Coty Pinckney shares his insights on Psalm 67: So Psalm 67 and indeed all the Bible emphasizes that God blesses His people for the glory of His own name, so that His goodness, mercy, and love would be recognized and praised by men and angels. This is a fundamental biblical truth, but unfortunately we don’t hear … More Why Should God Bless You?
The Bible tells us that a believer is like gold or silver that must be tried in a furnace to remove all the impurities in the metal. What is that process of refining silver? Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have … More The Refiner’s Fire
Psalm 65:2,5 O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come….. By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas; Charles Spurgeon commented on this passage: Prevalence with God in wrestling prayer is sure to … More Spurgeon: The nearest place to the gate of heaven is the throne of the heavenly grace.
Justin Taylor posted at “Between Two Worlds:” Andy Naselli reproduces this quote from Doug Moo’s Encountering the Book of Romans: A Theological Survey (Baker, 2002): One part of the solution is to recognize that New Testament writers sometimes use the Old Testament not to prove a point but to borrow its language and ethos. An illustration … More Reminder from Doug Moo: NT writers sometimes use the OT not to prove a point but to borrow its language and ethos.
But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly. 8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads. 9 Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done. 10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the … More Psalm 64 linked to Mordecai and Daniel?
Sam Storms, of Enjoying God Ministries, comments in an article, I Will Lift Up My Hands! (Psalm 63:4) So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. On more than one occasion I’ve been asked: “Sam, why do you lift your hands when you worship?” … More Sam Storms on Psalm 63: “No, you need not raise your hands to worship God. But why wouldn’t you want to?”
In light of the recent controversy over Rob Bell’s latest book, “Love Wins: Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived” , I thought John Piper’s comments on our passage for today were timely: Hell is insufficient to save anybody. I mean hell cannot scare anyone into heaven, because heaven is a … More John Piper: Fear of hell is no proof of love for God
Psalm 62:2, 5-8 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. 7 On God rests … More He Only is My Rock and My Salvation
The unity of the Bible is amazing, and sometimes God speaks to us through repeating things He knows we need to hear and understand. Today we read in Numbers 35 about the cities of refuge (that were a type of Christ, our Ultimate Refuge.) And today in Psalm 61, we hear David crying out to … More Spurgeon: our God is the harbor of weather-beaten sails
In Psalm 59, David prays (1-2), complains (3-4), prays more (5) and then breaks into song. That is just in the first five verses. We see this repeated again as he complains (6-7), declares his confidence in God (8-10) and prays again (11-15) and ends with singing aloud God’s praises (16-17). I love verse 10: … More Spurgeon: preventing mercy—the supply prepared before the need occurred, the refuge built before the danger arose.
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