do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
O God my Savior.
The Psalmist is teaching that we are related to God by the creation
covenant. God has created every thing and orders all things in order to
save His elect. The only anger that God displays is towards those who
are not part of His kingdom.God has adopted us into His family with the
security of a Father who orders all things for our good and His glory.
Gods anger is display in the cursing of the wicked.
In Psalm 4 he is teaching Gods elect how to deal with their anger. Our anger is like Gods anger. Just as God created and orders all things for our good so we too react with anger when the wicked redefine Gods law and make idols out of Gods creation. They over turn the purpose of God giving us pleasure in ruling over the created things making them evil by re-imaging these created things so that they put people in bondage.
You see when man sinned God curse the creation. The curse spoke law eternal condemnation law breakers. The curse was the instrument by which God showed His eternal anger. God killed the opposition to His kingdom by cursing the creation. The only hope of reestablishing the relationship with God was through slaughter and death. God gave His elect a sacrifice as an instrument to avenge the wicked who resurrect the power of death by giving powers to the created things to show anger toward God and His children.
In your anger slaughter the sacrifice. We must use the law to silence the opposition. We cannot build a pragmatic system of threats and violence. Because vengeance belongs to God alone!
The Psalmist deals with anger by cursing the wicked. Without the curse we are all in danger of destroying the entire human race. Everything that we have is given to us by God according to His own goodness. So the Psalm complains about his troubles in the context of Gods Fatherly care as the entire creation is Gods house. He is saying that Gods anger is the display of His law that is evidenced in the order of creation and the protect of His elect in working the order for their good. You see Gods law is not an instrument of measuring powers.Gods law is perfect and absolutely just at all times. It is the instrument of cursing and blessing. When we face trials in this life it is because we are surrounding by the creation in which Gods curse is present in the work of the law. So the Psalmist is always complaining to God when he is facing the destructive force of the curse as the consequences of the law as the instrument to judge the world. .
In Psalm 4 he is teaching Gods elect how to deal with their anger. Our anger is like Gods anger. Just as God created and orders all things for our good so we too react with anger when the wicked redefine Gods law and make idols out of Gods creation. They over turn the purpose of God giving us pleasure in ruling over the created things making them evil by re-imaging these created things so that they put people in bondage.
You see when man sinned God curse the creation. The curse spoke law eternal condemnation law breakers. The curse was the instrument by which God showed His eternal anger. God killed the opposition to His kingdom by cursing the creation. The only hope of reestablishing the relationship with God was through slaughter and death. God gave His elect a sacrifice as an instrument to avenge the wicked who resurrect the power of death by giving powers to the created things to show anger toward God and His children.
In your anger slaughter the sacrifice. We must use the law to silence the opposition. We cannot build a pragmatic system of threats and violence. Because vengeance belongs to God alone!
The Psalmist deals with anger by cursing the wicked. Without the curse we are all in danger of destroying the entire human race. Everything that we have is given to us by God according to His own goodness. So the Psalm complains about his troubles in the context of Gods Fatherly care as the entire creation is Gods house. He is saying that Gods anger is the display of His law that is evidenced in the order of creation and the protect of His elect in working the order for their good. You see Gods law is not an instrument of measuring powers.Gods law is perfect and absolutely just at all times. It is the instrument of cursing and blessing. When we face trials in this life it is because we are surrounding by the creation in which Gods curse is present in the work of the law. So the Psalmist is always complaining to God when he is facing the destructive force of the curse as the consequences of the law as the instrument to judge the world. .
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