SKILLFULLY HANDLING THE WORD OF LIFE
Psalm 45 A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage.
To the Chief Musician; set to the [tune of] “Lilies.” A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. A Song of Love.
1[a]My heart overflows with a good theme;
I address my psalm to the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
2You are fairer than the sons of men;
Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
3Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!
4And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly
For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;
Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.
5Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.
6[b]Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.
8All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.
9Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
10Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;
11Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.
12The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.
13Glorious is the King’s daughter within [the palace];
Her robe is interwoven with gold.
14She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
15With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;
They will enter into the King’s palace.
16In place of your fathers will be [c]your sons;
You shall make princes in all the land.
17I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will praise and give You thanks forever and ever. Christ is celebrated in all the members of His BODY & BRIDE the Church. All of God’s fulness dwells in Him and the writer of this Psalm is expressing that which is disclosed to His heart foreshadowing Messiah’s coming, purchasing and taking His Bride to His Father’s House.
RUIN COMES OF RECKLESSNESS IN ONES DEALINGS WITH THE WORD OF TRUTH
2 Timothy 2King James Version
2 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
GOD’s WORD remains/abides forever spirit and life to those who heed Him and destruction and damnation to those who resist, reject and misrepresent Him to others. These are the adversary kind, the Satan kind who seal their fate together with their father the devil.
Over and over, we see that those who embrace and delight in darkness only serve to advance their own ruin in the end of all their scheming. And worst still for themselves see that all they meant for evil, God has turned for the good of His elect in Christ.
And thus it is with all the spin doctors, the fake news, fake science, fake facts deceitful workers. “All who love and fabricate a lie…”, their word doth eat as a canker worm in their own and the souls of all who embrace them.
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