The Cry of the Confident (Psalm 6)
/Biblical confidence is based upon the work of Christ and confidently looks to him for deliverance at the resurrection.
Biblical confidence is based upon the work of Christ and confidently looks to him for deliverance at the resurrection.
Being united to Christ we have become priests of God who glorify His name in worship and glorify his name in sacrificial service to our brothers.
Because you already enjoy free access to the tree of life, which is our risen and exalted Savior, you are called to go out into the world bearing his reproach, while you wait for the fullness of that life in the city of God.
Because this world is not Jesus home he does not change, his people can never expect to be at home in this world and so must seek grace for the strength to persevere.
Confidence in the Lord demonstrates itself in a marital fidelity and contentment in your present circumstances.
We rightly receive the ministry of God’s angels by humbly forsaking the comforts and possessions of this world and loving our brothers in affliction.
Acceptable worship is that which done in faith, gratitude, and humility in response to the blessings of the new covenant.
The Lord is going to come in the fullness of His wrath and judgment, a coming prefigured by His coming to Mt. Sinai, and only those who flee to Christ now, and draw near to Mt. Zion and receive His heavenly kingdom by faith will endure that coming.
The Old Covenant was intended to humble the children of God and drive them to the grace of the New Covenant, where they find peace with God.
Jacob serves as the pattern for believers of one who is disciplined by suffering and through it obtains the grace of God through faith and repentance.
The goal of every believer is to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life and the only way to the Tree is the way of the cross.
Biblical confidence is based upon the work of Christ and confidently looks to him for deliverance at the resurrection.
Sons of God necessarily suffer in this world on the road to glory and, as heirs, are granted the privilege of praying Abba Father in the midst of affliction.
Knowing that God will judge the wicked on the Last Day should drive you to pray for the salvation of your enemies.
The hope of endurance, amidst suffering, is found in Jesus the perfecter of our faith.
Even though the people of God live in different places throughout history that they are united in a single hope and calling that will ultimately be realized at the resurrection on the Last Day.
Rahab testifies that it is not the important people of this world who will preserve their souls on the Last Day, but those who are at peace with God by faith.
Moses testifies that the New Creation has already begun, but is hidden and veiled in this world, seen only with the eyes of faith.
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