An Enduring Purity
An Enduring Purity Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Purge me with hyssop. Sprinkle the atoning blood upon me with the appointed means. Give me the reality which legal ceremonies symbolize. …
To Know Wisdom and Truth
To Know Wisdom and Truth Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms The repentant sinner feels that God is teaching him truth concerning his nature, which he had not before …
Our Sinful Heritage
Our Sinful Heritage Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms “There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness” (Prov. 30:12). There are people who think …
Make the Right Call
Make the Right Call Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms If he was in distress and called on God, the Lord would answer. Then he would praise the Lord as a spontaneous …
Listen Up
Listen Up Psalm 50:7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms If you had lived in Jerusalem when the temple was there and people worshiped in it, you probably would have …
Life from God’s Perspective
Life from God’s Perspective Psalm 49:16–17 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Be not thou afraid when one is …
Redemption
Redemption Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms But God will redeem my soul from the lower of the grave. Forth from that temporary resting-place we shall come in due time, quickened by …
Our Great and Awesome King
Our Great and Awesome King Psalm 47:2 For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms For the Lord, Jehovah, the self-existent and only God, most high, most great in power, lofty in dominion, eminent in wisdom, elevated …
Blessed Silence
Blessed Silence Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms “Be still, and know that I am God.” With the knowledge of this blessed truth we can be calm in time of trouble. There are storms blowing outside today. We are living in …
He Dwells Within His People
He Dwells Within His People Psalm 46:4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms There is a river. Divine grace, like a smoothly flowing, fertilizing, full, and never-failing river, …