Ms RedTent: Does this supposedly mean that Psalm 119 is beautiful only if the church is put back under the law?
I wasn't quite clear. Thanks.
Favorite Psalms
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Ms RedTent: Does this supposedly mean that Psalm 119 is beautiful only if the church is put back under the law?
I wasn't quite clear. Thanks.
If you mean that I think the church should save itself by it's works, then works never did save anyone, how could it go back to what never was? If you mean we aren't to try to follow the path that God has set before us, then I think you are taking the beauty of Psalm 119 out and putting a darkness around it.
I think that you are not listening well to scripture and the Holy Spirit within you when you repeat "under the law" truth. That saying has to do with your life in Christ, it has nothing to do with "don't listen to law, it is completely apart from your life".
Well, according to Hebrews 7 and other passages, I am not under the law. The righteousness of God, is, however, imputed to me by faith in the Lord Jesus. (Romans 3)
I really don't know what you mean about me supposedly putting darkness around Psalm 119. The reason for me starting the thread was in order that the Psalms be read and appreciated.
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keep_on_smiling
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This is my favorite psalm (Though I like many 
) Psalm 46
[SUP]1 [/SUP]God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
[SUP]3 [/SUP]though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.[SUP][c][/SUP]
[SUP]4 [/SUP]There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields[SUP][d][/SUP] with fire.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
[SUP]11 [/SUP]The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
This has been an extremely powerful and comforting psalm in my life. God is so good, mighty, and powerful. We are blessed to be loved by Him.
) Psalm 46 [SUP]1 [/SUP]God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
[SUP]3 [/SUP]though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.[SUP][c][/SUP]
[SUP]4 [/SUP]There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields[SUP][d][/SUP] with fire.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
[SUP]11 [/SUP]The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
This has been an extremely powerful and comforting psalm in my life.
God is so good, mighty, and powerful. We are blessed to be loved by Him. This is my favorite psalm (Though I like many
[SUP]1 [/SUP]God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
[SUP]3 [/SUP]though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.[SUP][c][/SUP]
[SUP]4 [/SUP]There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields[SUP][d][/SUP] with fire.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
[SUP]11 [/SUP]The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
This has been an extremely powerful and comforting psalm in my life.
Wonderful indeed; and this Psalm is also what the often sung hymn by Martin Luther: 'A mighty fortress is our God' is based on.
Blessings.
I know you don't know what I mean! Many people don't because they don't listen to all scripture, and also they don't realize all scripture is breathed by the same God, and eternal God who does not change. I despair of many ever understanding.
If you were under the law, then you would have to obey all law to be saved. You can't do that. Christ came to take you out of that situation, Christ offered you forgiveness through Him, so you aren't under law for salvation but under Christ. That does not put you outside of God's way for you, but it means you are even more inside of that path the law lays out for you, in that way you are still under the law. Not for salvation, that is taken care of. But under love. Christ put it this way "If you love me you will keep my commandments". The law expresses what God says about love and the expression of love. The law is all, every bit, of what the beautiful 119th Psalm says. Christ explained law for us in the Sermon on the Mount.
The Jews made a mitzvah that all gentiles were to do all the things scripture had told them to as a reminder of a spiritual law, although the physical that they were told to do was not the goal, the spiritual law was what God saw. Jews said that unless the gentiles obeyed each physical law they could not be admitted to the church. Many of the letters address this. The spiritual law behind the rituals still stands. People use this to say that all of God's spiritual laws are no more. It is true that the spiritual law is what God sees, but you can't tell lies about someone and still obey the spiritual law to love, for instance. When it is pounded into people that the law is dead, then the church sets no boundaries on behavior, but Christ does set boundaries on behavior. It is a teaching leading to death. If you look at the actions today of many people in our churches you will see that it is bringing disaster to us.
This is getting beyond the Psalms now, I guess, but if I am supposedly now back under the law again does this for instance mean that I ought to wear a bushy beard, as a reading of Leviticus 19 might on the surface suggest? And what about the Sabbath? I thought that the Lord Jesus in His glorious Resurrection on the first day of the week was the wondrous fulfilment of the feast of firstfruits ('Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, and is become the firstfruits of them that slept'). I still think so.
You are not understanding a word I say, I will read 119th psalm and believe every word of it, and every word of scripture. Beards and law!!! You cannot take away the beauty and truth of the 119th psalm, no matter what any of you say. God will win!
Do you mean that in order to be properly in the spirit of Psalm 119 I need supposedly to be back under the law, including wearing a beard?
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BananaPie
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What a peachy sweet thread!! iLuv it!!
Psalm 51:10-13 is what convicted me when The Lord drew me to His grace and salvation.
That night I begged The Lord to create in me a clean heart, to renew a right spirit within and to enable me to proclaim His Holy Word to more sinners that their transgressions may be forgiven them too.
The Lord has made good on His promise!
Psalm 51:10-13 is what convicted me when The Lord drew me to His grace and salvation.
That night I begged The Lord to create in me a clean heart, to renew a right spirit within and to enable me to proclaim His Holy Word to more sinners that their transgressions may be forgiven them too.
The Lord has made good on His promise!
What a peachy sweet thread!! iLuv it!!
Psalm 51:10-13 is what convicted me when The Lord drew me to His grace and salvation.
That night I begged The Lord to create in me a clean heart, to renew a right spirit within and to enable me to proclaim His Holy Word to more sinners that their transgressions may be forgiven them too.
The Lord has made good on His promise!
Yes, Psalm 51 is a most searching and moving Psalm. For the New Testament Christian, it shows the entire relevance of repentance in coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessings.
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jkalyna
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Hi Redtent; sometimes you just need to close the chapter of a not good novel, and go to sleep.
hugs.. luv ya, get a good nites sleep,, and let the bugs bite someones else... lol
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IloveyouGod
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The Gospel is God reaching down in grace to us sinners, not us trying to reach and merit Him.
I LOVE Psalms. All of them!!
..and they point to the Lord Jesus and His work at the Cross. Old and New Testaments are a wonderful unity; and it's good to read the Psalms in the light of the truths of the New Testament.
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msbythebook
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Psalm 97:1-6....."The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and peoples will see his glory."
It's wonderful to know that the Lord is in the midst while we go through firey circumstances.
Blessings to you and your family.
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Pilgrim
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Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm 150
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm 150