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301 | By What Right Does God Rule Man? | Ps 2:11 | stjohn | 188048 | ||
Are you serious? He is God! And (you) are not! Sense when does a created thing question its creator? That sounds like a question from a crazy man! Or a fool! | ||||||
302 | god hates sin but loves the person | Ps 5:5 | stjohn | 216687 | ||
Hi Love... There is no such Scripture to attest to that, in fact, we see in Psalm 5:5, Mal 1:3, and Rom 9:13, that God indeed does not love sinners. He loves the believer that sins and is repentant (2 Cor 5:21) but does not love the reprobate, or unrepentant sinner, and will judge them righteously. I've read that that expression came form anywhere from Gandi the Hindu to, Ellen G. White the bazaro, unintelligible nut-case, (interestingly they were both heretics) so who knows where it came from, but it didn't come from the Bible. John |
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303 | Origin of song Death of the Son | Ps 9:1 | stjohn | 211311 | ||
Hi Smalltiny.... After reading through several Commentaries on Psalm 9 I cant say I can give you a defined answer, but John Gill seems to have the most information on this rather ambiguous title. I hope this helps. John "--A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. This is the first of the psalms that has a title, and is called a Psalm; the word for which, "mizmor," comes from one which signifies to "cut" or "prune", as trees are lopped of their superfluous branches; showing this to be a composition of even feet, in proper metre, formed for the modulation of the voice, to some tune or musical instrument; and it is said to be "a psalm of David," which may be rendered "a psalm for" or "to David", as if it was wrote by another for his use, and inscribed to him; or rather that it was given to him by the Holy Spirit, who was the author of it, though he was the penman. It is observed by some, that wherever the dative case is used in the title of the psalm, as it most frequently is, as such a psalm to David, or to Asaph, it may signify that it came from the Lord to him, or was divinely inspired; just as it is said, the word of the Lord came to the prophets; though some render it "a psalm concerning David", his troubles, his faith and security in God, his victory over his enemies, and salvation from the Lord. However, David was the composer of this psalm, under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, occasioned by his flight from Absalom; who, having stolen away the hearts of the people of Israel, entered into a conspiracy with them to dethrone his father and place himself in his stead; and the people so increased continually with him, that David thought it advisable to flee from Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 15:12; and at the time of his flight, or after it, he penned this psalm on account of it, and as suitable to it. And now was fulfilled what God had said, by Nathan the prophet, should befall him, because of the affair of Bathsheba and Uriah; see 2 Samuel 12:11. David was an eminent type of Christ, and so he was in his troubles, and in these; as one of his sons conspired against him to dethrone him, and take away his life; so Judas, one of Christ's disciples or children, for disciples were called children, his familiar friend, that did eat of his bread, lifted up his heel against him, and sought to betray him, and did; and who, though he knew the designs of Judas against him, and did not flee from him, but rather went to meet him, yet it is easy to observe that he took the same route from Jerusalem as David did. At this time he went over the brook Kidron, and to the mount of Olives; see John 18:1; compared with 2 Samuel 15:23; And indeed the whole psalm may be applied to Christ; and so as the second psalm sets forth the dignity of Christ's person, as the Son of God, and the stability and enlargement of his kingdom, notwithstanding the opposition made to him; this expresses his troubles from his enemies, his death and resurrection from the dead, his victory over his enemies, and the salvation he wrought out for his people. In short, it may be understood of David as the type, of Christ as the antitype, and of the people of God, being suited to their experiences, more or less, in all ages; and in this large and extensive way I shall choose to interpret it."-- John Gill http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ |
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304 | Origin of song Death of the Son | Ps 9:1 | stjohn | 211312 | ||
Correction: Sorry Smalltiny. I copied the wrong commentary on that. I gave you the commentary on Psalm 3 Again sorry about that I hope I didn't confuse you or anyone too bad with my mistake. Thats what happens sometimes when I try to do too many things at once. Maybe I need a nap? :-) God bless John Psalm 9 --"To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, a Psalm of David. Some, take "muthlabben" to be the name of the tune to which this psalm was sung, and to design the same note which we call the counter-tenor: others think, that "upon muth," or "almuth," are but one word, and the same as "alamoth," Psalm 45:1, title; and that it is the name of a musical instrument; and that "Ben" in "labben," is the name of the chief musician, who was over that sort of instrument, to whom the psalm is inscribed; and indeed R. Sol Jarchi says, that he had seen in the great Masorah these words as one; and so it seems the Septuagint interpreters read them, who render them, "for the hidden things of the son"; and the Arabic version, "concerning the mysteries of the son": and Ben is a name, it is said, of one of the singers, whose kindred and companions were appointed with psalteries on "alamoth," 1 Chronicles 15:18. And so then the title runs thus; "to the chief musician on alamoth, [even to] Ben." But others are of opinion that the subject matter or occasion of the psalm is designed by this phrase; and that as "muth" signifies "death," the death of some person is intended, on account of which this psalm was composed; some say Nabal, seeing the word Nbl, "Laban," inverted, or read backwards, is "Nabal", whose death affected David; as appears from 1 Samuel 25:38. Others, that it was one of the kings of the Gentiles, whose name was Labben, and is mentioned nowhere else, who fought with David, and whom he slew, and upon his death penned this psalm. Others, Goliath the Philistine, who is called, 1 Samuel 17:4. Mynbh vya, which we render "champion" and dueller, one of two that fight together. But rather the reason of the name is, as given by the Jewish commentators, because he went and stood between the two camps of the Philistines and the Israelites; and so the Chaldee paraphrase renders the title of this psalm, "to praise, concerning the death of the man who went out between the camps, a song of David." And so the psalm itself, in the Targum, and by other Jewish writers, is interpreted of Goliath and the Philistines, and of the victory over them; and which does not seem amiss. Arama interprets it of the death of Saul. Others interpret Almuth Labben "of the death of the son"; and understand it of the death of Absalom, the son of David: but David's passion moved in another way, not in joy, but in grief, 2 Samuel 18:33; nor is there anything in the psalm that can be referred unto it. Others, of the death of the son of God; but of that there is not the least hint in the psalm. Theodoret interprets it of Christ's victory over death by dying, which was a mystery or hidden thing. Rather, I should think, it might be interpreted of the death of the son of perdition, the man of sin and his followers; who may be typified by Goliath, and the Philistines: and so, as Ainsworth observes, as the former psalm was concerning the propagation of Christ's kingdom, this is of the destruction of antichrist. And Jerom, long ago said, this whole psalm is sung by the prophet in the person of the church, concerning antichrist: and to this agrees the Syriac version; which makes the subject of the psalm to be, "concerning Christ, taking the throne and kingdom, and routing the enemy." And also the Arabic version, according to which the argument of the psalm is, "concerning the mysteries of the Son, with respect to the glory of Christ, and his resurrection and kingdom, and the destruction of all the children of disobedience." To which may be added, that this psalm, according to R. Sol Jarchi, belongs to the time to come, to the days of the Messiah, and the future redemption by him."-- John Gill http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ |
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305 | Does science vs Bible annoy anyone else? | Ps 14:1 | stjohn | 213610 | ||
Einstein did not come up with that. Though it was a misquote perhaps, he was nonetheless quoting Scripture. "The Fool Says, There Is No God To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good." Psalm 14:1 ESV John |
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306 | Dissapointment in this sites response... | Ps 16:11 | stjohn | 199537 | ||
Hmm, well,... I'd pray and ask God about that one. Just remember, if you are a child of God, you are always in His presence. Ps 41:12 I sure hope this doesn't disappoint you, but that is a very good question, especially considering all the propaganda that we see and hear about loose living being somehow good for us, in this liberal age we are living in, and in this supposedly civilized society. IMHO God bless John |
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307 | Will every man hear the gospel? | Ps 19:1 | stjohn | 209728 | ||
Hi Psalmist: Welcome to the forum! Those are tough questions! But good questions... Ironically, Psalmist, I believe at least part of the answer may be in Psalms. God reveals his Glory to mankind through what is called "General Revelation" i.e. "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands." Ps 19:1 The Bible, God's Word, is in the realm of what is called "Special Revelation" It is God's love-letter to mankind. And we are indeed commanded by the Lord to take it's massage of salvation the whole Earth. "And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Mark16:15 I believe the Gospel is being preached in all the world, maybe not in all languages yet, but it's getting closer to that high mark all the time. It has been translated into literately hundreds of languages and dialects throughout the world. You know I don't know how God will deal with the man who has never had the opportunity to hear His Word. But I'd rather be in his shoe's on the day of judgment then, the man who has sat in a pew for years and years hearing the word and, not done anything about it. :-( Why does he say we are chosen if he is impartial? I don't think He gave us the answer to that one. God bless John |
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308 | Praises Inhabited By Presence of Lord? | Ps 33:1 | stjohn | 208774 | ||
Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3 NASB But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Psalms 22:3 KJV |
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309 | Do we understand suffering in delighting | Ps 37:4 | stjohn | 215829 | ||
Dear Mommapbs, Do we dare say that, any human born to sin, that very sin, and His love for those imprisoned by it that, impassioned our Lord to suffer for all the horror of sin, for all the world and for all time, past present and future, in our stead, could ever be understood or even imagined? Please forgive, but to say that we could in our tinny human imagination, compare, or even begin to understand is, patently ludicrous. I believe C. H. Spurgeon said it well -as well as any mere human can- in his passionate depiction of Christ's suffering on the cross. That cross that has become such sweetness to those who know that they have been saved by and through what He did there to redeem us from the unimaginable horrors of eternal hell. " Having all his life long carried their sicknesses and sorrows, he bore the burden of sin to the place of its annihilation, and by his death he made an end of it. Apart from the atonement, the chosen of God, like other men, lay under sin; the black cloud was over all the race, but Jesus took the dense mass of all the transgressions of his people, past, present, and to come, and obliterated the whole, even as a cloud is blotted out from the face of heaven. Jesus took the whole incalculably ponderous load, all charged with tempest as it was, and bore it all upon those shoulders, which must have been crushed to the earth had they not been divine: on the tree he bore that sin and the wrath which was due to it, feeling all its crowded tempests in his own soul, until in that moment when he had borne all, and ended all, he sent up the victorious shout of "It is finished." C. H. Spurgeon John |
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310 | Do we understand suffering in delighting | Ps 37:4 | stjohn | 215837 | ||
Dear Momma, Sorry, Sister, I didn't understand you question before, thanks again for clarifying and your kind words. Yes, I'd say so, It's been my experience, and, in hearing testimony after testimony that, to a person, everyone who suffers greatly for and in the Lord, would not trade that suffering for the lesson in reliance it teaches them in, bringing them so much closer to Him. Again though I'd say those who do, are given a special anointing, in that God would not give so much pain and suffering, that His Spirit in us would not be sufficient to bare it. By the way, John 17 is one of my all-time favorite chapters, especially V's 20-26, it's such a lovely prayer of total assurance for the believer, to read the words of so wonderful a prayer of our Beloved Savour, there is so much Joy and peace found there. "O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them." John 17:25-26 John |
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311 | Does poverty mean that I'm not righteous | Ps 37:25 | stjohn | 218231 | ||
Hi humility, No, if you are poor, that does not mean that you are not righteous. There are indeed many things, sins of all types and stripes in our lives that would point to our not being righteous, but being poor is certainly not, one of them. Read the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus. The rich man ended up in separation from God and in need of comfort. He thirsted with an unquenchable thirst, while Lazarus (a poor beggar) was protected and comforted in the bosom of Abraham. It sounds like maybe you have been listing to a false Gospel of prosperity that is often promulgated on TV. The Bible does not teach that we will be rich in worldly treasures, or that God wants us to have material wealth in the world. Matt 6:19-24; Luke 12:13-21 Here is some commentary on Psalm 37 that will help you to understand that it is 'not' saying, if you are poor you are not righteous. "The Lord our God requires that we do justly, and render to all their due. It is a great sin for those that are able, to deny the payment of just debts; it is a great misery not to be able to pay them. He that is truly merciful, will be ever merciful. We must leave our sins; learn to do well, and cleave to it. This is true religion. The blessing of God is the spring, sweetness, and security of all earthly enjoyments. And if we are sure of this, we are sure not to want any thing good for us in this world. By his grace and Holy Spirit, he directs the thoughts, affections, and designs of good men. By his providence he overrules events, so as to make their way plain. He does not always show them his way for a distance, but leads them step by step, as children are led. God will keep them from being ruined by their falls, either into sin or into trouble, though such as fall into sin will be sorely hurt. Few, if any, have known the consistent believer, or his children, reduced to abject, friendless want. God forsakes not his saints in affliction; and in heaven only the righteous shall dwell for ever; that will be their everlasting habitation. A good man may fall into the hands of a messenger of Satan, and be sorely buffeted, but God will not leave him in his enemy's hands." M.H. John |
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312 | Truth and Wisdom | Ps 51:6 | stjohn | 217518 | ||
Hi Moma... It's always a pleasure to see you here and as always, asking very good and thoughtful questions. I think you're hitting the nail on the head, so to speak, though these things may be a bit subjective, being that they are of the things that are within the heart. But looking at the occasion of this psalm, most will agree that David is acknowledging his sin with Bathsheba and consequent sins -murder being one besides his many others involved- in this most disagreeable blight on the kings record. Reading this verse in context will give us a pretty good idea that it is indeed referring to truth in repentance. David is hiding nothing, and knows full well that God sees the inmost secretes of the heart. This is a wonderful Psalm for those who have a sin that is eating away at them and are looking for peace of heart in knowing the depth of God's wonderful, loving mercy and forgiveness, in the face of even the most awful sins. -from experience- Here's a commentary from John Gill that says it pretty well: Psalms 51:6 --"Ver. 6."Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts," With delight and pleasure, as the word signifies: meaning either Christ, the truth and the life, formed and dwelling in the hearts of his people; or the Gospel, the word of truth, which has a place there; and particularly that branch of it which proclaims pardon to sensible sinners, and is the ground of hope within them: or else a true and hearty confession of sin, which David now made; or rather internal holiness and purity of heart, in opposition to the corruption of nature before acknowledged: this is what is agreeable to the nature of God, is required by his holy law, and is wrought in the hearts of his people in regeneration; and this is "truth", real, and not imaginary, genuine and unfeigned; where it is there is a true sense of sin, a right sight of Christ, unfeigned faith in him, sincere love to him, hope in him without hypocrisy, and a reverential fear of God upon the heart; the inward parts are the seat of all this, and in the exercise of it the Lord takes great delight and pleasure; "and in the hidden [part] thou shall make me to know wisdom;" either Christ, the wisdom of God; or the Gospel, and particularly that part of it which concerns the pardon of sin; or a true knowledge of sin, and of the way of life and salvation by Christ, which is the truest and highest wisdom: and the phrase "hidden" or "secret" may either denote the nature of the wisdom made known, which is hidden wisdom, the wisdom of God in a mystery; or the manner in which it is made known; it is in a hidden way, privately, and secretly, and indiscernibly like the wind, by the Spirit and grace of God; or the seat and subject of it, "the hidden part", as we supply it; the hidden man of the heart. David begins to rise in the exercise of his faith in the grace of God, "thou shall make me to know", etc. unless the words should be rendered as a prayer, as they are by some, "make me to know", etc."-- http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ John |
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313 | Weakness vs lies | Ps 62:7 | stjohn | 210696 | ||
Hi jillyanna: Welcome to the study Bible forum! I don't know if it is true or not, but I heard a story about Martin Luther, where the devil supposedly came to him, perhaps in a dream, and showed him a list of all the sins that he, (the devil) was aware of; the list was a mile long, but old Marty just said to him, "is that all you've got-!?" We all know we are no good, but we have someone who is good, and He is the one that saved us by becoming our sin for us, Jesus Christ our saviour knows full well that we are no good, but He died for us anyway because He loves us, unconditionally! O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Ps 95:1 God bless John |
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314 | Isn't the word "feign" misleading? | Ps 66:3 | stjohn | 218342 | ||
Hi MrNasb, Welcome to the forum! God's enemies do not have it in them, for lack of salvific faith, (James 2:19b "the demons also believe, and shudder." ) and also the influence of the indwelling Spirit of God to obey Him in truth, and in spirt. So this use of feigned, or "pretend" or "fake" obedience is, quite appropriate. The NASB is a very accurate word for word translation, in fact it is widely accepted by Bible and Greek (the original autograph) scholars as the most accurate. John Gill puts it like this: --"shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee? in a lying, flattering, and deceitful manner, as the word here used signifies; See Gill on "Ps 18:44"; or, as the above interpreters, "they shall, through the greatness of fear, confess the lies and transgressions they have committed." It will be a forced, and not a free, confession and submission; Christ's enemies, whether they will or not, will be obliged to own that he is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Philippians 2:10."-- John Gill, http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/psalm/gill/psalm66.htm John |
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315 | Please clarify your answer | Ps 66:3 | stjohn | 218344 | ||
Hi MrNasb, They are not obeying God as a believer would obey, but only in fear. This is the gist of this verse, the ESV has it as: "So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you." They do not obey Him out of love for Him but only fear of Him. This is not the sane thing as true obedience that we as believers experience. God judges the heart, and their heart is not in it, they only obey because they have to, not because they want to. That puts a bit different meaning to the word. I hope that helps. John p.s. You don't need to post your response as a question, if you post it as a note it keeps the thread from being interrupted for better flow and keeps the home page free from clutter. It's not a rule, but it is a convention that works well. Thanks. |
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316 | Please clarify your answer | Ps 66:3 | stjohn | 218346 | ||
Here are some more commentaries that I hope will help your understanding of the gist of this verse. The Geneva study Bible has it as: "66:3 Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies b submit themselves unto thee. (b) As the faithful obey God willingly, so the infidels disguise themselves as obedient out of fear." Spurgeon writes: --"Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee;" but, as the Hebrew clearly intimates, it will be a forced and false submission. Power brings a man to his knee, but love alone wins his heart. Pharaoh said he would let Israel go, but he lied unto God; he submitted in word but not in deed. Tens of thousands, both in earth and hell, are rendering this constrained homage to the Almighty; they only submit because they cannot do otherwise; it is not their loyalty, but his power, which keeps them subjects of his boundless dominion. "-- C H Spurgeon Adam Clarke's Commentary: "Thine enemies submit themselves] Literally, lie unto thee." This was remarkably the case with Pharaoh and the Egyptians. They promised again and again to let the people go, when the hand of the Lord was upon them: and they as frequently falsified their word." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: "submit themselves. or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie." I hope that clears it up a bit for you. John |
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317 | Lunar New Year's Greetings | Ps 90:12 | stjohn | 199638 | ||
Thank you Azure! I'm sorry I didn't think to wish you a happy new year. I was made aware of it on tuesday as someone called it "fat tuesday" the day before chinese new year, your new years eve, I suppose, anyway, a happy, prosperous, and peaceful year, to you too, dear Sister. God bless John |
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318 | whose happy is god of jacob | Ps 146:5 | stjohn | 204540 | ||
Hello, lashell: Welcome to the forum! The Lord takes on many tittles, and God of Jacob, is just one of them. God bless John |
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319 | Wisdom functions in OT? | Prov 1:7 | stjohn | 204551 | ||
Tam: Apart from God's wisdom, which of course is perfect: not very well! Sorry about no scriptural references, but since we are generalizing anyway, as per your question: my love of brevity compels me! :-) "When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise." Prov 10:19 Eccl 5:2-3 Shalom and God bless John |
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320 | more on the sin god hates? | Prov 9:10 | stjohn | 216695 | ||
Perhaps, and because that we do not know someone's heart, as only God does, we should focus more on the fact we are all sinners, in desperate need of a saviour, and not so much on His love for everyone, because this can lead some to a false hope, and, thus, resulting in a halfhearted conversion ("The 'fear' of the Lord in the beginning of wisdom" Proverbs 9:10, Psalm 111:10 ) Very dangerous to not understand reverence by the way, and the Churches today are full of those who don't understand the nature of their sin and indeed the nature of all men, in that we are not righteous at all, but only that righteousness in imparted only to those who believe in the Sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. He will fearsomely and eternally judge those who refuse His gift of salvation. Personally, I was told all my life how much God loved me, but it wasn't until I truly feared and revered Him that my heart turned to Him for forgiveness, and then received the free gift of salvation and a new birth. By the way, please click on note, it's not necessary to click on question to continue the tread, that way it's much easier for everyone to follow along. :-) John |
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