Showing posts with label Psalms 5. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Psalms 5:12

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Psalms 5:12



12 For thou, LORD, [Yahovah] wilt bless [barak] the righteous; [tsaddiyq] with favour [ratsown] wilt thou compass [`atar] him as with a shield. [tsinnah] KJV-Interlinear


12 For it is Thou who dost bless the righteous man, O Lord, Thou dost surround him with favor as with a shield. NASB


The wicked category of people, includes anyone who seeks their meaning and purpose and fulfillment from this world, from the source of their own opinion, from the source of their own imagination.

However, true fulfillment in life and forever, comes only from God, who is the source of all things that matter and exist.

Blessing is the action of provision for approval, for sanction. 

Favor is the kindness and priority given to specific people.

A shield, is the form of protection that nothing and no one can overcome.

The world can provide none of these things.  The world has no guarantees, no assurances, no promise, no future.

In the world, you have prejudice, inequalities, bias, and everyone is treated with manipulated deception and false hope.  In the world, your life has no assurance of success, or even a tomorrow.  In this world you have to hustle and hope, advertise and wish, and maybe, just maybe, some good things will come to you.

While all around you is pressure, trouble, bills, problems, and constant stress, that wears you out and makes your hair eventually turn grey.  Assuming that you have any hair left in your latter years.

And in the end, you die.  How many people do you know that are over 120 years old?  None.  They are all gone.  All of human history that has come before us, over one-hundred generations and trillions of nameless people, are gone.  And you will go that same way as they did.  Never know to most, and forgotten to history.

But you do not have to have the same result.

From the moment of Adams creation, every person in history has had the same opportunity of salvation and spiritual growth.  Most have ignored this opportunity.

There are only two classes of people in existence, those who have Gods favor and those who do not. Most do not.  And that places you in the only legitimate minority in all of human history, that is, if you are advancing in your spiritual life.

The righteous is a specific class of people, who are saved, who are advancing in their spiritual lives toward spiritual maturity, and who live consistent patterns of life within Gods will.  That simply means that they confess and study daily.  Not a difficult thing to do for anyone.

And for that, God places a spiritual shield around you and your spiritual life, and protects you forever.  In addition God provides you with His own personal favor. 

That does not mean that he is going to intervene in human history and bend down and change history especially for you.  History was written in the divine decrees in eternity past, and it will unroll in due course.  But what this does mean, is that if you are positive toward God, Christ, doctrine, and obedient to His will (living in fellowship, studying daily, etc.), then He will give to you His promise and blessing, for a certain and guaranteed future in eternity, and, He will not take away your opportunity for that blessing and future, while you are alive in this world now.

The world is going to swirl around you day in and day out.  In your life, times will be good and times will be bad.  Things will go well and things will break.  You will win some battles, and you will lose some battles in life.  The roller coaster ride will not end until you leave this world for heaven.

But the one thing you can depend on, is God and His promise, and His blessing and His favor, and His protection of that which is the most important in your life, namely, your spiritual life. 

Because it is your spiritual life that will carry you into forever, complete your life, and give you true meaning and purpose for even existing.


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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Psalms 5:11

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Psalms 5:11



11 But let all those that put their trust [chacah] in thee rejoice: [samach] let them ever [`owlam] shout for joy, [ranan] because thou defendest [cakak] them: let them also that love ['ahab] thy name [shem] be joyful [`alats] in thee. KJV-Interlinear


11 But let all who take refuge in Thee be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And mayest Thou shelter them, That those who love Thy name may exult in Thee. NASB


The wicked, anyone who lives their life out of phase with God, whether dysfunctional believer, or unbeliever, have nothing in life to turn to, for help or protection from the elements of the world.

And the elements of the world are many.  Whether you are rich or poor, talented or not, there is nothing in his world that can guarantee even a single tomorrow for you.  You live your life on borrowed time, and God does all of the lending of life.

But the positive believer, the mature believer, the one who is legitimately advancing in their spiritual life, it is only this person who has the unlimited favor (grace), of God.

They (you) live in an adversarial world, but they (you) simultaneously live inside of the refuge of God.  And that is the place of the very best security anywhere.  This refuge exists inside the fellowship sphere, when you are in fellowship (obtained through the confession procedure).

Out of fellowship believers, and certainly all unbelievers, do not have this refuge protection, with respect to the things that can occur in this world.  All believers are of course, safe in their salvation.  But dysfunctional believers lose out on the blessings of life, in this life, in this world.

The song of happiness, comes only from the content of the soul,  and a healthy soul sings from the content of the spiritual life that has been constructed from doctrine.

Shelter, is the protection of God for spiritually advancing believers.  It is a roundabout protection, regardless of the circumstances of life.

You live in this world and in this world Satan runs things.  As such, there is no guarantee of any good thing in life from this world.  There is no guarantee of health, of an education, of work, of survival, or anything else.

But through God, and from God, there is a guarantee of doctrine and the opportunity to advance to spiritual maturity.  This advancement is in your soul, and as such places certain guarantees for you, for eternity.  That is your goal in this life, to prepare for eternity.  And of that, God protects your investment, your spiritual life.

The world will try to get you to leave doctrine, to give up, to quit God, to blame God, but if you stick to your studies, through all of the unfair situations that you will certainly face in life, then, God will make certain that you will enter into eternity, with a full accounting of your blessings, and more.

In God (doctrine), is joy (fulfillment completion of your life).  You will not get that from this world.


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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Psalms 5:10

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Psalms 5:10



10 Destroy ['asham] thou them, O God; ['elohiym] let them fall [naphal] by their own counsels; [mow`etsah] cast them out [nadach] in the multitude [rob] of their transgressions; [pesha`] for they have rebelled [marah] against thee. KJV-Interlinear


10 Hold them guilty, O God; By their own devices let them fall! In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out, For they are rebellious against Thee. NASB


Destroy, ‘asham,’ means to fail in ones duty, to be found guilty, to punish, to destroy.

The evil, the wicked, the ones who reject truth, fail because they pursue their own counsel.  When truth is rejected, then one has only lies to follow.  But in following lies, one has to have an imagination for invention of philosophy, in order to develop that religion or philosophy.

But lies are false.  Lies have no substance.  Lies have no contact or matching objective in reality.

The ones who reject Gods word, reject God.  The ones who reject God, reject His plan and impose their own plan in its place.

They do this during the course of their life.  The repetition, the multitude, the abundance of their transgressions, is established by the pattern of life they have chosen and pursue and follow throughout their life.

A mistake or two does not establish a pattern.  But a pattern is established by the daily, monthly, yearly and even a lifetime or repetitively doing the same things, over and over again.

Subscription to lies means rejection of truth.  Rejection of truth is a rebellion.  And the rebellion against truth, is a rebellion against the source of truth, God.

Because spiritually negative people reject truth, then they subscribe to lies.  Lies have no basis in reality, therefore, one must work harder, think harder, invent harder, in order to fabricate a philosophy or pattern of belief in which they can be faithful.

They are guilty by their own thoughts. They are guilty by their own hands.  They are condemned by their own decisions.  All, substantiated by the pattern of repetitive pursuit they themselves have chosen for themselves.

Wicked people, spiritually negative people, are not restricted to criminals and thugs, but includes every person who does not live in the fellowship sphere of the spiritual life.  Most wicked people are wicked by virtue of their being indifferent toward God and truth.

Anything outside of the fellowship sphere, is a rebellion against God and truth, since being outside of the fellowship sphere (living outside of Gods guidance) is in fact living in the carnal world (living under the sin natures guidance).


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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Psalms 5:9

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Psalms 5:9



9 For there is no faithfulness [kuwn] in their mouth; [peh] their inward [qereb] part is very wickedness; [havvah] their throat [garown] is an open [pathach] sepulchre; [qeber] they flatter [chalaq] with their tongue. [lashown] KJV-Interlinear


9 There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue. NASB


In contrast to people who read and study and learn the scriptures, which are the word of God, which is the truth of life, then there are those who do not read the scriptures, they do not know the word of God, they do not know or understand the truth of life.

Therefore they have only lies to express from their inward part, their soul, and then their their throat as an open grave or their attitude toward life, to their tongue, the actual expression of what they know.

But in lies, deceit is always at the forefront of all evil. 

Therefore the tongue expresses flattery, ‘chalaq,’ which refers to smooth stones for tossing lots (like in rolling dice), meaning to be smooth, to divide, to take away, to flatter.

And this, when combined with grave, ‘pathach,’ which is an open grave, ready to receive its occupant, indicates that the tongue is the deceptive element used to take life away, to draw others into the untruths of the beliefs of the evil person who does not know truth.

When truth is expressed it is there for all to accept or reject.  Truth is never there to draw people in without their own free will decision.

Lies, on the other hand, have to draw people in through deception.  If it were not for deception, then lies would have no followers.

Through smooth words, lies try to entice people into false promises, false concepts, false philosophies, false beliefs, false principles, and since anything false is dead to reality, then those who follow it, run straight into a dysfunctional life, ending up with nothing.

But truth is often times boring, and the enticements of the world are, well, enticing.

Anyone with false beliefs cannot be trusted, cannot be confided in.  Their thoughts are false, their motivations are false, their words are false.  They have no honorable conviction.

When their inward parts, their soul, is full of false, then their outward parts, their actions cannot be any better than false.  The sum of false parts, is false.

Depravity, immorality, corruption of the whole, begins with the core life, the soul.  And from depravity, the grave, comes corruption and putridness, and into it goes the same.  Nothing good is ever found in the grave.


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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Psalms 5:8

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Psalms 5:8


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8 Lead [nachah] me, O LORD, [Yahovah] in thy righteousness [tsadaqah] because of mine enemies; [sharar] make thy way [derek] straight [yashar] before my face. [paniym] KJV-Interlinear




8 O Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness because of my foes; Make Thy way straight before me. NASB




Just a couple of quick points from yesterday’s study. I mentioned an example of a wife being committed to her husband in the fashion of total submission to his will, this was an illustration of ones total commitment to God through doctrine and the spiritual life.


But just as most people in this world do not make such a commitment, so also, you will probably have a difficult time in finding a woman, or any woman, who is willing to make such a commitment to a man. Likewise there are probably very few men who are worthy of such a blessing from their wife.


If this were a perfect world, then you would find less religion and evil (obviously) and much more honesty in relationships, and commitment would come much easier. But this is the devils world and relationships generally take a back seat to the worldly priorities of society.


The second point, comes from a question posed, ‘How does one enter into Gods house?’ I guess my explanation was lacking on that point.


First, you have to be in Gods family before you can enter into His home. To get into Gods family, you have to be saved. To be saved, you believe in Christ. ‘Father I believe in Jesus Christ.’


Salvation is that simple. You think those six little words, and you are instantly saved. We call that being saved, receiving salvation, being born again, receiving eternal life, and so forth. Once born into Gods family, you cannot unborn yourself.


When you are saved, and it takes only one expression of belief to be saved, and you are saved permanently and forever (you can never lose it), then the question in your life is not salvation, for you already have that, but your question becomes one of a matter of obedience to God.


Do you live within His rules, or do you live outside of His rules.


As a believer you have two environments in which you can live – the carnal environment, or the spiritual environment.


In the carnal environment you live in sin and under the control of the sin nature (which is in us all). We call this environment, being out of fellowship.


In the spiritual environment, you live in the spiritual life and under the control of the Holy Spirit. This is the place of residence and presence in Gods house. It is not a physical house, but a spiritual house. We call this environment, being in fellowship.


Moving back and forth between the two environments is determined by sin and confession.


When you sin you are instantly out of fellowship and out of the presence of God.


When you confess your sins, then you are instantly in fellowship and in the presence of God.


Confession of sin is directed to God the Father as often as is necessary in your life and in the form of, ‘Father I did this, and that, and this, and that, etc.’ This is a list, however long or short, of the infractions you have committed (done, thought, lusted, wanted to do or not do, etc.) since the last time you confessed. If you have forgotten sins, do not worry, they are covered as well.


All confession is directed to God the Father and to no one else. This is between you and God.


Once you confess, then you are back in fellowship and that is the place in your life where all of your spiritual activities, interactions, studies, prayers, etc. function properly. Out of fellowship, your spiritual life is off line and does not function.


There are far more details in this study from Lev. 3 (known sins), Lev. 4 (unknown or forgotten sins), and 1 John (the mechanics), which cover the concept and application of confession and its function.


And now for our current verse.


Given all that this world has to offer, your life is far better off, infinitely better off, if you pursue God in your life, rather than the worldly temptations and enticements that are all around us.


The world has nothing to offer you. Your life in this world is short, perhaps a few decades at most, then what? After this life, you move on to eternity and that, by most calculations, is a far greater period than a few decades.


Leaving this world, you take nothing with you except your soul and spirit. Your physical body is left behind and your possessions are left behind also. You go to heaven only with what you have in your soul and that content is the basis for your eternal reward, which applies to eternity.


No content and no reward. Great content and great reward. How much simpler can that be explained.


And content comes only from Bible doctrine in the soul. You learn doctrine by pursuing a daily study, and you grow, by means of that learning process. You cannot know, what you do not learn and you cannot learn what you do not study.


Therefore, as David states in this psalm, ‘Lead me, in your righteousness.’


Gods righteousness is the content of Bible doctrine. The principles, concepts, mandates, and so forth contained in the Bible.


Lead, ‘nachah,’ means to transport, to guide, to govern. And that mean that you have to learn the rules before you can follow them and apply them to your daily life.


Because of my enemies, is a reference to the world and all that is in disregard to God, Christ, doctrine, truth and so forth. The world offers you nothing. Doctrine offers you everything. Therefore, because there is nothing to be gained permanently from the world, then there is only one other place to gain something of significance and importance and that is from God.


Therefore, because there is nothing here, then, you, God, provide something, everything, for me.


To make your way straight, means to make your life worthy, of significance, with meaning and purpose and fulfillment, to make your life complete. The world offers no such completion for your life or for anything, for that matter. No matter what you have or want out of this world, it will never be satisfying or enough. There will always be something missing.


And that something is the substance of truth in your soul that paves the way for everything, even beyond your imagination.


Before my face, means that this study and relationship with God, is personal between you and God, and the only thing that separates you from God, is doctrine and your decision to learn His word. You are potentially your own worst enemy and barrier, to a great life.


If you fail in life, you have only yourself to blame, because God gives you a way to succeed. You just have to see it and want it.




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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Psalms 5:7

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Psalms 5:7


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7 But as for me, I will come [bow'] into thy house [bayith] in the multitude [rob] of thy mercy: [checed] and in thy fear [yir'ah] will I worship [shachah] toward thy holy [qodesh] temple. [heykal] KJV-Interlinear




7 But as for me, by Thine abundant lovingkindness I will enter Thy house, At Thy holy temple I will bow in reverence for Thee. NASB




But as for me, is a phrase set in contrast of what other people do.


There are only two opinions in this universe – Gods, and everyone else's.


You are either in compliance with Gods truth, principles, mandates, obligations, etc., or you are not. There is no third position available.


Therefore you are either in truth, by virtue of pursuing your spiritual life, in a legitimate fashion, or you are not. And if not, then your life is in a lie.


So, how does one get into Gods presence? By first entering into His house.


The word for house, ‘bayith,’ means residence, dwelling, temple, court, door, inside place, inward place.


During Davids day, there was no formal temple. It had not yet been constructed. Solomon will do that many years later.


In the multitude, ‘rob,’ meaning abundance, more than can possibly be enjoyed or possessed or needed, ever.


Lovingkindness or mercy, ‘checed,’ means Gods grace is action, favor applied, blessings given and received.


In a minute we will put this all together.


The temple does not exist as we have noted, however it is there that David will bow in reverence or worship, ‘shachah,’ means to bow, to show respect, to adhere to Gods rules not ones own.


In fear, ‘yirah,’ means fear or respect, but it is in the feminine, meaning to submit ones self voluntarily, desiring to submit ones self, to someone else, submitting totally to their will. Our earthly picture of this is a wife to her husband.


And finally we have the last word for temple, ‘heykal,’ which means a large public place, a large building, a temple, a palace, a fortress, a place for endurance, a place to overcome, a place to be able, to attain, to prevail.


Now, ‘As for me,’ David says.


While the rest of the world pursues the things of this world, pursues evil, sin, things, from an inanimate source – the world. A place that has no power, no intellect, no eyesight, no ears. A planet of rock, air, and water. A place that has no substance in theological fact or reality, and therefore cannot hear prayer, cannot interact, cannot control or provide resources, cannot maintain a destiny, cannot do virtually anything.


Then there is God, the one and only God, Jesus Christ, the Lord who has a house (dwelling place within your soul through doctrine), is able to provide an abundance of blessings, and all you need do is enter into His presence.


David had no temple to enter, yet he entered. He did not enter a building, but entered into Gods presence by way of His own soul, the inward place, Gods house.


He did so by assuming a posture of humility, a mental posture, of reverence, of respect, of obedience to Gods rules, not his own. Today we call this being in fellowship. A place that is sin free, positionally speaking, a mental state, a place where God resides, and makes provision for, through the confession process.


In contrast all others assume a posture of self importance, of self righteousness, of arrogance, etc.


And David, while in that sphere of presence before God, looks ‘toward’ the temple. Our last word.


A place of perseverance, of endurance, or blessing, a palace, a temple, a fortress, a place of safety, a place of completion. He looks toward this objective of completion of his own life for meaning and purpose and destiny, rather than looking toward the lies that exclude God.


Therefore, through God and Gods plan, and Gods apparatus for spiritual function, (fellowship), is access to the one and only person, Christ, who can do what He promises, can provide what He promises, is able and willing to give His favor to you, if only you will willingly and humbly submit voluntarily yourself completely to His truth.


And that is accomplished by means of confession, to enter into the spiritual presence of God, by pursuing a daily study of His word, to learn, to understand, to grow up and function in life, and therefore by advancing in your very own spiritual life.


Your other option is to interact with lies, which will get you nothing and nowhere.




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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Psalms 5:6

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Psalms 5:6


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6 Thou shalt destroy ['abad] them that speak [dabar] leasing: [kazab] the LORD [Yahovah] will abhor [ta`ab] the bloody [dam] and deceitful [mirmah] man. ['iysh] KJV-Interlinear




6 Thou dost destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. NASB




Falsehood or leasing, ‘kazab,’ means lies, deceit, untruth, or anything that is not real or legitimate. This can include the telling of lies, false philosophy, religion, or even having an opinion that is not true. But it also applies to anything that exists when out of fellowship.


The energy of the flesh, or human good as it were, is a lie. This, as opposed to the energy of the spirit, which is anything done while in fellowship.


For example, helping a little old lady across the street. All would agree that this is a good deed.


However, when this act is performed while out of fellowship, its production is symbolized as wood, hay, and stubble, or human good, or energy of the flesh. A deed that gains you no credit in your spiritual life.


On the other hand, when performed while in fellowship, then it is symbolized as gold, silver, and precious stones, or divine good, or energy of the spirit.


Spiritual status makes the total difference between what you do from arrogance or the sin nature, performing works without the need of God, verses, performing works from the spirit, or performing works by means of God.


Unbelievers can only produce lies in their life.


Believers out of fellowship, can only produce lies in their life.


Only believers in fellowship, produce divine good.


Now back to the word for destroy, ‘abad,’ which means to wander away, to lose oneself, to destroy, to perish.


Therefore, people wander away from God because they do not function properly in their spiritual life. In so doing, the person perishes, destroys themselves, because their true life, their spiritual life, does not function. No spiritual life, no spiritual food, therefore starvation as far as the nourishment of the soul is concerned.


And because the individual who has a dysfunctional spiritual life, then God abhors, rejects, isolates, sets them to off line.


The ones who are bloody, and deceitful. Bloody indicates the life being sucked out, and deceitful, means self deceit, or pursuing or promoting something that is not true.


Ever wonder why your spiritual life does not seem to work? Then perhaps you are living in the sphere of the false. Perhaps you are delusional or stubborn about your own opinions or attitudes, and need to change.




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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Psalms 5:5

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Psalms 5:5


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5 The foolish [halal] shall not stand [yatsab] in thy sight: [`ayin] thou hatest [sane'] all workers [pa`al] of iniquity. ['aven] KJV-Interlinear




5 The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity. NASB




The foolish, ‘halal,’ refers to all who oppose God, oppose truth, and prefer lies and are therefore delusional.


All sin is folly. All sin is the product of the wicked, the proud (arrogant), the insolent, the unjust, transgressors, deriders, the self righteous.


Sin is the environment that exists outside of the functioning spiritual life. You do not have to be sinning perpetually, you just have to be out of fellowship and therefore functioning under the influence of the sin nature, which is in us all.


People who are in fellowship, (acquired by confession – sometimes called the filling of the spirit), live inside the fellowship sphere, and are under the control of the Holy Spirit (not the sin nature). This is not a state that is detectable by human means. Therefore there is no emotional connection or sensuous connection, or even an overt reaction to being in fellowship. The spiritual life is separate and apart, and beyond the human senses.


All people who live their life out of fellowship, are by default sinners, carnal, out of fellowship, and are therefore classified as foolish. This includes all unbelievers (they have no spiritual life whatsoever), and all believers who do not make a practice of confession on a regular basis.


All unbelievers are therefore by default wicked. All believers who live out of fellowship, imitate unbelievers, as far as their carnal pattern of life goes, and are also classified as wicked.


Wise people, are saved through faith, and thereafter confess regularly (none of us are perfect), and advance in their spiritual growth through study and application of doctrine to their daily life, are on a path that will lead to the completion of their life.


People who do not advance in their spiritual life, and therefore do not advance toward the completion of their life, are fools.


This life and all that is in this world are temporary at their very best. The spiritual life not only fulfills your life now, but aligns you for reward and a phenomenal eternal life. It would be like choosing between poverty and trillionaire status. Which would you choose? The fool chooses poverty.


And not only does the fool choose poverty (which means ending up with nothing), but they work diligently and intensely at getting nothing. Thus, the fool.


The worst of fools is the unbeliever, for they have only the Lake of Fire for a destiny. The next worst, is the believer who disregards their spiritual life and its blessings. For though they still go to heaven, they lose out on their rewards in heaven (additional rewards due to a failed spiritual life).


Neither stand before God.


The unbeliever has no relationship and therefore has no place before God.


The believer who is out of fellowship, does not stand before God, because fellowship is the proper venue for standing before and addressing God, from within the fellowship sphere.


The spiritual life functions only (in all of its aspects – prayer, learning, growth, production, etc.), only from within the fellowship sphere.


If you are a believer, and do not understand the fellowship aspects of the Christian life, then you need to look up the special studies on that subject. Those studies are located in the Library online on the main Bible study website. An in-depth study is also available in the 1, 2, 3rd John studies.


Hate from God is a term that uses human emotions to describe a policy of God, against evil in all forms.


God is perfect. God can have no relationship with evil in any form. God does not have any relationship with evil in any form. That includes you when you live your life out of fellowship. You are not better (functionally) than any unbeliever, when you are out of fellowship. Your spiritual life does not function, your spiritual growth is on hold, every aspect about your relationship with God is off line, so to speak.


All workers of iniquity, refers to all people who are out of sync with God. Unbelievers for certain, and believers whose lives are not functioning spiritually.


Far too many folks believe that they can define their own spiritual relationship with God, and that is not possible. God alone defines the terms of relationship, never you.




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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Psalms 5:4

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Psalms 5:4


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4 For thou art not a God ['el] that hath pleasure [chaphets] in wickedness: [resha`] neither shall evil [ra`] dwell [guwr] with thee. KJV-Interlinear




4 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee. NASB




The God of the Bible, our Christian God, namely the Father, Son, and Spirit, are all characterized with perfect righteousness and perfect justice.


These two attributes combine together to create holiness, a perfect state of sinless perfection, without flaw, without taint, without moral blemish of any kind.


God does not have a double standard when it comes to moral conduct. God does not have a double standard when it comes to integrity. God does not have a double standard when it comes to honor.


Many of the religions of Davids day, and even throughout history, promote sensual pleasures. Even the Islam religion of our current day, hangs the carrot of enticement of afterlife virgins as well as many other evil beliefs. A policy that is clearly lustful and full of sin.


But then remember that God is real and true, while the gods of religions are false, manmade and inventions designed to allow human sin patterns as acceptable practices.


Evil plays favorites and will distance itself from everyone whom it pleases. There is no consistency and no security in the religions of the world.


Christianity is not a religion. It is not manmade, and not invented. It is a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.


God has perfect integrity, perfect honor, a perfect policy which is immutable. It never changes throughout the ages, and will never change into eternity. In God is consistency, and security, fairness and safety for everyone. You will never be left out or abandoned by God, due to changing circumstances or times, or whims.


The evils of this world, do not come from God. All flaws, handicaps, prejudices and so forth, in this world, come from Satan, and from no other source. All lies, all deceptions, all handicaps, even death, originated with Satan.


Therefore, as we have been studying in this psalm, all the words of God, all the meditation, all the learning, all the knowledge and understanding are not, and are never, a waste of your time.


God is life. God is your origin. God is your destiny. God is the completion of your existence.


God provides and produces within you, all the meaning and purpose of your life, and far more.




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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Psalms 5:3

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Psalms 5:3


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3 My voice [qowl] shalt thou hear [shama`] in the morning, [boqer] O LORD; [Yahovah] in the morning [boqer] will I direct [`arak] my prayer unto thee, and will look up. [tsaphah] KJV-Interlinear




3 In the morning, O Lord, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch. NASB




The morning is the beginning of a new day. Each day is a gift for another opportunity to learn and grow in ones life.


Each new day set before you is filled with unknowns. Will it be like any other day, or will it be like yesterday?


Or, will something different occur at mid-morning, or at noon, or at mid-day, or in the evening?


You can presume that the day that is before you will be like any other day, and most of the time it is. But there will come a day, when your life will change perhaps a little, perhaps dramatically, and then you will wish that you had prepared yourself better.


You may even ask yourself, ‘Where have all those years gone?’


So, in the morning, prayer is offered repetitively every morning, just as the ritual sacrifices were offered in ancient times. Prayer is solemn and well thought out, orderly and with purpose. Prayer is not haphazard or flippant. It is a good way to begin the day with thanks.


Prayers come from you, and not from someone else. Your communication to God comes from you, for you. Only spiritually weak people want others to do their praying for them. But God has raised you up, to learn and to grow, and to stand on your own two feet, before Him.


And with doctrine in your soul, acquired from a regular and consistent and daily study, then you will possess the confidence and faith to communicate with God Almighty.


And then you will watch and wait. To watch, ‘tsaphah,’ means to stand on a very tall watch tower, where you can see great distances.


To watch means that you must be alert as to the things that are around you, just as you are to be alert to your own spiritual state within you.


You should not live your life with disregard to the things around you, nor oblivious to your environment.


Likewise, you should not disregard your spiritual life, or be unaware as to the relationship that you can and should have with God.


The world is not the sum total of your existence, God is.




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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Psalms 5:2

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Psalms 5:2


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2 Hearken [qashab] unto the voice [qowl] of my cry, [sheva`] my King, [melek] and my God: ['elohiym] for unto thee will I pray. [palal] KJV-Interlinear




2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to Thee do I pray. NASB




The cry for assistance, for help, comes in times of stress, in times of trouble, in times when there is nothing else you can do, in times when life has driven you down and run away from you, in times when you are helpless and powerless and seemingly without hope.


To my King and God. Everyone has an authority they look to. There is no one who does not have a superior. We all have someone we are obligated to, whether we accept it or not.


In life God has set up various systems of authority, designed to keep human society safe and on track, and designed to teach us all that our ultimate authority is God.


If we reject the authority which God has established for us here in this life, then we cannot really orient to God as our authority, since we have rejected Hid design. You cannot pick and choose which of Gods rules you will obey and which you will not.


Disobedience in one is disobedience in all.


God is the ultimate authority and His plan and design are our marching orders for life.


For to you I pray.


There is no one, and nothing in this world or in life, to which we can turn, other than God.


Our family, our culture, our ancestors, the plant life, the animal life, the seasons and acts of nature, the sun and moon and stars, and all the things we can or cannot see, have no power to hear, let alone answer prayer.


Life swirls all around us and is beyond our control. We cannot control other people. We cannot control the systems of society. We cannot control the bureaucracies in the world. We cannot control chance or accidents or karma, if you will.


But what we can control is our own destiny. And that control comes through our decision and determination to learn doctrine, to understand doctrine, to grow up in our spiritual life, to learn responsibility and orientation to life, by means of Gods grace plan for us.


While the world swirls away, we can fulfill our own completion and destiny, by recognizing life and our own limitations and by embracing Gods grace and plan, which is specifically designed for each one of us.


To ignore His plan is to waste your entire life chasing after everything that the world has, which is nothing. But to embrace Gods plan, is to secure a phenomenal life now and future which is in front of us.




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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Psalms 5:1

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Psalms 5:1


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1 [To the chief Musician [natsach] upon Nehiloth, [nachiylah] A Psalm [mizmowr] of David. [David] Give ear ['azan] to my words, ['emer] O LORD, [Yahovah] consider [biyn] my meditation. [hagiyg] KJV-Interlinear




1 For the choir director; for flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.
Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my groaning. NASB




The previous psalm was an evening psalm, as the reader was inclined to lay down and sleep in peace and safety in the knowledge that God is watching over us.


This psalm is a morning psalm, to which the reader wakes up in remembrance and thankfulness of the phenomenal blessings that he has received from God.


This psalm is addressed to the chief musician in a continuous fashion with wind instruments, and, to the chief musician in a discontinuous fashion with wind instruments. Also, it can be read as to the chief musician with inheritances, and to the chief musician without inheritances.


Both Hebrew words, ‘natsach,’ and ‘nachiylah,’ carrying parallel meanings as they are derived from ‘chaalal,’ and ‘naachal,’ respectively.


The continuous aspect is in reference to Gods grace (the music) for those who pursue their spiritual lives in the legitimate manner prescribed by God, while grace is discontinued for those who are indifferent toward, or in rejection of, or play games with, self designed spirituality.


The reference to the inheritance carries the same connotation for those who will or will not inherit in eternity, and again based on their spiritual function or lack of it.


Thus the opening introduction of this psalm speaks to the chief musician, the one who drives and leads the orchestra, namely Christ, who sets the controls over history and lives and destinies and rewards.


The reader prays to God, to hear his words in the morning, as he first arises and gives thanks, as his first act of the day, each morning.


His words from meditation, come from words that he has learned.


Words that you have learned come from words that you have studied. Words that you have studied come from your making the decision each and every day, to study, out of a desire to learn of God, and truth, and not be merely satisfied with your own invented perspective of life.


Gods word, comes out from beyond ones reach, given by God to each one of us. Words that otherwise are not accessible in the earthly scheme of things.


Man can discover and make use of the things of the world and of the physical world, but man cannot discover, on his own, the things from the spiritual realm. It is one of those human limitations that escapes mans reach.


Therefore, through a committed life to the learning of doctrine, something that anyone who wants to really learn of truth and life, then the natural path of learning is to review what you have learned (meditation, thinking about scripture and such).


And our meditation, our thoughts and words when we review them, are redirected back to God, who sees our thoughts, recognizes the truth content of our thoughts, and evaluates us accordingly, for the purpose of determining the nature of our individual inheritance.




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