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Called By Another Name

This passage highlights God’s active work; the hand of the Lord was on His people as the gospel went out. The Lord worked in incredible ways! And do not miss the picture of our identity: Acts 11 is the first time anyone was called a Christian. What once was an insult becomes an identity: We belong to Christ!

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The Sin & the Story, the Song & the Savior

Psalm 51 gives us one of those rare worship songs for the church for which we know the precise historic circumstance behind it … in this case, King David’s notorious sins involving Bathsheba & Uriah. Can such a sinner have a truly clean heart? Depends who you ask and the basis for your plea.

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Clean & Unclean, Sacred & Common

Our salvation is in the Lord; God is the one who determines the clean and the unclean, casting our sin far from us because of the work of Jesus Christ on our behalf.

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A Praise-the-Lord Sandwich?

The special contribution of this Psalm is to describe the members of God’s universal choir of praise, and also to challenge our highly limited sense of what praise (& worship) really are … ultimately, being & doing precisely what God created us to be & do. Affections follow.

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God Alone is My Rock and Salvation

Can we trust in and experience God as our Rock & Salvation in a world of lies, violence, and treachery? David under the Holy Spirit says YES, but we will have to call ourselves often to this faith and ask God to make it a habit of the heart.

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The Shepherd for Sheep Like Us

Jesus is the perfect Shepherd for sheep like us; we might recognize ‘design’ in the relationship! As such, Jesus knows, leads, feeds, and protects His flock and each member of it. Let us trust, thank, and follow.

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For His Name’s Sake!

Because of the good, great, chief Shepherd that Jesus is, His blessed flock can know eternal peace & provision. Put away the proverbial calm, pastoral scenes; Jesus must be more like a warrior to bring us all the way through … and this He does, for the sake of His own name.

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The Great King is in Session

One of the fifteen “royal psalms,” this one is also the most quoted OT text in the NT, as it reveals a Father/Son conversation in the Godhead and assures us of our King’s absolute rule over all things. In response, we should volunteer freely in His & our days of strength.

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The Lord is My Inheritance & Cup

“A Psalm for the Older Son” asks all readers and singers if the LORD really is enough as our Inheritance and Cup. As the proper Center for a saint’s life, byproducts would include peace, gratitude, and a love for the people of God.

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The Song of the Suffering Servant

This psalm is ‘of David,’ and even more about the greater Son of David, our Lord Jesus … in His unique, vicarious suffering, but also in the victory which arises out of crucifixion. All subsequent history is outlined at the close of this psalm; by grace, maybe you are here too!

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