Note at Psalm 78:1-8 - God's Plan: Pass it On! Either (1) Multi-generational faithfulness; or (2) Break the cycle of unfaithfulness for the next generations ("Change your family tree.")
Psalm 79:9 - Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name....
Note: God's help and forgiveness are always for His own glory. So Psalm 79:10; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 23:3; Psalm 115:1; Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 48:9; Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ephesians 1:6;
Appropriate heading for Psalm 80: "Prayer for the nation."
VM
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Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Daily Benefits & Notes in 68th Psalm
Psalm 68:5 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Cross refs: Psalm 10:14; Psalm 10:18; Psalm 146:9; Jeremiah 49:11; Hosea 14:3; Exodus 22:22-24; Deuteronomy 10:18; Proverbs 15:25.
Psalm 68:6a - God setteth the solitary in families....
Even into the New Testament family of God! John 1:12; I John 3:1; I Corinthians 12:13; I Corinthians 12:18; Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 2:6; Ephesians 2:12-14; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 3:14-15; Ephesians 4:4-6.
Psalm 68:19 - Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
He daily loadeth us with benefits! Amen! Hitch up the wagon of prayer every morning, back it up to God's loading dock and simply ask Him in faith for your daily load of benefits!
VM
Cross refs: Psalm 10:14; Psalm 10:18; Psalm 146:9; Jeremiah 49:11; Hosea 14:3; Exodus 22:22-24; Deuteronomy 10:18; Proverbs 15:25.
Psalm 68:6a - God setteth the solitary in families....
Even into the New Testament family of God! John 1:12; I John 3:1; I Corinthians 12:13; I Corinthians 12:18; Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 2:6; Ephesians 2:12-14; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 3:14-15; Ephesians 4:4-6.
Psalm 68:19 - Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
He daily loadeth us with benefits! Amen! Hitch up the wagon of prayer every morning, back it up to God's loading dock and simply ask Him in faith for your daily load of benefits!
VM
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Notes in Ten Commandments
Called the "First table of the Law," Commandments 1 through 4, man's duty toward God. Exodus 20:1-11.
Called the "Second table of the Law," Commandments 5 through 10, man's duty toward his fellow man. Exodus 20:12-17.
The two tables of the law summed up in two sentences, Matthew 22:35-40, our duty to God and our duty to man. See also second table summed up (our duty to man), Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14; James 2:8.
These rightly called "The Ten Commandments" as Scripture calls them: Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4.
On the second commandment (verses 4-6). "...visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, etc..." Not teaching "generational sin" or "family curse," but generational teaching of sin. Example, children of smokers are generally smokers. Here, idolatry passed on but for God's great mercy and grace!
On the Sabbath day: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Not a spiritual rest. Physical rest for spiritual activity. Included also is the requirement to work six days. Those attempting to "keep the sabbath" today generally take two days of rest, violating the command to work six. Sabbath "nailed to the cross" and "taken out of the way," Colossians 2:13-17. This the only one of the ten commandments not repeated for Christians in the NT epistles.
On the fifth commandment (verse 12). Notice man's duty to fellow man begins with honoring parents. The nuclear family is God's primary pattern for human relationships. Family relationships are the proper foundation for understanding all other human relationships. Important cross reference: Ephesians 6:1-3.
Exodus 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill. Literally, murder, including negligent death ("manslaughter"). Is not a prohibition of all killing, for the same law requires death to the offender.
VM
Called the "Second table of the Law," Commandments 5 through 10, man's duty toward his fellow man. Exodus 20:12-17.
The two tables of the law summed up in two sentences, Matthew 22:35-40, our duty to God and our duty to man. See also second table summed up (our duty to man), Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14; James 2:8.
These rightly called "The Ten Commandments" as Scripture calls them: Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4.
On the second commandment (verses 4-6). "...visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, etc..." Not teaching "generational sin" or "family curse," but generational teaching of sin. Example, children of smokers are generally smokers. Here, idolatry passed on but for God's great mercy and grace!
On the Sabbath day: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Not a spiritual rest. Physical rest for spiritual activity. Included also is the requirement to work six days. Those attempting to "keep the sabbath" today generally take two days of rest, violating the command to work six. Sabbath "nailed to the cross" and "taken out of the way," Colossians 2:13-17. This the only one of the ten commandments not repeated for Christians in the NT epistles.
On the fifth commandment (verse 12). Notice man's duty to fellow man begins with honoring parents. The nuclear family is God's primary pattern for human relationships. Family relationships are the proper foundation for understanding all other human relationships. Important cross reference: Ephesians 6:1-3.
Exodus 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill. Literally, murder, including negligent death ("manslaughter"). Is not a prohibition of all killing, for the same law requires death to the offender.
VM
Monday, January 23, 2012
Notes in Genesis Chapter 44
Genesis 44:30 - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Jacob's favoritism like that of his parents, Genesis 25:28.
Genesis 44:32-33 - For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
Judah willing to take the punishment instead of Benjamin (for supposedly stealing a silver cup, v. 2). Jesus, the "Lion of the Tribe of Judah" willing to take the punishment instead of us for all our sin.
VM
Jacob's favoritism like that of his parents, Genesis 25:28.
Genesis 44:32-33 - For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
Judah willing to take the punishment instead of Benjamin (for supposedly stealing a silver cup, v. 2). Jesus, the "Lion of the Tribe of Judah" willing to take the punishment instead of us for all our sin.
VM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Notes in Genesis Chapter 34
Note at Genesis 34:19 - The most honorable man in the land was a fornicator and virgin seducer, possibly a rapist. Does not say much for the others.
Note at Genesis 34:30-31 - On importance of the father's leadership: Jacob's sons took a stand when their father would not. But without their father's leadership, they make a mess.
VM
Note at Genesis 34:30-31 - On importance of the father's leadership: Jacob's sons took a stand when their father would not. But without their father's leadership, they make a mess.
VM
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Notes in Genesis Chapter Nineteen
Genesis 19:1 - "...and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom."
Lot's decline: Genesis 13:12; Genesis 14:12; Genesis 19:1.
Genesis 19:14 - "And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters..."
By contrast, Genesis 24:1-9, Abraham unwilling to marry off Isaac to the pagan peoples of the land of Canaan: "Thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell."
Genesis 19:26 - But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
LOOKING BACK:
Lot's decline: Genesis 13:12; Genesis 14:12; Genesis 19:1.
Genesis 19:14 - "And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters..."
By contrast, Genesis 24:1-9, Abraham unwilling to marry off Isaac to the pagan peoples of the land of Canaan: "Thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell."
Genesis 19:26 - But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
LOOKING BACK:
- Warnings: Proverbs 14:14; Luke 17:31-32; Luke 9:62; Hebrews 10:38-39; II Peter 2:18-22.
- Paul's example: Philippians 3:1-14
- Proper focus forward: Hebrews 12:1-2
Notes in Genesis Chapter Sixteen
Genesis 16:5 - And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Note: Sarai's idea, but Abram responsible as ultimate decision maker. Wife not responsible before God for decisions husband makes.
Cross reference Genesis 3:17, "Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree...."
VM
Note: Sarai's idea, but Abram responsible as ultimate decision maker. Wife not responsible before God for decisions husband makes.
Cross reference Genesis 3:17, "Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree...."
VM
Friday, January 6, 2012
Note on Abram's Lie about Sarai
Genesis 12:13 - Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Example of parents to children: Sarai was his half-sister, but also his wife, so his deception is a half-truth. Note at Genesis 26:7, with Isaac making same lie about Rebekah who was not his sister: The parent's half truth becomes the child's whole lie.
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Example of parents to children: Sarai was his half-sister, but also his wife, so his deception is a half-truth. Note at Genesis 26:7, with Isaac making same lie about Rebekah who was not his sister: The parent's half truth becomes the child's whole lie.
VM
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