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Hearing God Speak through His Word

"But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word
in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance."
-- Luke 8:15 (NASB)

Psalm 89:30-37 • God Is Not Throught With Israel Yet

February 6th, 2010 by Servant
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“‘If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
If they violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
Then I will punish their transgression with the rod
And their iniquity with stripes.
But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
My covenant I will not violate,
Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.
Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
His descendants shall endure forever
And his throne as the sun before Me.
It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the sky is faithful.’”
    —Psalm 89:30-37 (NASB)

I just want you to take your time with this direct quote from God Himself. There are those who propose that God is through with Israel and that anything in the Bible which originally applied to “Israel” no longer literally applies to Israel but now applies spiritually to the church. If God’s promises do not apply literally to Israel, then how can you be assured He will keep His promises to the church? God is not through with Israel yet.†††

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Psalm 86:8 • No One Like You

February 5th, 2010 by Servant
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“There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works like Yours.”
    —Psalm 86:8 (NASB)

When a Muslim says that their god is the same god as the Christian God I do not give it much thought because I know their beliefs are rooted in error and therefore prone to propagating error. It is the same whenever I hear similar proposals from adherents of any belief outside the walls of Christianity. But when I hear such things offered by those claiming to themselves be Christian I never ceased to be amazed. Obviously such statements cannot possibly come from someone reading and believing their Bible, so I often wonder exactly what authority they derive their beliefs from.

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Psalm 85:8 • Returning to Folly

February 4th, 2010 by Servant
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“I will hear what God the Lord will say;
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
But let them not turn back to folly.”
    —Psalm 85:8 (NASB)

It goes something like this: I will reconnect after many years with a friend from my distant past. While bringing me up to date on the main milestones of their life they will say something like, “And for years I was lost to Mormonism but by God’s grace he saved me out of that”. At that point I provide a big sigh of relief and issue a small praise heavenward. But then they follow up with, “So now I am so much happier as a Charismatic Catholic”. It stuns me into silence every time how someone escaping one serious error somehow manages to flee to another equally or even more serious error.

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Psalm 84:11-12 • Those Who Walk Uprightly

February 3rd, 2010 by Servant
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“For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts,
How blessed is the man who trusts in You!”
    —Psalm 84:11-12 (NASB)

Sometimes I think the lifelong pursuit of a Christian is unlearning the definitions to every word as they were taught them by the world in order to learn them correctly as God applies them in His Word. And one of the ways He does this is through the use of comparisons and contrasts. In God’s Word there are juxtapositions of words which are uniquely set apart from the way the world associates or uses them. In the world’s vernacular, what would the “sun” have in common with a “shield“, or how could “grace” be the flip side of “glory“?

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Psalm 83:5 • Biblical Conspiracy Theory

February 2nd, 2010 by Servant
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“For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:”
    —Psalm 83:5 (NASB)

From time to time it is necessary to pause and consider at whom the world is really taking aim. The warfare taking place in the heavenly places is actually reflected in what takes place on earth. But as soldiers in the trenches on the front line we can become so absorbed in the battle taking place around us that we forget the goal of the war is far greater than just overcoming the little foxhole we happen to occupy. And we might lose sight of the fact that just as we are committed and focused philosophically to our side, so are they over there opposite us.

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Psalm 78:5-7 • Teaching the Children

February 1st, 2010 by Servant
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“For He established a testimony in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach them to their children,
That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,
That they should put their confidence in God
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments,”
    —Psalm 78:5-7 (NASB)

I wonder how many Christians would continue living like a marginalized Christian if they had an honest assessment from their children? If your family does not even believe that you are an honest, Bible-believing Christian, what are the odds it can be true in the other areas of your life? Would your child even describe you as a Christian? How much of what they have learned to put into practice in their own Christian walk would they attribute to being handed down to you by them directly?

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Psalm 73:1-3 • Stumbling Feet

January 31st, 2010 by Servant
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“Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”
    —Psalm 73:1-3 (NASB)

Undoubtedly if a poll of all Christians were taken it would be a very small percentage, if any, who would disagree with the statement, “Christians are supposed to live IN the world, not OF the world”. And yet there is a striking paradox in the Western church today. Living in a consumer-driven society, it appears that the incorporation of consumerism into the church is one its leading problems. No longer possessing the influence to change society’s values more into conformance with God’s Word and ways, the church is allowing society’s values to change it from within.

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