Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Ps 35 28 My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long. " The Psalmist is confirming the covenant by applying the parts of this Psalm in the context of law, covenants,curses, statutes, promises and decrees. His conclusion that he is faithful and confident in the covenant is his application in this Psalm. He is proving this point.
1 Contend, O LORD , with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Lit. Plead my cause against those who spread violence through lawless law. Lawlessness and violence are the opposition of Gods covenant twins of righteousness and faithfulness etc.5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away; Salvation is being made alive by the breath of God. Wind is the invisible work both inward and outward. The blessing and cursing are manifestations of the invisible. The covenant is not limited to time and space. We must have a reasonable argument in describing the invisible work that is manifested in visible. God does not act in the mysterious way that has no reasonable explanation in His revealed revelation.The axioms are the outline of Gods mysterious work. If we pronounce the curse beyond our knowledge of the evil we would not be surprised if it accomplished the prevention of that hidden evil. He is acknowledging that an eternal covenant needs eternal protection.7 Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me," The Psalmists writings are arguments for the justification of fighting and winning legal wars. He never teaches that the wicked have a just cause. We are required to swear upon the covenant to our own hurt. But the protection of God outweighs the danger of being judged according to our covenant unfaithfulness. All the arguments that prove covenant faithfulness are given to us according to Gods pronouncements. If God will not allow anything outside of Himself to satisfy the law then He must present the case against us with arguments that prove that He is faithful by substitution. We are being experiential converted by pronouncing these covenant axioms.The circumstances- "chaff before the wind" They curse by the dead gods. Gods curses are eternal "they hid their net, dug a pit". Metaphors for redefining Gods axioms net they hid entangle them,they fall into the pit" They prepare their own destruction Blessing is the curse cursing the evil curse9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation. 10 My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, O LORD ? Deliverance is acknowledging our inability to save ourselves. We pronounce the axioms and rejoice in Gods complete deliverance. The evil tactics - 11 Ruthless witnesses come forward, question me on things I know nothing about. repay me evil for good, leave my soul forlorn, gathered in glee; slandered me without ceasing, maliciously mocked, gnashed their teeth 27 May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant." Pronouncing the axioms prevent us from being tempted to become part of the evil progression. We are faithful

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