Psalm 48

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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48:1 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.

48:3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

48:4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

48:5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.

48:6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.

48:7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.

48:9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple.

48:10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.

48:12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

48:13 Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

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Life Under the Apple Tree

(Song of Solomon 2:3-14)

Preached at Poulner Baptist Chapel

25th January 2009

Dave G Roberts

• Introduction
• 1. The Beloved’s Portrait of the Lover (SoS 2:3-6)
• 2. The Beloved Encourages Others about the Lover (SoS 2:7-9)
• 3. Lover is like no other and wants to hear your voice (SoS 2:10-15)
• Recapitulation
• Conclusion

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Introduction Please do open your bibles to the Song of Solomon! It can be found on page 679 in the Church Bibles. I of course don’t know when you last read it, heard a talk about it or if you have ever read it or heard a talk about it! So, if you are in that category, it’s a new thing for you! In my preparation, as I talked to other Christians about this book, I have found that some people are aghast at some of the very frank and provocative language used! But this should not stop us from reading it, studying it and learning from it. It is, after all, part of the Bible and therefore part of God’s Written Word. Jesus Himself and the Disciples would have read this book at Passover time.

It is a book that tells of the love of a woman (the Beloved) for a man, the man probably being Solomon. Different translations have different places where the beloved, the lover and others are actually speaking. But for ease of use tonight, we will use the guidelines of the church bibles, the New International Version.

The Jews called it the Greatest Song of All Songs. Martin Luther called it the noblest of all songs! It is poetry that is full of love, romance and some say eroticism. Greater than Shakespeare’s sonnets if you can believe that!

Tonight, we are delving only into Chapter 2. Historically this book has been interpreted in 3 ways Firstly as a treatise on the joys of biblical sexual love; Secondly as an allegory for God’s love for His people Israel; These two interpretations have great merit! However, some of you may be sad to know, and others very happy to know, that I am going to concentrate principally on a third way that encompasses those two and that is seeing it as a picture of the immense love that exists between Jesus Christ for His church and its people, where the bridegroom is Jesus and His bride is the church. Paul highlights this relationship in his letter to the Ephesians.

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Life Under the Apple Tree

(Song of Solomon 2:3-14)

Preached at Poulner Baptist Chapel

25th January 2009

Dave G Roberts

Introduction

1. The Beloved’s Portrait of the Lover (SoS 2:3-6)

2. The Beloved Encourages Others about the Lover (SoS 2:7-9)

3. Lover is like no other and wants to hear your voice (SoS 2:10-15)

Recapitulation

Conclusion

Introduction

Please do open your bibles to the Song of Solomon! It can be found on page 679 in the Church Bibles. I of course don’t know when you last read it, heard a talk about it or if you have ever read it or heard a talk about it! So, if you are in that category, it’s a new thing for you! In my preparation, as I talked to other Christians about this book, I have found that some people are aghast at some of the very frank and provocative language used! But this should not stop us from reading it, studying it and learning from it. It is, after all, part of the Bible and therefore part of God’s Written Word. Jesus Himself and the Disciples would have read this book at Passover time. It is a book that tells of the love of a woman (the Beloved) for a man, the man probably being Solomon. Different translations have different places where the beloved, the lover and others are actually speaking. But for ease of use tonight, we will use the guidelines of the church bibles, the New International Version.

The Jews called it the Greatest Song of All Songs. Martin Luther called it the noblest of all songs! It is poetry that is full of love, romance and some say eroticism. Greater than Shakespeare’s sonnets if you can believe that! Tonight, we are delving only into Chapter 2.

Historically this book has been interpreted in 3 ways

Firstly as a treatise on the joys of biblical sexual love; Secondly as an allegory for God’s love for His people Israel;

These two interpretations have great merit! However, some of you may be sad to know, and others very happy to know, that I am going to concentrate principally on a third way that encompasses those two and that is seeing it as a picture of the immense love that exists between Jesus Christ for His church and its people, where the bridegroom is Jesus and His bride is the church. Paul highlights this relationship in his letter to the Ephesians.

Please do read more by downloading the attached PDF file. Thank you.

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Psalm 37

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37:1 Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

37:3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

37:4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

37:5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

37:6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

37:7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.

37:11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

37:13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

37:16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

37:18 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

37:19 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

37:20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish- vanish like smoke.

37:21 The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

37:22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

37:23 A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

37:24 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

37:25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

37:27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

37:28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

37:30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

37:31 The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

37:32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

37:33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

37:34 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

37:36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37:37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

37:38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

37:40 Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

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Psalm 34

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By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

34:1 I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
34:2 My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
34:3 Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
34:4 I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
34:5 They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
34:6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
34:7 The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
34:8 Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
34:9 Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
34:11 Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
34:12 Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
34:13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
34:14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
34:15 Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
34:16 Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
34:17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
34:18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
34:20 He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
34:21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
34:22 Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

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The First Deaconate ~ Acts 6v1-7

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Introduction

So far in the book of Acts, we can see that the Church has come under attack by the

• The world (persecution),
• satan (deceit & moral compromise)

Now a new crisis appears. Unable to destroy the church by way of persecution and deceit, satan now tries to create a split in the church by getting believers to argue and fight with each other.

If satan had succeeded in creating an implosion within this church, the only church in existence at the time, then the effects could have been devastating. The media in our world loves to report about anything negative to do with Christianity and the church. So any form of dissension, pressure splits and arguments within the Church, is often reported with an almost earnest gleefulness by the media.

From this Bible passage, four questions quite naturally arise.

• What was the problem?
• How was it resolved?
• What happened after it was resolved?
• How can we apply it to church life, 2000 years after the event?

Summary

The Problem! (v1)

The Solution! (v2-6)

Three things about the solution

Transformation of the Apostles – James, Peter & John particularly (v2)

All together now! (v2-5)

Commissioning (v6)

The Result! (v7)

Growth and witness = conversion of former enemies… (v7)

Growth and witness = reasoning and transformation

Conclusion

Transformation

Ministry for all – serving!

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Psalm 28

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28:1 To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

28:2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

28:3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

28:4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

28:5 Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

28:6 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

28:7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

28:8 Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

28:9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.