Saturday, May 9, 2015

  God sanctifies us without being thwarted
 Ps.21
1 O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!
2 You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. "Selah"
3 You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.
5 Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
6 Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
9 At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
11 Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
12 for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.
13 Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might. 


God has created us not only to be a part of moving this world by being His vessels of glory but He has created our reality as He is pleased to create and order His creation. This is what the Psalmist is saying by God giving Him the desire of his heart... or the request of his lips. In this way we have been given a desire that cannot thwart Gods purposes. There is nothing that prevents this desire from being united with God in recreating all things. This is what we need to understand that our sin is not longer in between our success and Gods purposes.
 I can say that I have decided to receive the gospel by repenting of my sin. Since I exercised my free will in order to be accepted by God then after I am saved in need to confess my sin in order for me to be accepted. All of us can clearly see that this is semi plagenism. The miss interpretation is that God is holding us to a standard of righteousness by our confession. But if we say that God saves us in which we are sanctified and there fore we will sin less are not we making sin the issue between us and God? But instead of making the demand come from the beginning of salvation we are just saying its gonna come from the result of salvation? In my opinion we are making the same mistake as the semis.
You will find this strict way of thinking throughout the Psalms. My philosophy in my life has been that whenever I hear teaching in any form, whether it is from church, business, family, friends I withhold my judgement until I have passed the idea through my meditation of the Psalms. I have learned to be in control of myself even if I am in the company of a man who is speaking violently. This has become so ingrained in me that I have learned to wrestle with some men like I am in a wrestling match. I am expert at pinning my opponent in a defense manner. I mean not me but having the discipline of a warriors mentality. If you want to experience this then memorize the book of Psalms. Thats my challenge.But I have suffered from depression in some points of my life. Im always subject to the judgement of people who have the mentality as if they are sitting around waiting for me to be depressed again. 
But the Psalmist starts from the philosophy that he is accepted by God because God forgets his sin. The concept of Gods forgetfulness is not really talking about one forgetfulness for one sin. The Psalmist is using this comparison in the teaching of God as creator. God forgets our sin by recreating us as if Gods name is on the line. Let me say this one last thing.When we are saved its impossible for us not to be sanctified. As God has control over all things so He is able to justify everything in our lives according to His sovereignty. Now I hope you feel the air go out of the room and you feel free.

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