Ps 31 3 Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4 Free me from the trap that is set for me,
for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem me, O LORD , the God of truth".
Every person will face many trials in this life. Here the Psalmist is describing the road that we walk has traps. These future events are troubles that we face. The world is filled with evil and trouble. But the Psalmist puts all trials in the context of salvation and deliverance. The Psalmist never describes troubles as a process , as being good in themselves or divorced from level of evil that permeates society. All troubles are described as a pit that is put in front us to cause us to stumble. This pit is distinguished from a permanent eternal judgement that the wicked slide into. But here the Psalmist says that the future trouble is described by another metaphor. This metaphor is a trap.
We must understand that all our trials are good in the sense that they motivate us to seek the Lord with more fervency. So when the Psalmist is describing the trial as a trap , he is saying that there are evil people who use the prophecy of scripture to describe the troubles of the elect with an evil prophecy. This what Christ was saying about the Pharisees. In other words there are some people who practice viewing the weaknesses of others being in need of trials to correct those weaknesses. So they are always viewing people in which the evil that falls upon them as necessary. They are always wishing an evil prophecy.
This self righteous attitude is common in this world. We live in a world where evil is so familiar and the trials are numerous. We just assume that it is the normal way of life. I believe that this problem is enforced by believing there are two equal systems that conflict that can never be reconciled in this life. Anytime you put these words like trials, deliverance, salvation, sanctification etc in the context of a contradiction you deny the reality of both. In other words teaching one truth at the expense of another and vise versa is teaching they both are unexplainable. When you teach contradictions you become the arbitrator.
But all trials in the bible are put in the context of deliverance and not growth. We must always put these words of salvation and sanctification in the context of deliverance and not process. When the bible uses the term of process it is talking about putting the evils on a chain by the curses. This is why the Psalms describe the trials as being a war with an evil prophecy about us. So we get tripped up into pits along the road but we must face the trap that is like the evil prophecy about us. See the danger is not the evil event but its wicked cursing us. Remember this that in all trials God is defending us from the evil events that are designed to destroy the wicked. All trials are common among all men. When the elect get caught in the trap there are millions of other men who are caught. These trials seem to be directed at us but we are only caught in the trial because God is bringing judgement on the wicked. For our trials to be profitable they must have boundaries. All men are blind to their own judgements but describe the judgements of other men with perfect detail in the context of a false justice. It is impossible for a wicked man to escape the evil prophecy of the trial that is in the curse. It is impossible for us to be imaged by the evil prophecy from the curse. Every man is unable to understand the level of evil that is in a trial. This is why the Psalmist is saying the context of deliverance is centered in overcoming the evil prophecy which is the trap.
for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4 Free me from the trap that is set for me,
for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem me, O LORD , the God of truth".
Every person will face many trials in this life. Here the Psalmist is describing the road that we walk has traps. These future events are troubles that we face. The world is filled with evil and trouble. But the Psalmist puts all trials in the context of salvation and deliverance. The Psalmist never describes troubles as a process , as being good in themselves or divorced from level of evil that permeates society. All troubles are described as a pit that is put in front us to cause us to stumble. This pit is distinguished from a permanent eternal judgement that the wicked slide into. But here the Psalmist says that the future trouble is described by another metaphor. This metaphor is a trap.
We must understand that all our trials are good in the sense that they motivate us to seek the Lord with more fervency. So when the Psalmist is describing the trial as a trap , he is saying that there are evil people who use the prophecy of scripture to describe the troubles of the elect with an evil prophecy. This what Christ was saying about the Pharisees. In other words there are some people who practice viewing the weaknesses of others being in need of trials to correct those weaknesses. So they are always viewing people in which the evil that falls upon them as necessary. They are always wishing an evil prophecy.
This self righteous attitude is common in this world. We live in a world where evil is so familiar and the trials are numerous. We just assume that it is the normal way of life. I believe that this problem is enforced by believing there are two equal systems that conflict that can never be reconciled in this life. Anytime you put these words like trials, deliverance, salvation, sanctification etc in the context of a contradiction you deny the reality of both. In other words teaching one truth at the expense of another and vise versa is teaching they both are unexplainable. When you teach contradictions you become the arbitrator.
But all trials in the bible are put in the context of deliverance and not growth. We must always put these words of salvation and sanctification in the context of deliverance and not process. When the bible uses the term of process it is talking about putting the evils on a chain by the curses. This is why the Psalms describe the trials as being a war with an evil prophecy about us. So we get tripped up into pits along the road but we must face the trap that is like the evil prophecy about us. See the danger is not the evil event but its wicked cursing us. Remember this that in all trials God is defending us from the evil events that are designed to destroy the wicked. All trials are common among all men. When the elect get caught in the trap there are millions of other men who are caught. These trials seem to be directed at us but we are only caught in the trial because God is bringing judgement on the wicked. For our trials to be profitable they must have boundaries. All men are blind to their own judgements but describe the judgements of other men with perfect detail in the context of a false justice. It is impossible for a wicked man to escape the evil prophecy of the trial that is in the curse. It is impossible for us to be imaged by the evil prophecy from the curse. Every man is unable to understand the level of evil that is in a trial. This is why the Psalmist is saying the context of deliverance is centered in overcoming the evil prophecy which is the trap.
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