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Psalms 4:8
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8 I will both [yachad] lay me down [shakab] in peace, [shalowm] and sleep: [yashen] for thou, LORD, [Yahovah] only [badad] makest me dwell [yashab] in safety. [betach] KJV-Interlinear
8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O Lord, dost make me to dwell in safety. NASB
When in your life are you at your greatest risk of danger? When you are asleep.
When sleeping you are unconscious and rather oblivious to everything that is going on around you. The weather continues. The rivers and streams continue to flow unhindered. The traffic and world around you continue on their way regardless and in spite of your sleeping condition.
When sleeping you are aware of nothing. Whether dreaming or not, the world passes by without any hesitation or pause.
When you wake up, the world has recorded several hours of history which you missed entirely.
While asleep, a fire could occur, a tree could fall on your home, a flood could rise up and sweep you away, a criminal could cause you harm or worse. Nearly anything can happen while you are sleeping. You can even lose sleep because of the worries and stresses of life that prevent much needed rest.
But only weak and spiritually immature people would or could worry or are disturbed about the unknown or the uncertain.
Spiritually mature or spiritually advancing folks have confidence and a mental state of trust in God.
Spiritually mature folks have the same pressures and dangers of life that everyone else has. The only difference between the two, is doctrine learned and resident within the soul of the mature believer.
Peace is a relaxed mental state. Sleep is a state of trust in God. With everything out of and beyond ones control, then there is nothing to be gained through fretting and worry. They will not change your bills or obligations. They will not change your income or resources. They will not resolve one problem.
But without doctrine, the fretting and worrying in life are difficult to control. Therefore, a person needs a resource that gives them inner control and the ability to relax and be at ease.
That resource of Bible doctrine. And through doctrine, and from within your soul, God provides for you a safe place, a refuge, a confidence that helps you to live a mentally easier life.
Your circumstances will not go away, most probably. Your circumstances that you will face in life will vary from time to time, from year to year, from place to place. But God and doctrine are always there, consistent, and reliable.
The first psalm taught us that God has a plan. His plan calls for happiness's (plural) for each of our lives. Happiness’s require a completeness of ones soul, of ones self. The completeness of ones self is accomplished by means of doctrine, by means of learning doctrine, by means of understanding doctrine and growing up and making truth the central foundation of your life.
Bible doctrine is the key to your life. You have to study it daily in order to learn it.
Psalm two taught us that man has a plan and that God has a plan. Mans plans (they are numerous) will all fail. Gods plan will succeed. Gods plan began in eternity past when one member of the trinity was assigned the title, Son of God. The divine plan centers around that person, the Son, who was to accomplish an eternal destiny for all who believe in Him. Rejection or indifference toward Gods plan is arrogance.
The soul is eternal, therefore the reasonable person will plan for the long term of his life (eternity), and not just the short term (this present life).
The third psalm taught us that the world is an enemy. The world does not care for your best interest. The world inundates each person with enticements and unfairness’s, to distract you from God and Gods plan. It is easy to get caught up in the activities of ones life and forget or ignore God, but then the world surrounds you with an almost infinite variety of enemies, most of which you would never recognize as enemies, friendly such as they are. Your own attitude can be your worst enemy.
The fourth psalm teaches us to stand in awe of God, doctrine, and the spiritual life that He alone offers. Conform to His teaching and plan, and your life will be beyond better, and beyond anything that the world can offer.
Gods word, when learned, and adopted for your daily life, promotes peace and confidence and rest within your inner and total essence.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Psalms 4:7
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7 Thou hast put [nathan] gladness [simchah] in my heart, [leb] more than in the time [`eth] that their corn [dagan] and their wine [tiyrowsh] increased. [rabab] KJV-Interlinear
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. NASB
Happiness is the ultimate objective of everyone. Regardless of who you are or what you do in life, or what you have, or what your circumstances are, everyone strives for happiness or fulfillment of some sort in their life.
Most folks pursue their happiness by means of things or circumstances, which are things that are external to themselves.
However, God provides a more complete and thorough happiness which resides within the soul, a happiness that becomes an integral part of your very existence and life. This happiness is more than a possession, it is a fundamental component of your essence.
And while people of the world pursue their happiness through things, circumstances, social relationships and such, they really never achieve anything when it is all said and done.
Grain and wine are expressions for the new production of a very fruitful harvest. These refer to the ultimate of prosperities from life from this world.
But no matter what you gain in life from the world, even if it is the entire world, your happiness will never come close to the happiness that God provides through doctrine.
The worlds blessings are temporary at best.
Gods favor (grace), is far better and it lasts forever. Gods favor comes as a result of doctrine in the soul, which you learn through study, and has nothing whatsoever to do with any circumstance of life.
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7 Thou hast put [nathan] gladness [simchah] in my heart, [leb] more than in the time [`eth] that their corn [dagan] and their wine [tiyrowsh] increased. [rabab] KJV-Interlinear
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. NASB
Happiness is the ultimate objective of everyone. Regardless of who you are or what you do in life, or what you have, or what your circumstances are, everyone strives for happiness or fulfillment of some sort in their life.
Most folks pursue their happiness by means of things or circumstances, which are things that are external to themselves.
However, God provides a more complete and thorough happiness which resides within the soul, a happiness that becomes an integral part of your very existence and life. This happiness is more than a possession, it is a fundamental component of your essence.
And while people of the world pursue their happiness through things, circumstances, social relationships and such, they really never achieve anything when it is all said and done.
Grain and wine are expressions for the new production of a very fruitful harvest. These refer to the ultimate of prosperities from life from this world.
But no matter what you gain in life from the world, even if it is the entire world, your happiness will never come close to the happiness that God provides through doctrine.
The worlds blessings are temporary at best.
Gods favor (grace), is far better and it lasts forever. Gods favor comes as a result of doctrine in the soul, which you learn through study, and has nothing whatsoever to do with any circumstance of life.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Psalms 4:6
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Psalms 4:6
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6 There be many [rab] that say, ['amar] Who will shew [ra'ah] us any good [towb]? LORD, [Yahovah] lift thou up [nasa'] the light ['owr] of thy countenance [paniym] upon us. KJV-Interlinear
6 Many are saying, "Who will show us any good?" Lift up the light of Thy countenance upon us, O Lord! NASB
The phrase, who will show us good, is an expression for how do we find happiness.
And as we have already learned from the first psalm, happiness’s (plural) come from God.
Whereas happiness (singular) is what man seeks, in his attempt to relate happiness to things that are external from himself.
Humanity seeks happiness in things, in sensations. People seek wealth, money, in acquisitions, in entertainment, in social interactions, in sensual activities. And all of these things are separate and apart from ones inner self. They are all temporary and without substance.
God provides happiness’s in many different forms, and Gods happiness’s are internal to the soul and an integral part of your existence. God does not provide happiness in things, because as circumstances change, then your happiness or mood is subject to change.
However, doctrine is consistent, unchangeable, reliable and permanent. Doctrine in the soul creates a palace, a temple, a fortress within your inner self. And once you possess something in spirit, then you possess it forever.
Lifting up the light of countenance, is an expression for grace. Grace is Gods favor. And when God gives you favors, then that is something remarkable and phenomenal. The world in all of its glory, cannot match even one single small favor that God can provide. And God provides favors in abundance to those who advance in their spiritual lives.
Who can show happiness? Who can provide happiness? Who can accomplish a fulfilled and complete life?
Only God can do that, and He does it through the written word, Bible doctrine.
You can look to the world and you will end up with nothing. You can look to doctrine, and your life will end up with phenomenal blessings beyond imagination.
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6 There be many [rab] that say, ['amar] Who will shew [ra'ah] us any good [towb]? LORD, [Yahovah] lift thou up [nasa'] the light ['owr] of thy countenance [paniym] upon us. KJV-Interlinear
6 Many are saying, "Who will show us any good?" Lift up the light of Thy countenance upon us, O Lord! NASB
The phrase, who will show us good, is an expression for how do we find happiness.
And as we have already learned from the first psalm, happiness’s (plural) come from God.
Whereas happiness (singular) is what man seeks, in his attempt to relate happiness to things that are external from himself.
Humanity seeks happiness in things, in sensations. People seek wealth, money, in acquisitions, in entertainment, in social interactions, in sensual activities. And all of these things are separate and apart from ones inner self. They are all temporary and without substance.
God provides happiness’s in many different forms, and Gods happiness’s are internal to the soul and an integral part of your existence. God does not provide happiness in things, because as circumstances change, then your happiness or mood is subject to change.
However, doctrine is consistent, unchangeable, reliable and permanent. Doctrine in the soul creates a palace, a temple, a fortress within your inner self. And once you possess something in spirit, then you possess it forever.
Lifting up the light of countenance, is an expression for grace. Grace is Gods favor. And when God gives you favors, then that is something remarkable and phenomenal. The world in all of its glory, cannot match even one single small favor that God can provide. And God provides favors in abundance to those who advance in their spiritual lives.
Who can show happiness? Who can provide happiness? Who can accomplish a fulfilled and complete life?
Only God can do that, and He does it through the written word, Bible doctrine.
You can look to the world and you will end up with nothing. You can look to doctrine, and your life will end up with phenomenal blessings beyond imagination.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Psalms 4:5
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Psalms 4:5
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5 Offer [zabach] the sacrifices [zebach] of righteousness, [tsedeq] and put your trust [batach] in the LORD. [Yahovah] KJV-Interlinear
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the Lord. NASB
The first psalm taught us that God has a plan. His plan calls for happiness's (plural) for each of our lives. Happiness’s requires a completeness of ones soul, of ones self. The completeness of ones self is accomplished by means of doctrine, by means of learning doctrine, by means of understanding doctrine and growing up and making truth the central foundation of your life.
Bible doctrine is the key to your life.
Psalm two taught us that man has a plan and that God has a plan. Mans plans (they are numerous) will all fail. Gods plan will succeed. Gods plan began in eternity past when one member of the trinity was assigned the title, Son of God. The plan centers around that person, the Son, who was to accomplish an eternal destiny for all who believe in Him. Rejection or indifference toward Gods plan is arrogance.
The soul is eternal, therefore the reasonable person will plan for the long term of his life (eternity), and not just the short term (this present life).
The third psalm taught us that the world is an enemy. The world does not care for your best interest. The world inundates each person with enticements and unfairness’s, to distract you from God and Gods plan. It is easy to get caught up in the activities of ones life and forget or ignore God, but then the world surrounds you with an almost infinite variety of enemies, most of which you would never recognize as enemies, friendly such as they are. Your own attitude can be your worst enemy.
The fourth psalm teaches us to stand in awe of God, doctrine, and the spiritual life that He alone offers. Conform to His teaching and plan, and your life will be beyond better, and beyond anything that the world can offer.
Therefore, offer the sacrifices of righteousness.
What are sacrifices and what righteousness are we to observe? And then, trust in God, by means of those sacrifices of righteousness.
First, righteousness, ‘tsedeq,’ means that which is right and moral and perfect, without blemish without taint, without flaws of any kind. This is Gods perfect righteousness, not mans righteousness. Mans righteousness is based on arrogance and is better termed as self-righteousness.
God is perfect. God is not able to sin and able to not sin.
Sacrifices are mans expression toward God, which recognize through ritual, Gods truth toward man. Sacrifices are representations of Gods plan and truth.
When man offers sacrifices, the sacrifices must pertain in principle, to aspects of truth which God has ordained.
Sacrifices when performed correctly, teach Gods truth, and teach principles of Gods plan for humanity.
In the Old Testament, sacrifices were teaching aids, teaching man of sin, of Gods plan to cure sin, of the need for a mediator between God and man, of the need for a Savior, of the need for confession and of the need for spiritual growth and so forth. Most of the Levitical offerings are described in the first seven chapters of Leviticus.
When Christ went to the Cross, He fulfilled the purposes of the sacrifices, and therefore they were abrogated and no longer in affect.
Today our sacrifice comes in the form of a daily study for the purpose of learning and growing up in our spiritual life.
Therefore today, our sacrifices in righteousness, means learning truth, or Gods word, in order to advance in our spiritual life, and bring ourselves into compliance with His will.
What you have not learned, you cannot know. What you do not know, then you cannot understand. Therefore, in order to come to an understanding and to wisdom, you must first learn, and to learn you must conduct yourself in a daily study of the scriptures, such as you are doing right now.
With study comes learning. With learning, comes understanding. With understanding comes trust. With trust comes faith. And the combination of all of these things brings Gods objective for you as stated in Psalm one, blessings.
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5 Offer [zabach] the sacrifices [zebach] of righteousness, [tsedeq] and put your trust [batach] in the LORD. [Yahovah] KJV-Interlinear
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the Lord. NASB
The first psalm taught us that God has a plan. His plan calls for happiness's (plural) for each of our lives. Happiness’s requires a completeness of ones soul, of ones self. The completeness of ones self is accomplished by means of doctrine, by means of learning doctrine, by means of understanding doctrine and growing up and making truth the central foundation of your life.
Bible doctrine is the key to your life.
Psalm two taught us that man has a plan and that God has a plan. Mans plans (they are numerous) will all fail. Gods plan will succeed. Gods plan began in eternity past when one member of the trinity was assigned the title, Son of God. The plan centers around that person, the Son, who was to accomplish an eternal destiny for all who believe in Him. Rejection or indifference toward Gods plan is arrogance.
The soul is eternal, therefore the reasonable person will plan for the long term of his life (eternity), and not just the short term (this present life).
The third psalm taught us that the world is an enemy. The world does not care for your best interest. The world inundates each person with enticements and unfairness’s, to distract you from God and Gods plan. It is easy to get caught up in the activities of ones life and forget or ignore God, but then the world surrounds you with an almost infinite variety of enemies, most of which you would never recognize as enemies, friendly such as they are. Your own attitude can be your worst enemy.
The fourth psalm teaches us to stand in awe of God, doctrine, and the spiritual life that He alone offers. Conform to His teaching and plan, and your life will be beyond better, and beyond anything that the world can offer.
Therefore, offer the sacrifices of righteousness.
What are sacrifices and what righteousness are we to observe? And then, trust in God, by means of those sacrifices of righteousness.
First, righteousness, ‘tsedeq,’ means that which is right and moral and perfect, without blemish without taint, without flaws of any kind. This is Gods perfect righteousness, not mans righteousness. Mans righteousness is based on arrogance and is better termed as self-righteousness.
God is perfect. God is not able to sin and able to not sin.
Sacrifices are mans expression toward God, which recognize through ritual, Gods truth toward man. Sacrifices are representations of Gods plan and truth.
When man offers sacrifices, the sacrifices must pertain in principle, to aspects of truth which God has ordained.
Sacrifices when performed correctly, teach Gods truth, and teach principles of Gods plan for humanity.
In the Old Testament, sacrifices were teaching aids, teaching man of sin, of Gods plan to cure sin, of the need for a mediator between God and man, of the need for a Savior, of the need for confession and of the need for spiritual growth and so forth. Most of the Levitical offerings are described in the first seven chapters of Leviticus.
When Christ went to the Cross, He fulfilled the purposes of the sacrifices, and therefore they were abrogated and no longer in affect.
Today our sacrifice comes in the form of a daily study for the purpose of learning and growing up in our spiritual life.
Therefore today, our sacrifices in righteousness, means learning truth, or Gods word, in order to advance in our spiritual life, and bring ourselves into compliance with His will.
What you have not learned, you cannot know. What you do not know, then you cannot understand. Therefore, in order to come to an understanding and to wisdom, you must first learn, and to learn you must conduct yourself in a daily study of the scriptures, such as you are doing right now.
With study comes learning. With learning, comes understanding. With understanding comes trust. With trust comes faith. And the combination of all of these things brings Gods objective for you as stated in Psalm one, blessings.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Psalms 4:4
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4 Stand in awe, [ragaz] and sin [chata'] not: commune ['amar] with your own heart [lebab] upon your bed, [mishkab] and be still. [damam] Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
4 Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. NASB
To tremble, ‘ragaz,’ means to fear, to tremble, to quiver and is taken from a feminine emotion of shaking with fear or trembling at the prospects of something known that is about to happen to them.
We have already seen that the Lord protects the spiritually mature believer. That anyone who stands against the mature believer, or stands against or in opposition to their own spiritual growth, is in fact an unprotected person.
When in battle, and this is a battle of life, then if you are unprotected, then your life and the circumstances of your life are exposed to whatever the world throws at you.
If unprotected, then you have no choices, no out, no way to escape the whims of the world, and those whims are many in nature and can boggle the mind.
Unfortunately far too many people do not stand in awe of anything, except maybe the pleasures of life. To many people take life for granted and see nothing beyond this life. Seeing only that which lay ahead of them at the moment, whether todays work or tomorrows plans.
No one stops to consider Gods plan for their life, Gods objective for their life, Gods will for their life. The mere thought of God seems so abstruse and unreal, not to mention His plan, that most folks don’t give it much thought in their life.
But awe, the type that makes you tremble with total and absolute fear, is where you need to be. Have you never heard that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Does that mean nothing?
If you are disturbed to the point of trembling, by something, then you give way to respect for it, and you take it seriously.
Look at the world around you. You can lose your health, your job, your home, your possessions. You can lose everything is a heartbeat, and the world will care nothing for you. You can be talented, wealthy, beautiful or whatever. You can be insured with the best of coverages. But what good are those in the face of a robber, a single hailstone, a bit of food to choke on, a slippery footing?
And on the other hand, there are all the things that God offers to the mature believer, a charmed life, and protected life, and productive life, rewards beyond the imagination, things that boggle the mind as to be unimaginable. Can you lose them with little or no consideration?
And all it takes is a daily reading, a daily study, such as you are doing at this very moment, such that little by little, your spiritual life will take shape and grow as God molds and forms you into the completed vessel of His choosing.
Do not sin, means to discontinue pursuing your life in the worldly sense, and begin and continue living your life in fellowship, pursuing your spiritual life.
Life in fellowship is the foundation and environment of the spiritual life and that is where the spiritual life functions and develops. Anyone out of fellowship, which is nearly everyone, does not have a functioning spiritual life.
Sin in your life dictates your carnal state, and confession is the ticket to getting back into fellowship.
Upon your bed, and be still, means simply when you are inactive, or in a state of rest, then pause to reflect about your life, your goals, what you are doing and where you are heading. Is it in accordance with Gods will, or are you oblivious to what God wants and are you concentrating on what you want instead? Ponder and consider your daily study. Reflect and absorb and learn.
What is your perception about life, about after you leave this life? Do you even have a clue, or do you even care? Or, do you presume that you are going to be alright in life and after this life, even without any interaction with God?
Do these first four psalms have any impact on you and how you think?
Selah, means a pause, a timeout, a rest, but the music plays on.
This simply put, means that Gods plan continues right along without so much as a hiccup or skip, regardless of what you do or think. You can get on board with His plan, which is to your advantage, or you can continue along in the fog of life and lose.
What impresses you in life? What should you be impressed with in life? Will you change?
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4 Stand in awe, [ragaz] and sin [chata'] not: commune ['amar] with your own heart [lebab] upon your bed, [mishkab] and be still. [damam] Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
4 Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. NASB
To tremble, ‘ragaz,’ means to fear, to tremble, to quiver and is taken from a feminine emotion of shaking with fear or trembling at the prospects of something known that is about to happen to them.
We have already seen that the Lord protects the spiritually mature believer. That anyone who stands against the mature believer, or stands against or in opposition to their own spiritual growth, is in fact an unprotected person.
When in battle, and this is a battle of life, then if you are unprotected, then your life and the circumstances of your life are exposed to whatever the world throws at you.
If unprotected, then you have no choices, no out, no way to escape the whims of the world, and those whims are many in nature and can boggle the mind.
Unfortunately far too many people do not stand in awe of anything, except maybe the pleasures of life. To many people take life for granted and see nothing beyond this life. Seeing only that which lay ahead of them at the moment, whether todays work or tomorrows plans.
No one stops to consider Gods plan for their life, Gods objective for their life, Gods will for their life. The mere thought of God seems so abstruse and unreal, not to mention His plan, that most folks don’t give it much thought in their life.
But awe, the type that makes you tremble with total and absolute fear, is where you need to be. Have you never heard that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Does that mean nothing?
If you are disturbed to the point of trembling, by something, then you give way to respect for it, and you take it seriously.
Look at the world around you. You can lose your health, your job, your home, your possessions. You can lose everything is a heartbeat, and the world will care nothing for you. You can be talented, wealthy, beautiful or whatever. You can be insured with the best of coverages. But what good are those in the face of a robber, a single hailstone, a bit of food to choke on, a slippery footing?
And on the other hand, there are all the things that God offers to the mature believer, a charmed life, and protected life, and productive life, rewards beyond the imagination, things that boggle the mind as to be unimaginable. Can you lose them with little or no consideration?
And all it takes is a daily reading, a daily study, such as you are doing at this very moment, such that little by little, your spiritual life will take shape and grow as God molds and forms you into the completed vessel of His choosing.
Do not sin, means to discontinue pursuing your life in the worldly sense, and begin and continue living your life in fellowship, pursuing your spiritual life.
Life in fellowship is the foundation and environment of the spiritual life and that is where the spiritual life functions and develops. Anyone out of fellowship, which is nearly everyone, does not have a functioning spiritual life.
Sin in your life dictates your carnal state, and confession is the ticket to getting back into fellowship.
Upon your bed, and be still, means simply when you are inactive, or in a state of rest, then pause to reflect about your life, your goals, what you are doing and where you are heading. Is it in accordance with Gods will, or are you oblivious to what God wants and are you concentrating on what you want instead? Ponder and consider your daily study. Reflect and absorb and learn.
What is your perception about life, about after you leave this life? Do you even have a clue, or do you even care? Or, do you presume that you are going to be alright in life and after this life, even without any interaction with God?
Do these first four psalms have any impact on you and how you think?
Selah, means a pause, a timeout, a rest, but the music plays on.
This simply put, means that Gods plan continues right along without so much as a hiccup or skip, regardless of what you do or think. You can get on board with His plan, which is to your advantage, or you can continue along in the fog of life and lose.
What impresses you in life? What should you be impressed with in life? Will you change?
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Psalms 4:3
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3 But know [yada`] that the LORD [Yahovah] hath set apart [palah] him that is godly [chaciyd] for himself: the LORD [Yahovah] will hear [shama`] when I call [qara'] unto him. KJV-Interlinear
3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him. NASB
Know, ‘yada,’ means to know with certainty. This does not mean to know, maybe, or we hope to know, or we wish, or perhaps. This means certainty. There is no guessing, no luck, no chance or randomness, but with a guarantee, this knowledge is certain.
The Lord, refers to the personal name of God, who is the second person of the Trinity, namely Jesus Christ.
The Lord has set apart, ‘palah,’ to separate permanently, to distinguish as different, to sever for the purpose of making wonderful or marvelous. We have been separated out of this world, cut out of the world, made different from all that are in the world, through our faith in Christ, and through doctrine that we have learned and therefore, making a spiritual life in us, verses those who do not possess salvation and/or a spiritual life.
The godly, ‘chaciyd,’ means properly, of a kind or pattern, good, holy. The godly is the person who possess the attributes and characteristics within their soul, that God places in their soul, by means of the functioning spiritual life.
The spiritual life begins when the person believes in Christ. Being born again, means that you have a new birth into the spiritual realm that unbelievers do not have. That is the first separation.
The spiritual life develops with growth as you learn doctrine through a daily study, such as you are doing right now. Spiritual growth develops and builds within your soul, the norms and standards of the spiritual life. It constructs a temple, a fortress, a mansion within your soul.
The structure consists of a framework of doctrine, and is finished with the production of your spiritual life, when you function day to day within the fellowship sphere, utilizing Bible doctrine in your daily life. In other words, by applying Gods principles and mandates to your life, and living by them, then you produce spiritual good, or production, known as gold, silver, and precious stones or the finish work of your spiritual life.
The godly is he who study’s and learns and lives in fellowship and daily application of doctrine to ones life. The spiritually mature person.
And God separates for Himself, not for the world, but for Himself, the spiritually mature person. That is the individual who is separated apart, distinguished from, made different according to the pattern of the spiritual life. It is the spiritually mature believer who is heard, and answered when prayer is offered to God.
Spiritual maturity is defined by God (not you), accomplished by God (not you), the product of God (not you), and is a gift from God to you, which you can never earn nor deserve, transforming your life into a completed and marvelous life beyond imagination for now, and into all of eternity.
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3 But know [yada`] that the LORD [Yahovah] hath set apart [palah] him that is godly [chaciyd] for himself: the LORD [Yahovah] will hear [shama`] when I call [qara'] unto him. KJV-Interlinear
3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him. NASB
Know, ‘yada,’ means to know with certainty. This does not mean to know, maybe, or we hope to know, or we wish, or perhaps. This means certainty. There is no guessing, no luck, no chance or randomness, but with a guarantee, this knowledge is certain.
The Lord, refers to the personal name of God, who is the second person of the Trinity, namely Jesus Christ.
The Lord has set apart, ‘palah,’ to separate permanently, to distinguish as different, to sever for the purpose of making wonderful or marvelous. We have been separated out of this world, cut out of the world, made different from all that are in the world, through our faith in Christ, and through doctrine that we have learned and therefore, making a spiritual life in us, verses those who do not possess salvation and/or a spiritual life.
The godly, ‘chaciyd,’ means properly, of a kind or pattern, good, holy. The godly is the person who possess the attributes and characteristics within their soul, that God places in their soul, by means of the functioning spiritual life.
The spiritual life begins when the person believes in Christ. Being born again, means that you have a new birth into the spiritual realm that unbelievers do not have. That is the first separation.
The spiritual life develops with growth as you learn doctrine through a daily study, such as you are doing right now. Spiritual growth develops and builds within your soul, the norms and standards of the spiritual life. It constructs a temple, a fortress, a mansion within your soul.
The structure consists of a framework of doctrine, and is finished with the production of your spiritual life, when you function day to day within the fellowship sphere, utilizing Bible doctrine in your daily life. In other words, by applying Gods principles and mandates to your life, and living by them, then you produce spiritual good, or production, known as gold, silver, and precious stones or the finish work of your spiritual life.
The godly is he who study’s and learns and lives in fellowship and daily application of doctrine to ones life. The spiritually mature person.
And God separates for Himself, not for the world, but for Himself, the spiritually mature person. That is the individual who is separated apart, distinguished from, made different according to the pattern of the spiritual life. It is the spiritually mature believer who is heard, and answered when prayer is offered to God.
Spiritual maturity is defined by God (not you), accomplished by God (not you), the product of God (not you), and is a gift from God to you, which you can never earn nor deserve, transforming your life into a completed and marvelous life beyond imagination for now, and into all of eternity.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Psalms 4:2
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2 O ye sons [ben] of men, ['iysh] how long [`ad] will ye turn my glory [kabowd] into shame [kalimmah]? how long will ye love ['ahab] vanity, [riyq] and seek [baqash] after leasing [kazab]? Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
2 O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah. NASB
The first psalm taught us that God has a plan. His plan calls for happiness's (plural) for each of our lives. Happiness’s requires a completeness of ones soul, of ones self. The completeness of ones self is accomplished by means of doctrine, by means of learning doctrine, by means of understanding doctrine and growing up and making truth the central foundation of your life.
Bible doctrine is the key to your life.
Psalm two taught us that man has a plan and that God has a plan. Mans plans (they are numerous) will all fail. Gods plan will succeed. Gods plan began in eternity past when one member of the trinity was assigned the title, Son of God. The plan centers around that person, the Son, who was to accomplish an eternal destiny for all who believe in Him. Rejection or indifference toward Gods plan is arrogance.
The soul is eternal, therefore the reasonable person will plan for the long term of his life (eternity), and not just the short term (this present life).
The third psalm taught us that the world is an enemy. The world does not care for your best interest. The world inundates each person with enticements and unfairness’s, to distract you from God and Gods plan. It is easy to get caught up in the activities of ones life and forget or ignore God, but then the world surrounds you with an almost infinite variety of enemies, most of which you would never recognize as enemies, friendly such as they are. Your own attitude can be your worst enemy.
The fourth psalm teaches us to stand in awe of God, doctrine, and the spiritual life that He alone offers. Conform to His teaching and plan, and your life will be beyond better, and beyond anything that the world can offer.
Too often if a person cannot see or touch or smell something then they cannot believe in it. They want to be impressed, or convinced, or entertained. Faith is beyond the senses, but faith is not intended to be blind nor undetectable. Bible doctrine provides us with the tools and information to adapt our senses to faith and through an unexplainable thing, understand Gods plan and life.
If you don't conform to prayer, then you cannot understand God.
And for those who do not conform to Gods will, then the question here is, ‘How long will you defy God, His plan, His doctrine, and so forth?’
In life you have only two choices, God or everything else.
Most people choose the world, their career, their social activities, their retirement, their education, their hobbies, their goals of success or wealth or happiness as the world defines them. And all of these things are emptiness, temporary, destined for loss. When you die, they will all vanish from your life.
Few people look to God. Few people apply themselves to a daily study of the word of God. Doctrine is the food of the spirit. Food is what you eat daily for nourishment. Spiritual food nourishes the soul.
When you do not eat properly, then you starve, become ill, and eventually die a wretch.
Although your temporal life may be or seem fulfilled, your soul is the real you and your destiny is in the next life, not now.
Orient only to the temporal life now and you will lose for all of eternity.
Orient to the spiritual side of life, which is the larger side of your total existence, and you will succeed far beyond your wildest dreams.
So, how long will you hold out and ignore or reject your spiritual life as God (not you) has defined it?
Selah is a pause, a rest, but the music plays on. You can pursue your life as you see fit, but Gods plan rolls right on. You can travel along with it or against it. How long will it take you to decide?
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2 O ye sons [ben] of men, ['iysh] how long [`ad] will ye turn my glory [kabowd] into shame [kalimmah]? how long will ye love ['ahab] vanity, [riyq] and seek [baqash] after leasing [kazab]? Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
2 O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah. NASB
The first psalm taught us that God has a plan. His plan calls for happiness's (plural) for each of our lives. Happiness’s requires a completeness of ones soul, of ones self. The completeness of ones self is accomplished by means of doctrine, by means of learning doctrine, by means of understanding doctrine and growing up and making truth the central foundation of your life.
Bible doctrine is the key to your life.
Psalm two taught us that man has a plan and that God has a plan. Mans plans (they are numerous) will all fail. Gods plan will succeed. Gods plan began in eternity past when one member of the trinity was assigned the title, Son of God. The plan centers around that person, the Son, who was to accomplish an eternal destiny for all who believe in Him. Rejection or indifference toward Gods plan is arrogance.
The soul is eternal, therefore the reasonable person will plan for the long term of his life (eternity), and not just the short term (this present life).
The third psalm taught us that the world is an enemy. The world does not care for your best interest. The world inundates each person with enticements and unfairness’s, to distract you from God and Gods plan. It is easy to get caught up in the activities of ones life and forget or ignore God, but then the world surrounds you with an almost infinite variety of enemies, most of which you would never recognize as enemies, friendly such as they are. Your own attitude can be your worst enemy.
The fourth psalm teaches us to stand in awe of God, doctrine, and the spiritual life that He alone offers. Conform to His teaching and plan, and your life will be beyond better, and beyond anything that the world can offer.
Too often if a person cannot see or touch or smell something then they cannot believe in it. They want to be impressed, or convinced, or entertained. Faith is beyond the senses, but faith is not intended to be blind nor undetectable. Bible doctrine provides us with the tools and information to adapt our senses to faith and through an unexplainable thing, understand Gods plan and life.
If you don't conform to prayer, then you cannot understand God.
And for those who do not conform to Gods will, then the question here is, ‘How long will you defy God, His plan, His doctrine, and so forth?’
In life you have only two choices, God or everything else.
Most people choose the world, their career, their social activities, their retirement, their education, their hobbies, their goals of success or wealth or happiness as the world defines them. And all of these things are emptiness, temporary, destined for loss. When you die, they will all vanish from your life.
Few people look to God. Few people apply themselves to a daily study of the word of God. Doctrine is the food of the spirit. Food is what you eat daily for nourishment. Spiritual food nourishes the soul.
When you do not eat properly, then you starve, become ill, and eventually die a wretch.
Although your temporal life may be or seem fulfilled, your soul is the real you and your destiny is in the next life, not now.
Orient only to the temporal life now and you will lose for all of eternity.
Orient to the spiritual side of life, which is the larger side of your total existence, and you will succeed far beyond your wildest dreams.
So, how long will you hold out and ignore or reject your spiritual life as God (not you) has defined it?
Selah is a pause, a rest, but the music plays on. You can pursue your life as you see fit, but Gods plan rolls right on. You can travel along with it or against it. How long will it take you to decide?
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Psalms 4:1
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1 To the chief Musician [natsach] on Neginoth, [nagiynah] A Psalm [mizmowr] of David. [David]
Hear [`anah] me when I call, [qara'] O God ['elohiym] of my righteousness: [tsedeq] thou hast enlarged [rachab] me when I was in distress; [tsar] have mercy [chanan] upon me, and hear [shama`] my prayer. [taphillah] KJV-Interlinear
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. NASB
The word Neginoth, means a stringed instrument. David is giving instructions to play this psalm set to music played by a stringed instrument. Music is typically used to symbolize Gods grace policy.
Answer when I call, is a request in prayer for God to grant the request being made. The call is the prayer and the answer is the expectation of a positive response from God in granting the request.
God is the one to whom the prayer is directed, God the Father. The Father is the only authorized recipient of prayer. By example Jesus prayed to the Father. There is no other person or thing to which prayer may be directed.
No prayer goes to any human being, to any angel, to any animal or bird or fish. No prayer may be directed to any dead thing or inanimate object like a rock or planet.
All prayers offered to Mary or Jesus, or ancestors, or angels, or rocks or anything or anyone other than the Father, are invalid. Certainly all prayers offered to idols or religious objects, or false gods, are invalid.
God of my righteousness, is the complete reference to the format and process of prayer. There is only one way to pray, to the Father, in the name of the Son, and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Prayer offered in any other way, or by any other means is invalid.
God is in the plural, referring to the entire trinity and their function within prayer.
Righteousness, is Gods righteousness, imputed to each person who believes in Christ. Prayer belongs to believers only. Unbelievers who pray, do so without results.
The only prayer of the unbeliever that is valid, is the prayer of believing in Christ. Ones expression of faith is a type of prayer, which God accepts for salvation.
Enlarged, means to make room or to enlarge space. God gives the believer who is in fellowship, room to pray.
In distress, means in times of trouble. Trouble of any kind.
When the believer finds himself in trouble, and while he is functioning within his spiritual life, that is, resides in fellowship, then God makes adequate room or time for prayer. This space is always reserved for mature believers, and at times for immature believers, depending on the nature of the trouble.
Sometimes, if the believer has been negative toward his spiritual life, and has received adequate warning, then trouble could easily come upon him and without space or time for recovery. The negative believer, probably will not even think of praying anyway. God knows the state of mind of each individual, and allows appropriate room for prayer, under the circumstances.
Mercy, is grace in action. This is the call for God to not just hear, but to act, and act with favorable action for the believer.
Hear, again is repeated for emphasis for action on Gods part, to bring aid as required, to the believer.
Your spiritual status determines the power, effectiveness, and results of your prayers.
The immature or marginal or negative believer, bats zero most of the time. No obedience to Gods will, and thus no favorable response from God, in prayer.
The believer who is positive toward God, studies daily, is growing up in their spiritual life, operates in the fellowship sphere (due to regular confession), is otherwise obedient to Gods will, principles, mandates, and so forth, will have a powerful and effective prayer life.
If your prayers do not seem to work, then perhaps you need to examine your spiritual life and discover where the weak links are within yourself, and then correct them, by changing your spiritual growth pattern, or pattern of life.
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1 To the chief Musician [natsach] on Neginoth, [nagiynah] A Psalm [mizmowr] of David. [David]
Hear [`anah] me when I call, [qara'] O God ['elohiym] of my righteousness: [tsedeq] thou hast enlarged [rachab] me when I was in distress; [tsar] have mercy [chanan] upon me, and hear [shama`] my prayer. [taphillah] KJV-Interlinear
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. NASB
The word Neginoth, means a stringed instrument. David is giving instructions to play this psalm set to music played by a stringed instrument. Music is typically used to symbolize Gods grace policy.
Answer when I call, is a request in prayer for God to grant the request being made. The call is the prayer and the answer is the expectation of a positive response from God in granting the request.
God is the one to whom the prayer is directed, God the Father. The Father is the only authorized recipient of prayer. By example Jesus prayed to the Father. There is no other person or thing to which prayer may be directed.
No prayer goes to any human being, to any angel, to any animal or bird or fish. No prayer may be directed to any dead thing or inanimate object like a rock or planet.
All prayers offered to Mary or Jesus, or ancestors, or angels, or rocks or anything or anyone other than the Father, are invalid. Certainly all prayers offered to idols or religious objects, or false gods, are invalid.
God of my righteousness, is the complete reference to the format and process of prayer. There is only one way to pray, to the Father, in the name of the Son, and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Prayer offered in any other way, or by any other means is invalid.
God is in the plural, referring to the entire trinity and their function within prayer.
Righteousness, is Gods righteousness, imputed to each person who believes in Christ. Prayer belongs to believers only. Unbelievers who pray, do so without results.
The only prayer of the unbeliever that is valid, is the prayer of believing in Christ. Ones expression of faith is a type of prayer, which God accepts for salvation.
Enlarged, means to make room or to enlarge space. God gives the believer who is in fellowship, room to pray.
In distress, means in times of trouble. Trouble of any kind.
When the believer finds himself in trouble, and while he is functioning within his spiritual life, that is, resides in fellowship, then God makes adequate room or time for prayer. This space is always reserved for mature believers, and at times for immature believers, depending on the nature of the trouble.
Sometimes, if the believer has been negative toward his spiritual life, and has received adequate warning, then trouble could easily come upon him and without space or time for recovery. The negative believer, probably will not even think of praying anyway. God knows the state of mind of each individual, and allows appropriate room for prayer, under the circumstances.
Mercy, is grace in action. This is the call for God to not just hear, but to act, and act with favorable action for the believer.
Hear, again is repeated for emphasis for action on Gods part, to bring aid as required, to the believer.
Your spiritual status determines the power, effectiveness, and results of your prayers.
The immature or marginal or negative believer, bats zero most of the time. No obedience to Gods will, and thus no favorable response from God, in prayer.
The believer who is positive toward God, studies daily, is growing up in their spiritual life, operates in the fellowship sphere (due to regular confession), is otherwise obedient to Gods will, principles, mandates, and so forth, will have a powerful and effective prayer life.
If your prayers do not seem to work, then perhaps you need to examine your spiritual life and discover where the weak links are within yourself, and then correct them, by changing your spiritual growth pattern, or pattern of life.
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