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All Are Not Treated Alike
March 9th, 2019
With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself perverse.PSALM 18:26 (RSV)+All Are Not Treated AlikeThe persons of the saints need to be distinguished from those... Read More
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An Occasion for Something Good
March 8th, 2019
With the merciful You show Yourself merciful; with the blameless man You show Yourself blameless.PSALM 18:25+An Occasion for Something GoodNot only the passive evils that are inflicted on us result in... Read More
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Concealed in Humanity
March 7th, 2019
He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him, thick clouds dark with water.PSALM 18:11+Concealed in HumanityThe hiding place of God is darkness. In the first place, because [God] dwells in the... Read More
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Going Up and Going Down
March 6th, 2019
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under His feet. He rode on a cherub and flew; He came swiftly on the wings of the wind.PSALM 18:9-10+Going Up and Going Down[God's] feet stand in... Read More
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Not without Grief
March 5th, 2019
The cords of death encompassed Me; the torrents of destruction assailed Me; the cords of Sheol entangled Me; the snares of death confronted Me.PSALM 18:4-5+Not without GriefSome take this in the liter... Read More
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Victorious Salvation
March 4th, 2019
The LORD is . . . the horn of my salvation.PSALM 18:2+Victorious SalvationIn Scripture the horn often denotes royal power as the chief power, or the king himself as the chief, especially the victoriou... Read More
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A Shadow of Protection
March 3rd, 2019
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings.PSALM 17:8+A Shadow of ProtectionThe shadow of Thy wings in a mystical sense is faith in Christ, which in this life is mysterious ... Read More
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The Gracious Strength of God
March 2nd, 2019
Wondrously show Your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at Your right hand.PSALM 17:7+The Gracious Strength of GodThe right hand is Christ, the Son of God, as Psa... Read More
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At Your Right Hand
March 1st, 2019
I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.PSALM 16:8+At Your Right HandNot only for Christ but for all Christians the Lord is at the right hand. But a... Read More
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Righteousness Looks Down
February 28th, 2019
There is none who does good, not even one.PSALM 14:3+Righteousness Looks DownPaul uses Psalm 14:3 to prove that "a person is not justified by works of the Law," Galatians 2:16. Thus Luther writes:] Th... Read More
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The Office of the Holy Spirit
February 27th, 2019
The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside.PSALM 14:2-3+The Office of the Holy SpiritWe draw the uni... Read More
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Go Farther Than You Feel
February 26th, 2019
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."PSALM 14:1+Go Farther Than You FeelThese Magi here teach us the true faith. After they heard the sermon and the word of the prophet, they were not idle or... Read More