Ps 39 I will put a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence."
But when I was silent and still,
not even saying anything good,
my anguish increased.
My heart grew hot within me,
and as I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
The Psalmist has practiced meditation in silence in all places. A person can become a professional after many years. The Psalmist is creating a free environment in uniting desire in community. We must understand that have something in common with unbelievers .We both need grace. 4"Show me, O LORD , my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.But we are accepted when we feel the desperate need of being accepted by God. But the unbeliever is desperate to find relief from the struggle of condemnation. When we experience the loss of our confidence in ourselves we unite our need for grace. When we create that need by mediation we allow them a little rest from their desperation. Everyone loves allowance Where the Spirit is there is freedom.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
We forget what is behind, by being in Christ and
sharing by His Spirit those promises and life giving infusions of His
attributable qualities that come from eternity through His sovereign
power. Now we live in the unexplainable, being conscious of our
inability to keep ourselves from feeling the sting of our weaknesses.
This is grace gifted to us in spite of our rebelliousness toward
imagining that it comes to us through this world of working. How can we
not be shaken since the eternal paradigm is so opposite to this
life of naturalism and failure, and yet knowing the tendency to trust in
those things we can see, but always being drawn to something that we
cannot hold onto without His empowering us? And this is what defines our
struggle. It is that we want to be given over to our imagined ability
to avoid this super naturalistic impossibility without dependence.
Matt 21 12 Jesus
entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling
there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of
those selling doves. "It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise ?"
Ps 82 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
Christ embodied the ot temple worship. He was born in a world that was turned upside down. In the OT God communicated to the Priest through the articles in the ark of the covenant. The OT supernatural communication of God from the Temple was embodied in Christ. The Prophets spoke the law, covenants, curses, statutes, promises and decrees as they depended upon Gods response in the supernatural communication from the ark of the covenant. But now Christ embodied the axioms. The God Man had entered time to pronounce the axioms into reality as He walked among men.
God established the creation covenant though progressive revelation. He created man as a governor to rule over His creation. He established His creation covenant through the Kingship of David.God rules the earth from His presence in the Temple. But the eternal Son of God who ruled from the Temple came into the world as the ot presence of Gods kingdom. Christ came into the Temple to establish His eternal presences in the nt church. Now Christ rules the earth through the NT church. Now the babes who speak the axioms in the church control the kingdoms of the world.
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise ?"
Ps 82 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
Christ embodied the ot temple worship. He was born in a world that was turned upside down. In the OT God communicated to the Priest through the articles in the ark of the covenant. The OT supernatural communication of God from the Temple was embodied in Christ. The Prophets spoke the law, covenants, curses, statutes, promises and decrees as they depended upon Gods response in the supernatural communication from the ark of the covenant. But now Christ embodied the axioms. The God Man had entered time to pronounce the axioms into reality as He walked among men.
God established the creation covenant though progressive revelation. He created man as a governor to rule over His creation. He established His creation covenant through the Kingship of David.God rules the earth from His presence in the Temple. But the eternal Son of God who ruled from the Temple came into the world as the ot presence of Gods kingdom. Christ came into the Temple to establish His eternal presences in the nt church. Now Christ rules the earth through the NT church. Now the babes who speak the axioms in the church control the kingdoms of the world.
Eph 4 In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
Ps 4 4In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD .
"In your anger do not sin" in the NT comes from the parallel passage in Psalms. In the incarnation Christ had to suffer death in order to be the atoning sacrifice taught in Psalm 4 "offer right sacrifices". The OT zabah is lit. offer the "animal that has been slain." Tearing the animal into pieces is a metaphor God applying the curses upon Jesus. God uses this metaphor when He upbraids Israel for focusing on the physical traits of the animal. Ps50 "Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:" If we offer the sacrifice without the pronouncement of death to the wicked God is not pleased. The sacrifice was more than an atonement. It was a consecration of the covenant promises. The Psalmist is teaching that they recited the law with the right attitude displayed in the sacrifice.16 But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws
or take my covenant on your lips? They did not offer the sacrifices in the spirit of the curses. When we approach God in praise, sorrow, petition and complaint it must be in a holistic way. We must speak with the law, covenants, curses, statutes, promises and decrees.
God has given us a way to express our anger through the pronouncements of the curses in order to consecrate our anger. The Psalmist is comparing the violent act of slaying the animal with the heat of human anger. Christ not only satisfied the law by His active and passive obedience, death and resurrection, but He had to endure the violence in the punishment for our sin. This is why the Psalmist teaches that sin is the act of violent rebellion in redefining the legal pronouncements of the king.God deals with the violence by pronouncing the death to the offender. We cannot avoid the consequences of abuse as we relate to sinners. So we have the virus of personal anger that must be quarantined in the pronouncement of the curse. If God loves us with action then He must respond to sin by mending the abuse we experience. So God has spoken the curses in order for us to experience His defense so that we are healed. If we do not use the legal defense in the curses then we let the anger linger and it hardens our hearts.
Ps 4 4In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD .
"In your anger do not sin" in the NT comes from the parallel passage in Psalms. In the incarnation Christ had to suffer death in order to be the atoning sacrifice taught in Psalm 4 "offer right sacrifices". The OT zabah is lit. offer the "animal that has been slain." Tearing the animal into pieces is a metaphor God applying the curses upon Jesus. God uses this metaphor when He upbraids Israel for focusing on the physical traits of the animal. Ps50 "Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:" If we offer the sacrifice without the pronouncement of death to the wicked God is not pleased. The sacrifice was more than an atonement. It was a consecration of the covenant promises. The Psalmist is teaching that they recited the law with the right attitude displayed in the sacrifice.16 But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws
or take my covenant on your lips? They did not offer the sacrifices in the spirit of the curses. When we approach God in praise, sorrow, petition and complaint it must be in a holistic way. We must speak with the law, covenants, curses, statutes, promises and decrees.
God has given us a way to express our anger through the pronouncements of the curses in order to consecrate our anger. The Psalmist is comparing the violent act of slaying the animal with the heat of human anger. Christ not only satisfied the law by His active and passive obedience, death and resurrection, but He had to endure the violence in the punishment for our sin. This is why the Psalmist teaches that sin is the act of violent rebellion in redefining the legal pronouncements of the king.God deals with the violence by pronouncing the death to the offender. We cannot avoid the consequences of abuse as we relate to sinners. So we have the virus of personal anger that must be quarantined in the pronouncement of the curse. If God loves us with action then He must respond to sin by mending the abuse we experience. So God has spoken the curses in order for us to experience His defense so that we are healed. If we do not use the legal defense in the curses then we let the anger linger and it hardens our hearts.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Matt 7 23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
Ps 6 8Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
I can just imagine Jesus praying Psalm 6 as the person who sends the Pharisees away by pronouncing the Psalms in quietness. I surmise that he knew exactly who was abusing the poor and the helpless and He came upon a group of them . This would be just a natural pronouncement to them in defense of His people. Away to hell your life is through.
Ps 6 8Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
I can just imagine Jesus praying Psalm 6 as the person who sends the Pharisees away by pronouncing the Psalms in quietness. I surmise that he knew exactly who was abusing the poor and the helpless and He came upon a group of them . This would be just a natural pronouncement to them in defense of His people. Away to hell your life is through.
Matt 7 23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
Ps 6 8Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalm 6 was written as a complaint of a physical wound. The Psalmist usually complains about his sin when he is suffering from physical injuries. We have a tendency to focus on ourselves when we are in a trial. When we face a trial we lose hope. When we lose hope we turn our eyes inward. Our sorrow reminds of our inability to control our lives. God created to never experience corruption. It is not normal for us to face opposition. Because we are sinners we do not have confidence that we can curse the opposition. But the Psalmist overcomes his attraction to turning his eyes inward by speaking the curses. He says "May my enemies be put to shame and confusion , may they be turned back in sudden disgrace. " He is expressing his dependence upon God by placing all of his confidence on the power of the law to shield him from the curse of the devil. Jesus is saying trust in Him is believing that when He took the curse upon Himself, we are no longer cursed. We will put all of our confidence in His work to destroy our opposition through the pronouncements. It is all we need.
Ps 6 8Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalm 6 was written as a complaint of a physical wound. The Psalmist usually complains about his sin when he is suffering from physical injuries. We have a tendency to focus on ourselves when we are in a trial. When we face a trial we lose hope. When we lose hope we turn our eyes inward. Our sorrow reminds of our inability to control our lives. God created to never experience corruption. It is not normal for us to face opposition. Because we are sinners we do not have confidence that we can curse the opposition. But the Psalmist overcomes his attraction to turning his eyes inward by speaking the curses. He says "May my enemies be put to shame and confusion , may they be turned back in sudden disgrace. " He is expressing his dependence upon God by placing all of his confidence on the power of the law to shield him from the curse of the devil. Jesus is saying trust in Him is believing that when He took the curse upon Himself, we are no longer cursed. We will put all of our confidence in His work to destroy our opposition through the pronouncements. It is all we need.
The prophets spoke like David described in Ps. 119 The curses would have no authority without atonement. The coals were endorsing the prophets curses by atonement.
Isa 6 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
He said, "Go and tell this people:
" 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?"
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
until the LORD has sent everyone far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
Isa 6 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
He said, "Go and tell this people:
" 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?"
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
until the LORD has sent everyone far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
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