y binuhay niyang kasama ni Cristo noong tayo'y mga patay pa dahil sa ating pagsuway. Naligtas nga kayo dahil sa kanyang kagandahang-loob. Mga Taga-Efeso 2:6 Dahil sa ating pakikipag-isa kay Cristo Jesus, tayo'y muling binuhay na kasama niya upang mamunong kasama niya sa kalangitan. Mga Taga-Efeso 2:7 Ginawa niya ito upang sa darating na mga panahon ay maipakita niya ang di-masukat na kasaganaan ng kanyang kagandahang-loob, sa pag-ibig niya
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