The cleansing of the Temple had stirred up the beginnings of a critical disputation between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. Remember that many had believed in Jesus’ name when they saw the signs which he had done. However, as Jesus well knew, believing based on miracles (signs) alone could merely be mental assent, and not necessarily a moving of the heart.
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Psalms in Poetic Form: Psalm 43
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Background
This Psalm is tied together with Psalm 42, for it has no title of its own. This unity can be seen in that a chorus occurs in the middle and end of Psalm 42 and at the end of Psalm 43. This chorus includes: “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him.”
I am a person. I am a man. I am a son. I am a husband. I am a father. I am a brother. I am an uncle. I am a friend. I am a worker. I am a teacher. I am an American. I am a writer. I am an artist. I am a reader. I am a runner. I am a swimmer. I am a retired nursing tech. I am a cook. I am a minister. I am filled with holy spirit. I am a Bible believer. I am a bondslave to Jesus Christ. I am a member of the body of Christ. And all of this works together, because I am a born-again son of God.