Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 97 “You who love the Lord, hate evil!” Psalm 97:10 Main Point: When Jesus is your king you have welcomed His expansive kingdom into every area of your life and you have hated evil. All the translations agree on this text. I’ve checked the English, Dutch, and French translations and they all say “hate evil” or a close equivalent. I think it means to treat it like an enemy, to remove it from your life, not to permit it to reside in your presence--and it is a command. We can see the chapter starts with the God King (who we know to be Jesus Christ) and that it is a response to His kingship. The actions that flow from the excitement and fact that the Lord God is king are what we are looking at here. Another way of looking at Psalm 97 is to say we recognise the rule of God, and the things that we see in the Psalm are the natural and right responses from a person who is happy to be ruled by God as King.  I want God to rule me. I want God to be my King. I know that Jesus is th...

  Psalms 53 How refreshing that God is so open and clear about opinions and positions held among mankind. If there is anything I hate it is being lied to or being deceived. Society says there is no God. Society says that you can believe what you want as long as it doesn't hurt others. Society says a loving God won't judge people. Society says we have no reason to fear a loving God. These are all lies according to Psalm 53. So when God makes something absolutely clear and it flies in the face of commonly held views of society today, I know not to believe those lies. My heart wants to go after the people with such ideas but my spirit says focus on what God reveals about Himself here first. My pride wants to point fingers (other times it may want to defend people against such accusations as are found here). But I am looking for Jesus in the Psalms. I am looking for the teachings of Jesus and the previews of Jesus. MAIN POINT: There is a God who is seeking people who want to know H...