270 Psalms 109 – 110; Matthew 5.21 – 5.48
Please pray for the Fall Festival this weekend and especially the services as we by God's grace will be presenting this wonderful news called the Gospel of Christ. It looks as if we are going to have great weather--praise God.
Yesterday we pondered the beatitude, ‘blessed are they are at the end of their rope.’ On page 1176, the Psalmist cries out with similar words, "Get me out of here---your love is so great!---I'm at the end of my rope, my life in ruins." David is crying out to God for help. We don't usually cry out for help unless we are at the end of our rope. No more tricks up the sleeve, no more wheeling and dealing--just a simple prayer---HELP!!!!!! In this Psalm, notice how David ends it by praising God. You can start with a complaint but end it with praise when addressing God. In the next Psalm, David is praying and we hear these words, "God gave His word and he won't take it back: you're the permanent priest, the Melchizedek priest." David is thrusting himself upon the Word of God. He also seems to be addressing Christ since Jesus is referred to in the N.T. as the priest after the order of Melchizedek. It is a great word in that Jesus brought us the Word and He is the Word.
Jesus continues in the Sermon on the Mount to raise the bar as to what is the true code of morality. The teachers of the law were about outward appearances but Jesus was about the inner heart. Murder is more than killing, it is a person hating someone in their heart. Jesus came to fulfill the law not to do away with it. Read carefully these words of Christ they are life changing.
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