Monday, June 24, 2019

We face troubles in order to overcome them in the context of life and death pronouncements.143 1 O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you." All of our troubles come from living in a fallen world.We can do practical things to get out of trouble but we would need to go out of this world in order to work enough to avoid trouble. The only way we can get out of trouble is through Gods righteousness and faithfulness. The Psalmist puts all troubles in the context of Godseternal axioms of life and death in order to pronounce death on our troubles. 11 For your name's sake, O LORD , preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. 12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.There is nothing too small that does not rise up to the level of axiom pronouncements. Christ did not obtain righteousness by pragmatic solutions. He acted in perfect unity is the smallest movement of His body. He must justify Himself in the smallest corruption in our lives.Christ did not obtain righteousness by pragmatic solutions. He acted in perfect unity is the smallest movement of His body. He must justify Himself in the smallest corruption in our lives.11 For your name's sake, O LORD , preserve my life; in your righteousness,bring me out of trouble. 12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.Ez 4 4 "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side." The prophets had to carry the sins of the people in pronouncing the curse.. 5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the house of Israel. 12 Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel." They had to identify with the odious nature of sin.The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair, 17 for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin." The curse of wickedJer 29 19 For they have not listened to my words," declares the LORD , "words that I sent to them again and again by my servants the prophets. And you exiles have not listened either," declares the LORD . ... the axioms22 Because of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: 'The LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire.

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