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Commentary on Psalm 23

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside the still waters.

He restores my soul;

He leads me in the paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil;

For You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

All the days of my life;

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord

Forever.

The concept of a person spending an eternity in Hell is so grave to me that I do not believe it is intellectually possible for me to fully conceive it. As a matter of fact—I believe that most Christians live as though there is no Hell, because if we truly believed its existence we would do much more to spread the good news of Jesus.

From the Ideal to the Real

The original Palm Sunday was a prophetic type of what should have fully happened in Israel (and what will eventually happen in the future): when the people of the world submit to the Lordship of Christ. The Bible tells us that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that the earth shall be covered with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters covers the sea (Philippians 2:5-12 and Habakkuk 2:14).

Twelve Teachings That Harm The Church

I have heard it said “balance is the key to life”. I agree with that statement, as I have found that any truth taken to the extreme (that ignores others aspects related to its subject) is unbalanced and can be harmful. This is also why Paul the Apostle said that he teaches “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27), which involves a full-orbed presentation of truth.

A Biblical Survey of the Multi-generational Plan of God

The Bible teaches us that God has a multi-generational plan. This is true in spite of most Christians and churches barely surviving one generation of faith and practice, usually without emphasizing marriage, family, or multi-generational influence.

The following is a general biblical survey showing how the plan of God unfolds in history through generations of faith.

I Am Transformed for the Sake of Others

(Although I have been teaching and writing books and articles on this subject for years, the following is based on notes I took from a teaching conducted by Dutch Sheets, who did a superb job of simplifying this message about the Kingdom of God.)

I. Genesis 1:28 gives us two aspects of the Cultural Mandate that God gave humanity: Multiply the family and manage the planet

Multiply a Family for God

In Genesis, the King of the kingdom (kingdom stands for “king” and “domain,” so the scope of a king’s rule is a kingdom) added a family to his kingdom realm when He made us.

The family mandate is to expand God’s family by Him creating eternal human spirits. Humankind is called to create eternal spirits because we are the only ones made in God’s image that can supply Him with family members (Genesis 1:28).

Is the Biblical Creation Account Merely a Copy from Other Older Creation Stories?

In the nineteenth century higher critical views of Scripture (as opposed to lower critical views that concern biblical exegesis involving the study of historical context and culture, the author’s intent, and so on) came on the scene when German scholars questioned the authenticity of Scripture with a reductionistic approach. This approach meant treating the Bible like any other document, instead of starting with the assumption of divine inspiration. The following are some of the common challenges to the widely held Evangelical belief of the divine inspiration of Scripture.

Commentary on Psalm 23

Does Hell Exist?

From the Ideal to the Real

Twelve Teachings That Harm The Church

A Biblical Survey of the Multi-generational Plan of God

I Am Transformed for the Sake of Others

Is the Biblical Creation Account Merely a Copy from Other Older Creation Stories?

The 10 Roots of Contemporary Church Models, Part 2

The 10 Roots of Contemporary Church Models, Part 1

Father’s Family Inheritance

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