The Bible’s boring? Christ’s escape from death makes possible our escape stories. And Israel’s, too! Having presented the great battle at Calvary that ultimately wins the war, the composer of Psalm 68 now turns our attention back to the issue of Israel’s failure and various aspects of the remnant of Israel’s restoration. This we find […]
CHRIST OUR DAYSMAN: Job longed for there to be a go-between, a “daysman between us, that might lay his hand upon us both” (Job 9:33). In the story of infidel turned Bible scholar B.H. Carroll, he writes: “I had turned my back on Christianity and had found nothing in infidelity; happiness was gone, and death […]
“So Jesus…asked him…‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, that I may receive my sight’” (Lk 18:40-41). If the Lord asked you today, “What do you want Me to do for you?” what would you say? We couldn’t do better than this poor fellow. It’s of note that the last […]
Here are some prayer pointers regarding the gospel: 1. Ask the Lord for help in living a life that suits the gospel and “adorn[s] the doctrine of God” (Phil 1:27; Titus 2:10). 2. Ask the Lord for divinely arranged opportunities to witness (Col 4:3). 3. Ask Him for boldness for yourself and your fellow believers […]
The battle in Judges 4 and 5, explains the psalmist, is a prototype of the great battle at Calvary! Reading Psalm 68, you can’t help but hear the hoofbeats of Heaven galloping across history. Stanza 1 (vv 1-6) shows God leaving His throne room and riding “on the clouds” (v 4) to rescue His fallen creation. Stanza 2 (vv 7-10) reveals […]
CHRIST OUR BENEFACTOR: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you” (1 […]
“You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:68). In other words, “Lord, I love both who You are and what You do.” The Lord’s statutes are what give us the true measurement of the good. Clearly, what God does is determined by who He is, and He always acts consistently with […]
One treasure for which the heart longs is the security of unchanging love. It is the believer’s certainty that there is nothing that “shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:39). George Matheson, in spite of a deteriorating eye condition, graduated from Glasgow […]
“You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold” (Ps 68:13). As noted in our overview of Psalm 68, Stanza 1 (vv 1-6) portrays the God of heaven riding forth on His great rescue mission. “Let God arise,” and let no one stand in His way (v 1). Defeat is not […]