We cannot call evil good nor good evil!
Psalm 97:10
You who love the LORD, hate evil!
He preserves the souls of His saints;
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Jesus is truth personified. Jesus saves all who call on His name in faith.
Psalm 145:18-21
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
20 The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.
Because God loves all of His creation He offers the gift of salvation. We live because Jesus died for us. We can love others because He first loved us. Carla
Those who fear him describes a pious reverence for God.
All the wicked he will exterminate God’s kingdom is marked by justice for those loyal to Him and retribution for those who are rebellious toward Him.
The psalmist closes by committing to praise God, and he calls everyone else to do the same. Faithlife Study Bible
David resolved to be faithful in praising the Lord (146:1), but he also saw his praise as one part of the praise of all creation—that is, all flesh. The NKJV Study Bible.
Psalm 31:22–23
For I said in my haste,“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.
Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints!
For the LORD preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
Psalm 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!
John 4:23–24
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
I marvel at stories about people with fortitude or stamina. My friend Jinks tells me that it is our place of "bright shadow." Those places of beauty, creativity, resilience, imagination, courage and humor. Those places of unrecognized beauty. Places of healing. And inspiration.
There’s something deep inside: We are fueled by our inherent value. Remembering our endowment, by our Creator, with good.
Can we hear that today?
I hope so. “Sabbath Moments”
Our modern world is full of dangerous and dry places, a landscape of unbelief and unrighteousness.
But a message of hope: The King is coming.
We, like the people of Israel, can take comfort.
Our warfare has ended. Our sins are forgiven.
Our King has come. Our King will come again.
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