This Psalm is indeed mysterious, but today we saw that it speaks about “the spoil” (the Triune God as Christ’s spoil and all the processes Christ went through as the spoil), our enjoyment (we rest at home and divide the spoil, we just enjoy God as everything we need), God’s salvation (it has been accomplished by Christ as the man of sorrows and as the Man at God’s right hand), and the gospel (the redemption is applied to us, we are enabled and have a “shore” to go out and speak, and we are “a hind let loose” skipping over every problem/hill and speaking the beautiful words of the gospel).
praising God according to His New Testament economy as seen in Benjamin, Judah, Zebulun, and Naphtali
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the Lord Jesus was never discouraged – He took His satisfaction only in God and His will!
Why do we get discouraged and disappointed? The main reason we are disappointed or discouraged is because we have expectations from the people around us, from our environment, from situations and things. Expectations – this is what drives us to discouragement. We have expectations from our parents, our family, our teachers, our children, our spouse, […]
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Christ as a man lived a lowly and sorrowful human life – this fully qualified Him to be our Redeemer!
Most Christians have heard of or read a specific chapter in the Bible which gives a view of Christ found nowhere else – Isaiah chapter 53. Here we see that Christ as a perfect man lived a lowly and sorrowful human life. He didn’t “look nice” nor was he famous and charismatic – rather, He […]
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as the Servant of Jehovah, Christ was a man of sorrows, despised by men, willing to be humiliated…
Day by day, as you spend time with Him to enjoy Him in the Word and as you experience Him, you will appreciate the Lord Jesus more and more. How can you help it not falling in love with this One, the Servant of Jehovah? Everyone around Him was a “bruised reed” trying to hurt […]
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