Monday, March 30, 2015

Christian repentance 
Psalm 103 NIV
Of David.
1 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--
3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children--
18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
21 Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
22 Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

The Psalm in my post before this one is our view as we look outward. This Psalm is our self examination. Its a Psalm that teaches christian repentance. Let me make a few remarks for each verse. The Psalm follows the Psalm above opening with a personal praise to God. The expression is more than just a simple praise but the Psalmist says " with all my inmost being". So the Psalmist has been expressing his understanding of God by paying close attention to Gods promises in His covenant. The weight of the pleasure is according to the Psalmist prior meditation of this psalm. You will see that some of the Psalms are inverted...vs 1 starts with Praise and vs 22 ends with praise. Like Psalm 139:1Oh Lord you have searched me....vs 24"search me"So you can say this over again with more understanding because your acknowledging that your petition was answered. And this is the way these inverted Psalms describe Gods way of adding strength to our souls and being able to express that with more experience.
This christian repentance is really sweet because it involves our rehearsing how God has dealt with us according to our sin. And you see that the expression of strong praise is toward God as our Father. This Psalm teaches how a Father deals with his sinful son. We have an inheritance or benefits. Redeems you life from the pit. He protects us from going down to the pit. We never get in over our heads so that we cannot be delivered ...we just get our feet stuck in holes. "works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed." Speaking of God dealing with us as a son who is provided with a secure and successful life by God upholding His covenant. We have someone who is solid that we can fall back on. Also it speaking of being chosen to a path where we are not overcome by the schemes that have trapped other men. We understand Gods language of grace and there is no threat that God doesnt overcome. Moses delivered the people of Israel by Gods wonders. A comparison of a wicked government being opposed by Gods government through the curses. The Lord is compassionate etc... this is Gods covenant promises to Abraham. The Psalmist always starts with Gods words of covenant faithfulness and then describe how God creates our success according to His covenant. This whole phrase can be summed up as describing Gods unfailing love

He will not always accuse. My opinion is that its like a analogy that when we experience pain and sorrow we feel like God is dealing with us according to our sin .. so when the Psalmist talks about experiencing the anger of God its not really God acting angry but its the Psalmist expression of the trouble as if the Psalmist was saying I am experiencing something that the wicked experience. So in my opinion over many years of cursing and blessing it is God lowering Himself and saying " Ive given you expressions so that you can pour your heart out to me even tho I havent been accusing or angry. tiil another time..

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