Friday, June 14, 2019
He alone is the judge. The question is if our justification depended
upon our position, our behavior or our charisma and all of us are
sinners then who decides what is the legitimate proof of being
vindicated? In preordained all things before the world was created. A
God whospeaks all things into existence has already made the judgement about
the purpose of anything. God does not need proof in order to be
successful. He is successful because He decreed good and evil to prove
that He is right. He vindicates His people because He is right.May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who
plot my ruin be turned back in dismay." God decreed that when man
sinned he would be cursed with blindness .The Psalmist teaches that the
man who is blind has not cause. He is disconnected from the realityof justification. If universal sin was simply offending God then we
would have no reason to feel threatened. We are not intending to harm
someone when we sin. This is why the Psalmist is alerting us that all
sin offends God also is an act of aggression toward our neighbor.But if we felt threatened by every man then would avoid sinners. But
because God has taken the responsibility of judgement by cursing the
wicked then we dont need to be afraid. The pronouncement of the curse
protects us from the potential of being harmed insteadof God performing swift punishment. God frees us from being overly concerned by the violence of sinners in the curse.The more words in scripture that we are familiar with the more questions
we are gonna have when we see those words throughout scripture. And the
more we think about how the words are related the more comprehensive
and balanced view we will have. This is making theology personal.Ps 12May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
Gods curse is much bigger than the entire defense machinery of a
nation. It is more effective than our greatest experience of
restoration. The Psalmist frees himself from the system that is put into
placeby man to address the evils in society. He does this by pronouncing the
curse. If God expelled every person in the city who miss represented His
word then there would be peace. When you begin to acknowledge Gods work
you will not be so quick to judge.People think that you matter when you become a christian. So they
describe salvation and repentance as an example of the movie Saw. When
you get through the gauntlet you have repented. God does not need your
reaction. He saved John before he was born.
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