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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 2

<-- Psalm 1 Psalm 3 --> Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed. Psalm 2:12 NLT Psalm 2 (Handwritten Psalms 2) Main Point: Jesus is the heavenly anointed King over all the earth who provides refuge from God’s wrath and the injustice of the raging nations. God has installed a King (who is Jesus) who rules with heaven’s authority. v. 6 God’s King is in relationship with God. vv. 6 -7 God installs His King on His Holy place (mountain) God calls His King, His Son. God gives everything to His King and offers all He could ask for. God gives His King heavenly authority over all the other rulers of the earth. God’s King is a refuge against injustice and righteous judgement. God recognises the rebellion of the earthly kings as a personal assault and will meet it with wrath. v.1,2,3 God gives the nations and rulers fair warning of his King’s authority. v.4,3, 9-12 God’s King i...

Seeing Jesus in Psalm 32

I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8 NLT Psalm 32 Have you ever heard the voice of God? People want God to speak to them, until He does. As you probably know, Lyssa and I help Christians in Belgium by serving in the Christian bookstore/coffee shop, Het Goede Boek in Leuven. Sometimes people want a red letter edition of the Bible. Other times we are asked for a Dutch language version of the King James Bible. I think both requests come from the same desire. People want to really know what God says. Today in reading and longhand copying the Bible from Psalm 32, I too got a bit excited and I thought I knew what to share about God from Psalm 32 because of a particular translation choice. When I checked my observation with several other translations in three languages, I found a big difference. v.8 “Le Seigneur dit : Je t'enseignerai” (NFC), “De Heer zegt: "Ik leer je” (BB), “The Lord says, “I will guide you...

Seeing Jesus in Psalm 1

Psalm 2 --> But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night. Psalm 1:2 NLT Psalm 1 ( Hand Written Text of Psalm 1 ) Main Point: The law of the Lord constantly produces fruit because it is the priority and passion of the godly. God’s law is the priority for the godly. v.1 God’s law is the passion of the godly. v.2 God’s law is fruitful in the godly. v.3 We can see the law of the Lord as pointing to the rule and reign of the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the ultimate law giver of God and He rules through His Word. And His Word is from God the Father. Jesus tells us that apart from Him we can do nothing and that He is the fruit-bearing vine. The life-giving, fruit-bearing Word of God is the ultimate Law of the Lord. And Jesus told us the summation of that whole law is love for God. So of course if we love God we will want to be with Him rather than with others; we will raise His opinions, plans and prioriti...

Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

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