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Spurgeon says it beautifully,” Here the psalmist pleads the largeness of God’s mercy, the immensity of his tender love. . . mercies many, mercies tender, mercies great” (TOD,vol. 3, 414). Because God is compassionate and looks with favor and kindness on those who are his, the psalmist, can boldly ask, “give me life according to your
problems we face today are in the Bible, because it speaks God’s truth to our human condition, which has not changed over the centuries. Satan is always trying to undermine the credibility of God’s Word. If he can’t do it by attacking the inerrancy of Scripture, he does it by subtly eroding belief in the sufficiency of Scripture…
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nd heart. A key motif in Psalm 119 is that filling our hearts with God’s Word is our only hope for beginning to think the right way and the right things and to do what is pleasing to the Lord and will bring great peace and joy into. ur lives. How valuable is God’s Wo.
Christ” (Acts 2:30f.). David was a witness to Christ in his kingly office, in his life, and in his words. And the New Testament says even more. In the Psalms of David it is precisely the promised Christ who already speaks (Heb. 2:12; 10:5) or, as is sometimes said, the Holy Spirit (Heb. 3:7).
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Psalm 119, nestled almost exactly in the middle of the Bible, is the longest chapter in the Bible. The author is unknown, but widely thought to be King David or Ezra (the priest at the time the temple was being rebuilt). It is dedicated to the truth, power, and necessity of God’s Word. The
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instruction on the Word of God (Psalms, vol. 3, 418). Mere knowledge does not necessarily translate into insight and wisdom. Having a Ph.D. may indicate you have accumulated a lot of knowledge but it does not mean you have a lot of wisdom. “God is the great teacher” (Ross, Psalms, vol. 3, 547) and His Bible is the great book!
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The Book of Psalms is a much-loved part of Scripture. God‘s people in all ages have found comfort, instruction and challenge within its pages. Yet for all its familiarity we can always develop a better appreciation of this part of God‘s Word and improve our ability to understand and apply the Psalms as Christian Scripture, which, of course ...