Thursday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 2

By James Boice

Theme: Praising God Always

In this week’s lessons, we see that this psalm reminds us of the need to trust and praise God always.

Scripture: Psalm 118:6, 8, 9, 17, 27-29 

When we were studying Psalm 115, I noted that the last two verses of that psalm say rightly that it is not the dead who praise the Lord but the living: 

It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
those who go down to silence;
It is we who extol the LORD,
both now and forevermore (vv. 17, 18). 

When we were studying Psalm 115, I noted that the last two verses of that psalm say rightly that it is not the dead who praise the Lord but the living: 

It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
those who go down to silence;
It is we who extol the LORD,
both now and forevermore (vv. 17, 18). 

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Is God unjust for sentencing sinners to hell?

Posted on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 by Todd Pruitt on 1517

A response to Christian Inclusivism

 

I was priviledged to write a response to the question, "If God is love, why won't everyone be saved?" for the December edition of the excellent online journal CREDO.

 

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Wednesday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 2

By James Boice

Theme: Trust in God Only

In this week’s lessons, we see that this psalm reminds us of the need to trust and praise God always.

Scripture: Psalm 118:6, 8, 9, 17, 27-29 

The second passage I call to your attention consists of two verses, verses 8 and 9. And this is why. It is reported by people who count such things that there are 31,174 verses in the Bible, and if that is so, then these verses, the 15,587th and the 15,588th, are the middle verses. That should be reason enough to give them prominence. 

The second passage I call to your attention consists of two verses, verses 8 and 9. And this is why. It is reported by people who count such things that there are 31,174 verses in the Bible, and if that is so, then these verses, the 15,587th and the 15,588th, are the middle verses. That should be reason enough to give them prominence. 

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Gladd to Recommend this Book

Posted on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 by Aimee Byrd on Housewife Theologian

From Adam and Israel to the Church: A Biblical Theology of the People of God

Benjamin Gladd excels in taking big theological ideas and presenting them in succinct, digestible, and teachable ways. He helps turn academics into real life questions with personal significance.

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Tuesday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 2

By James Boice

Theme: No Fear of Man

In this week’s lessons, we see that this psalm reminds us of the need to trust and praise God always.

Scripture: Psalm 118:6, 8, 9, 17, 27-29 

Psalm 118 is a psalm in which individual verses literally leap out at us. In last week's study we looked at verses that strike us in regard to Jesus Christ and his passion. In this study I want to look at four more verses that strike us for different reasons. 

Psalm 118 is a psalm in which individual verses literally leap out at us. In last week's study we looked at verses that strike us in regard to Jesus Christ and his passion. In this study I want to look at four more verses that strike us for different reasons. 

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Monday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 2

By James Boice

Theme: Psalm 118 in History

In this week’s lessons, we see that this psalm reminds us of the need to trust and praise God always.

Scripture: Psalm 118:6, 8, 9, 17, 27-29 

We already completed one study of Psalm 118 last week, but we need to do another. And no wonder. Psalm 118 is a great psalm, telling us not only about Jesus Christ and his work of redemption, but also about ourselves and of our need to trust God and praise him in all circumstances. 

We already completed one study of Psalm 118 last week, but we need to do another. And no wonder. Psalm 118 is a great psalm, telling us not only about Jesus Christ and his work of redemption, but also about ourselves and of our need to trust God and praise him in all circumstances. 

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Still Complementarian

Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2019 by Todd Pruitt on 1517

On the use of a still useful term...

 

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Friday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 1

By James Boice

Theme: Building on Christ

In this week’s lessons, we learn that God’s grace has been shown to all, supremely in the Lord Jesus Christ, who out of his rejection became the capstone for all who come to him in faith.

Scripture: Psalm 118:1-26

I wrote that Peter loved and often quoted Psalm 118:22. He quoted it before the Sanhedrin, as I said. But he also used it in his first letter in combination with a number of other texts that speak along the same lines: Isaiah 8:14 and 28:16, as well as Psalm 118:22 (see 1 Peter 2:4-8). In introducing these verses Peter says, “As you come to him, the living stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ" (vv. 4,5). That is a great privilege and a joy. 

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Thursday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 1

By James Boice

Theme: Jesus the Rejected Capstone

In this week’s lessons, we learn that God’s grace has been shown to all, supremely in the Lord Jesus Christ, who out of his rejection became the capstone for all who come to him in faith.

Scripture: Psalm 118:1-26

Psalm 118:22 pictures Jesus' death and resurrection. We know this because it is the way Jesus himself used these words. In the same chapter of Matthew in which we read about the people of Jerusalem hailing Jesus with verses 25 and 26 of Psalm 118, we also find Jesus quoting verses 22 and 23 in reference to himself (in Matt. 21). 

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Wednesday: Thanks to Our Good God, Part 1

By James Boice

Theme: The Psalm’s Use in the New Testament

In this week’s lessons, we learn that God’s grace has been shown to all, supremely in the Lord Jesus Christ, who out of his rejection became the capstone for all who come to him in faith.

Scripture: Psalm 118:1-26

As we discussed in yesterday's study, while this psalm is not strictly Messianic, key verses of this psalm are used in the New Testament about Jesus. And it is in this sense that the psalm is Messianic. 

As we discussed in yesterday's study, while this psalm is not strictly Messianic, key verses of this psalm are used in the New Testament about Jesus. And it is in this sense that the psalm is Messianic. 

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