https://open.spotify.com/episode/2x9M2CiyCB4xKNSMJ2kMgu?si=zxCwkOUaT4Spr6Odvjozeg Even though conspiracy theories are nothing new, they certainly seem to have heightened during and following the Covid-19 pandemic. As is usually the case, most involve a group of nefarious elites pulling strings behind the scenes of world events. Epstein's island, the World Economic Forum, the Great Reset, the Illuminati, chemtrails, flat-earth, and many …
Praise the LORD!Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns …
Continue reading Praise in Their Throats & Swords in Their Hands | Psalm 149
When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,but the righteous is established forever. Proverbs 10:25 ESV We do right to compare suffering and affliction to storms. Like a tempest, trials often race across the horizon and overshadow us in a moment, and the destruction that they leave in their wake can be devastating. Indeed, …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GnM6UFa3SePawycj9p6sl?si=_Qt_CcwlRzaCTZrCdOVKhA for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,but the way of wicked will perish. Psalm 1:6 ESV After all has been said in the first five verses of Psalm 1, this sixth and final verse gives us the fitting concluding contrast between the blessed and the wicked. The blessed, here synonymously called the …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gpWHw1E0E5B96EL9CU0Jq?si=uzOwcBHwTE2OK1fZceoRJw nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Psalm 1:5 ESV In the first part of this verse, the psalmist made the declaration that the wicked will not stand in the judgment. Like chaff that the wind drives away, they will be driven away from the presence of the Holy One on the final …
Continue reading Nor Sinners in the Congregation of the Righteous | Psalm 1:5
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VUhBHyjjWSQwjcLQsy1QR?si=VTot4XuLReOBGoe6KpvIzA Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment Psalm 1:5 ESV After giving a three-verse portrait of the blessed, the psalmist gave a terse contrasting image of the wicked. Unlike the blessed, they do not delight in and meditate upon God's Word; thus, they are not rooted in eternal truth like trees beside …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FdwCknRqIqeFhDUK0JjrS?si=x-O4xVtXSrWjiHgWTIkBHA but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Psalm 1:4 ESV After three verses of describing the blessed man, verse 4 then presented us with this psalm’s great contrast by simply declaring, the wicked are not so. When reading each characteristic of the blessed man, we can simultaneously understand that the wicked are …
Continue reading Like Chaff That the Wind Drives Away | Psalm 1:4
https://open.spotify.com/episode/27OqHx32VJfuuguaKeWj9w?si=KDCJjvfMQtWYf0lwylxStA The wicked are not so, Psalm 1:4 ESV As we set our gaze upon verse 4, the psalmist presents us with the great contrast of this psalm. You see, for the first three verses, the focus has been upon the blessed man, the one who is favored by God. Verse 1 revealed the company …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QcBqc2cDIerP1QVBXdps6?si=LeptKK8pROeAa-mfa87x2A In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 ESV After describing how the blessed man is like a tree, the psalmist concludes verse 3 with this simple declaration: In all that he does, he prospers. This can easily be read as a sort of summary statement of everything that has come before it. …
Continue reading In All That He Does, He Prospers | Psalm 1:3
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TeZhzjrUonVmchnDZDz2l?si=0GQApzeuSx2WAqJE5nuafA and its leaf does not wither. Psalm 1:3 ESV As we continue to meditate through Psalm 1, we reach the third and final metaphorical description of the blessed man’ tree-likeness: and its leaf does not wither. As we have seen, the comparison of God’s people to a tree is meant to convey steadfastness that, …
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