And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. Comment: This is where we ended writingContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 17-28….A precis of what is to come!”
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Psalms 72:12-20…’For whom was it written?-2
12 For he delivers the needy when he calls,the poor and him who has no helper.13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,and saves the lives of the needy.14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,and precious is their blood in his sight.15 Long may he live;may gold of Sheba be givenContinue reading “Psalms 72:12-20…’For whom was it written?-2”
Psalms 72: 1-11….For whom was it written?
1 Give the king your justice, O God,and your righteousness to the royal son!2 May he judge your people with righteousness,and your poor with justice!3 Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people,and the hills, in righteousness!4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,give deliverance to the children of the needy,andContinue reading “Psalms 72: 1-11….For whom was it written?”
Psalms 71: 17-24….Forever You are my God!
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who haveContinue reading “Psalms 71: 17-24….Forever You are my God!”
Psalms 71: 9-16….The old are not to forget or be forgotten.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;forsake me not when my strength is spent.For my enemies speak concerning me;those who watch for my life consult togetherand say, “God has forsaken him;pursue and seize him,for there is none to deliver him.”O God, be not far from me;O my God, make haste toContinue reading “Psalms 71: 9-16….The old are not to forget or be forgotten.”
Psalms 71: 1-8….What does David mean by…?
In you, O LORD, do I take refuge;let me never be put to shame!In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;incline your ear to me, and save me!Be to me a rock of refuge,to which I may continually come;you have given the command to save me,for you are my rock and my fortress.Rescue me, OContinue reading “Psalms 71: 1-8….What does David mean by…?”
Psalms 70: 1-5….I’m desperate, Lord!
Make haste, O God, to deliver me!O LORD, make haste to help me!Let them be put to shame and confusionwho seek my life!Let them be turned back and brought to dishonorwho delight in my hurt!Let them turn back because of their shamewho say, “Aha, Aha!” Comment: How often is it true that personal affliction isContinue reading “Psalms 70: 1-5….I’m desperate, Lord!”
1 Corinthians 15: 12-19….Christianity is futile without the Resurrection of the Dead
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and yourContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 12-19….Christianity is futile without the Resurrection of the Dead”
1 Corinthians 15: 9-11….Who is this Paul?
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was notContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 9-11….Who is this Paul?”
1 Corinthians 15:1-8….The gospel in a ‘nut-shell’
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: thatContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15:1-8….The gospel in a ‘nut-shell’”
As I read it! 