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Jesus Christ

Savior, Messiah, and Lord

God loves to make us whole. He wants our bodies healthy, our minds clear and alert, our spiritual understanding enlightened. He is our Savior and sent His Son to be our savior. That is what “Jesus” means in Hebrew: Jehovah saves. The title Jehovah is used many times in the Bible and shows God’s willingness to help us. In the Bible, God also uses the title Elohim to show that He is able (as Creator) to meet our every need. He is both willing and able to care for us.

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God's Word

Scope

One reason there is division and misunderstanding in the church is that some Bible readers do not understand scope. God calls Himself the Holy Spirit, and He spoke by His spirit that He gave to the prophets so they could write the scriptures (II Peter 1:20,21). This included the Apostle Paul (II Peter 3:15,16). If, over thousands of years, our Father gave His Word to people to make up the Bible, then it all must agree within itself. And it does.

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Psalms

Psalms in Poetic Form: PSALM 108

Click here to read PSALM 108 in poetic form.

Background

Psalm 108 is in the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms (Psalms 107-150). These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Psalm 108 declares the Messiah as God’s promised lawgiver from David’s line in Judah.

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Body of Christ

The Cowgirl’s New Home

There once was a cowgirl, who lived life by this world,
She needed to know her good Lord,
She cried out for freedom—grace and mercy,
She’d need ‘em—to stand with His love in accord.

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Psalms

Psalms in Poetic Form: Psalm 53

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A possible view from the cross at Calvary.

Click here to read PSALM 53 in poetic form.

Background

This Psalm has the title “Maschil,” which means instruction. It was used for public teaching and shows the victory God gives through His Messiah.

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Holy Spirit

Baptism

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As an infant, I was baptized with water at the baptismal font in our church. I remember nothing of this, but my parents did it in hopes of bringing some spiritual cleansing to me. Yet, in reality, I never received God’s gift of holy spirit until years later, when I carried out the Father’s simple instructions in the Book of Romans.

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Psalms

Psalms in Poetic Form: Psalm 37

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Click here to read PSALM 37 in poetic form.

Background

Just as Psalm 23 showed that we can trust in the Lord as our shepherd, this Psalm shows that we can trust in, delight in, commit to, and rest in the Lord despite the evil of those around us (verses 3-7).

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Psalms

Psalms in Poetic Form: Psalm 34

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Click here to read PSALM 34 in poetic form.

Background

This is another Psalm that has an acrostic, where a Hebrew letter is used to begin a verse. It is a regular acrostic, so that each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is set in order and begins one or more verses.

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Psalms

Psalms in Poetic Form: Psalm 27

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Click here to read PSALM 27 in poetic form.

Background

As a larger group, Psalms 25—41 are in many ways responses to the previous Psalms 16—24. And Psalms 25—28 contain prayers about the Messiah and what he would suffer and accomplish.

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Psalms

Psalms in Poetic Form: Psalm 25

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Click here to read PSALM 25 in poetic form.

Background

This is the second of the Psalms that is an acrostic, where sequential Hebrew letters are used to begin verses.