12 Yet God my King is from of old,working salvation in the midst of the earth.13 You divided the sea by your might;you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.15 You split open springs and brooks;youContinue reading “Psalms 74: 12-19….Asaph continues….”
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Psalms 74: 1-11….Pleading for an excellent reason!
1 O God, why do you cast us off forever?Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyedContinue reading “Psalms 74: 1-11….Pleading for an excellent reason!”
Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. Summary: Following on what I have pictured as Asaph’s leading of the congregationContinue reading “Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!”
Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.All in vain have I keptContinue reading “Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!”
Psalms 73: 1-9….Written for worship in the temple.
Truly God is good to Israel,to those who are pure in heart.2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,my steps had nearly slipped.3 For I was envious of the arrogantwhen I saw the prosperity of the wicked.4 For they have no pangs until death;their bodies are fat and sleek.5 They are not inContinue reading “Psalms 73: 1-9….Written for worship in the temple.”
1 Corinthians 16:12-24…. And Finally
Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.Now IContinue reading “1 Corinthians 16:12-24…. And Finally”
1 Corinthians 16: 1-11….Be Generous Givers…
Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. And whenContinue reading “1 Corinthians 16: 1-11….Be Generous Givers…”
1 Corinthians 15: 50-58….Mystery and Victory
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet willContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 50-58….Mystery and Victory”
1 Corinthians 15: 35-49….The Resurrection Body
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.Continue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 35-49….The Resurrection Body”
1 Corinthians 15: 29-34….Sarcasm with a bit more questionable practice included!
Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I dieContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 29-34….Sarcasm with a bit more questionable practice included!”
As I read it! 