Today's Verses: Psalm 112:1-3 (ESV)
The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
1 hPraise the Lord! iBlessed is the man who fears the Lord, who jgreatly delights in his commandments! 2 His koffspring will be mighty in the land; lthe generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 mWealth and riches are in his house, and his nrighteousness endures forever.
This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
h See Ps. 104:35
i Ps. 128:1, 4; [Ps. 111:10; 115:13]
j See Ps. 1:2
k [Ps. 25:13; 102:28; Prov. 11:21; 20:7]
l Ps. 37:26
m See Prov. 3:16
n [Ps. 111:3]
This particular psalm enumerates both the blessings that are won by those who keep God's commands and the acts that secure those blessings. Of course, it is implied that the ungodly will not receive these blessings, but will be punished. Those who will receive God's blessings are those who honestly (in their hearts) fear and obey the Lord and those who are pleased to obey Him. They are rewarded, and so are their decedents who continue to love and fear Him.
Today's Comments: I do not think that this means that those who are afflicted in this world are bad or unrighteous. For those who would try to use this psalm to justify their preaching of the prosperity gospel, one must remember that, without the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we would all be judged to be unrighteous. As Christians, we appear to God as righteous because of our acceptance of Jesus as our savior. And, while we can depend upon God to reward us, we may be required to suffer for Him, just as most of Jesus' disciples had to. Our reward may not be in this life, but then again, what is greater than being rewarded with eternal life in the Kingdom of God?
Poem of the Day:
The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
1 hPraise the Lord! iBlessed is the man who fears the Lord, who jgreatly delights in his commandments! 2 His koffspring will be mighty in the land; lthe generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 mWealth and riches are in his house, and his nrighteousness endures forever.
This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
h See Ps. 104:35
i Ps. 128:1, 4; [Ps. 111:10; 115:13]
j See Ps. 1:2
k [Ps. 25:13; 102:28; Prov. 11:21; 20:7]
l Ps. 37:26
m See Prov. 3:16
n [Ps. 111:3]
This particular psalm enumerates both the blessings that are won by those who keep God's commands and the acts that secure those blessings. Of course, it is implied that the ungodly will not receive these blessings, but will be punished. Those who will receive God's blessings are those who honestly (in their hearts) fear and obey the Lord and those who are pleased to obey Him. They are rewarded, and so are their decedents who continue to love and fear Him.
Today's Comments: I do not think that this means that those who are afflicted in this world are bad or unrighteous. For those who would try to use this psalm to justify their preaching of the prosperity gospel, one must remember that, without the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we would all be judged to be unrighteous. As Christians, we appear to God as righteous because of our acceptance of Jesus as our savior. And, while we can depend upon God to reward us, we may be required to suffer for Him, just as most of Jesus' disciples had to. Our reward may not be in this life, but then again, what is greater than being rewarded with eternal life in the Kingdom of God?
Poem of the Day:
LIGHTHOUSE BEAM
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