249 Psalms 052 – 055; 1 Timothy 002
Have you ever been hurt in a relationship? What a ludicrous question--we have all been hurt in a relationship! David is deeply hurt because a best friend has betrayed him. Today we are to love our enemies, but back in the day you could pray these prayers, "Haul my betrayers off alive to hell---let them experience the horror, let them feel every desolate detail of a damned life." Wow, if there ever was a ‘get even’ prayer this is one! Why is this stuff in here? It is real and it has to do with God's covenant with Israel and with David and his family. One day Jesus is to set up on the throne of David. There is a special connection between David and the Messiah. David and Bathsheba had a second child, Solomon, and he became king as well as part of the Messianic line for Jesus. If David dies then there is no Messianic line, no Jesus, I am expendable, but David was not.
"He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we've learned: that there's one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us---Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free." These words were the manifesto of Paul and he wanted his young leader to adopt them as well. This verse is foundational to growing in your faith journey. This changes or should change how you and I look at everyone around us. They all need Jesus and this Savior to deliver them!
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