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Saturday, June 29, 2013

If the Foundations Be Destroyed Psalms 11: 1-7


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v.1            1.      The need for tenacious faith is all the greater.
                        (In the Lord I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your
                        mountain?)

v.1            2.      The need for God’s protection is all the greater.
                        (Flee as a bird to your mountain?)

v.2            3.      The need for keen alertness is all the greater.
                        (For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the  
                         string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.)

v.3            4.      The need for building lives in Christ is all the greater.
                        (If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?)
                        1 Corin. 3: 11  For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid,
                        which is Jesus Christ.

v.3            5.     The need for hope in Christ is all the greater.
                        (what can the righteous do?)

v.4            6.      The need for holiness is all the greater.
                        (The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s )

v.4            7.      The need to remain under God’s authority is all the greater.
                        (the Lord’s throne is in heaven: His eyes)

v.4            8.      The need to be accountable to God is all the greater.
                        (His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.)

v.7            9.     The need for righteousness is all the greater.
                        (For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; His countenance)
                        righteousness- purity of heart, justness, equity, upright.

v.7            10.    The need for God’s nearness is all the greater.
                        (His countenance doth behold the upright.)
                        His faithfulness is supreme.

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