The Heavens Are His

Posted on 2014/04/08 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 8:3 says, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers; the moon and the stars which You have ordained …”. Notice all the YOU’s here, which refer to God: “YOUR heavens … work of YOUR fingers … moon and stars which YOU have ordained …”. These teach us much about creation, and who it belongs to:

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Servants, Not Lords

Posted on 2014/04/07 by Shawn Thomas

In Colossians 1:23 the Apostle Paul writes about “the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a servant.” The description Paul gave of himself here is significant:

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The Hole He Dug

Posted on 2014/04/04 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 7:15 says: “He dug a pit and hollowed it out, and has fallen into the hole which he made.” Here David describes the irony of the downfall of the wicked who oppressed him: they fell into the very pit which they themselves made in order to harm others.

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Pregnant With Trouble

Posted on 2014/04/03 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 7:14 has a word for the wicked — and for those of us who fear that they are going to “get away with it.” They won’t! The verse reads: “Behold, he travails with wickedness, and he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.” In Hebrew the first part is literally: “Behold, he is pregnant (travails as in labor) with (looming) disaster, trouble, sorrow …”.
What a picturesque description of the impending judgment of the wicked this verse contains:

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Before Him

Posted on 2014/04/02 by Shawn Thomas

Colossians 1:22 says: “Yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach”. This verse teaches us that now, because of what Jesus has done, we who were formerly alienated and in evil (:21) are “holy, and blameless and above reproach” BEFORE HIM. Continue reading →

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Unalterable Consequences of Sin

Posted on 2014/04/01 by Shawn Thomas

II Samuel 24:10 says, “Now David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD: ‘I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” David realized that what he had done was a sin, but as we see in the following verse, it did not keep the consequences of his actions from coming upon him.

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A Word of Warning

Posted on 2014/03/31 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 7:12 warns: “If a man does not repent, God will whet His sword, He has bent & readied His bow”. Although God is incredibly gracious and patient, we must not think that He will continually overlook our sin. He is patient, but this verse also reminds us that if we do not repent, God is preparing His weapons to use against us.

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Your Test Today

Posted on 2014/03/28 by Shawn Thomas

In Psalm 7:9 David calls God, “You who test minds & hearts.” The word “test” here means “examine, put to the test; prove, test, try.” This is what God constantly does with us. He tests us Continue reading →

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The Same Judge

Posted on 2014/03/27 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 7:8 says: “The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.” In Psalm 7, David is calling to God because of what he sees as the unrighteous oppression of his enemies. In this verse, he asserts that God will indeed judge those enemies — and remembers that the same God will also judge HIM! (The word translated “vindicate” here is literally the Hebrew word “judge.”)

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Public Vindication

Posted on 2014/03/26 by Shawn Thomas

“Over them return on high.” In Psalm 7, David had been falsely accused by his enemies, and here in the second part of :7 he asks God to return and publicly vindicate him. Many of us can identify with this request.

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