Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 24

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A Psalm of David1. To Yahweh the earth and its fulness belong,The world and those who dwell in it.2. For He on the seas has founded it,And on the floods He will establish it.3. Who will ascend into the hill of Yahweh,And who will rise up in the place of His holiness?4. The one clean…

Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 23

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Psalm 23 is so obviously about Jesus that we hardly need to say anything. The opening words of the psalm make us think immediately of our Lord's words in John 10: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." But there is a difference between the two passages. In…

Thoughts on the Words of Institution

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In the church of which I am a member, we celebrate the Lord's Supper weekly and our pastor almost always reads a short form explaining its meaning and proper use. This form also prescribes the words with which the pastor exhorts the congregation to partake. "Take, eat, remember and believe that the body of our…

About the Fear of God

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"Because [the pious mind] sees him to be a righteous judge, armed with severity to punish wickedness, it ever holds his judgment seat before its gaze, and through fear of him restrains itself from provoking his anger. And yet it is not so terrified by the awareness of his judgment, as to wish to withdraw,…