Background to this Psalm: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. – You’ll remember, probably, that his action involved lust, adultery, unfaithfulness, deceit, murder! Every phrase below is full of meaning! 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to yourContinue reading “Psalm 51: 1-12….David repents.”
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Psalm 44: 17-26….At the end – a glimmer of hope!
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant. – “We are not to blame, we are perfect, or least good” This is, I doubt, a statement of truth, rather it is one of excuse!18 Our heart has not turned back, norContinue reading “Psalm 44: 17-26….At the end – a glimmer of hope!”
Mark 2 : 1-12….Remember that Mark is setting out the Evidence that Jesus is the Son of God!
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. AndContinue reading “Mark 2 : 1-12….Remember that Mark is setting out the Evidence that Jesus is the Son of God!”
Exodus 32: 25-35….We sometimes think that sin is a little thing.
And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the LORD’S side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. And he saidContinue reading “Exodus 32: 25-35….We sometimes think that sin is a little thing.”
John 11: 45-54….A plot to kill Jesus.
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performsContinue reading “John 11: 45-54….A plot to kill Jesus.”
John 19: 24d-30….It is finished!
24d So the soldiers did these things, 25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 ThenContinue reading “John 19: 24d-30….It is finished!”
Psalm 51: 6-12…..What can God do?
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Let me hear joy and gladness;let the bones that you have broken rejoice.Hide your face from my sins,and blot out all my iniquities.CreateContinue reading “Psalm 51: 6-12…..What can God do?”
Psalm 51: 1-6….The background to this Psalm is given in great detail!
Have mercy on me, O God,according to your steadfast love;according to your abundant mercyblot out my transgressions.Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,and cleanse me from my sin!For I know my transgressions,and my sin is ever before me.Against you, you only, have I sinnedand done what is evil in your sight,so that you may be justifiedContinue reading “Psalm 51: 1-6….The background to this Psalm is given in great detail!”
Genesis 42: 1-9a……Meanwhile in Canaan
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” So tenContinue reading “Genesis 42: 1-9a……Meanwhile in Canaan”
Genesis 24: 62 – 25v6…..Abraham prepares for the end.
Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel and saidContinue reading “Genesis 24: 62 – 25v6…..Abraham prepares for the end.”
As I read it! 