his praise in the assembly of the saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
let the people of Zion be glad in their King.
3 Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with tambourine and harp.
4 For the LORD takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with salvation.
5 Let the saints rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.
The christian life should be so good that we express our excitement in
Gods wonders. God is busy recreating the entire world. We live in the
beauty of Gods work of this recreation. We must engage our faith by
speaking the law, covenants, decrees and statutes. Every minute that
passes as activity being spoken into existence by God. He has placed His
word as the supreme means by which we increase our faith in the unseen.
All of these present movements that are decreed by God are mysterious
to us. In Gods work there is no opposition. But we are opposed by our
sin and corruption. God works in total freedom. He does exactly what He
pleases. We apply our faith by opposing sin and corruption. Both the
work of God and our active use of His word are without tension.
But at the same time we must not be afraid of the awful judgement of God that is spoken in His law, curses, and decrees. Just as that christian experience is filled with wonder so it is also fought with weapons that are very destructive to the opposition . So just as the Psalmist opens up with the wonder of Gods creation so He teaches this awful destruction that we must seek. 6 May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7 to inflict vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with fetters,
their nobles with shackles of iron,
9 to carry out the sentence written against them.
This is the glory of all his saints.
Praise the LORD . So the first extreme pronouncements that encourage us to the wonder of Gods works are the covenants, promises, decrees and statutes. The awful destructive pronouncements are the law ,curses, and decrees. In practicing these two extreme prayers we are brought back into our original image of being Gods glory in ruling His creation.
But at the same time we must not be afraid of the awful judgement of God that is spoken in His law, curses, and decrees. Just as that christian experience is filled with wonder so it is also fought with weapons that are very destructive to the opposition . So just as the Psalmist opens up with the wonder of Gods creation so He teaches this awful destruction that we must seek. 6 May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7 to inflict vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with fetters,
their nobles with shackles of iron,
9 to carry out the sentence written against them.
This is the glory of all his saints.
Praise the LORD . So the first extreme pronouncements that encourage us to the wonder of Gods works are the covenants, promises, decrees and statutes. The awful destructive pronouncements are the law ,curses, and decrees. In practicing these two extreme prayers we are brought back into our original image of being Gods glory in ruling His creation.
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