My 2025 Theme Verses: Ezra 7:10 (ESV) For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Daniel 1:8 (ESV) But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
There is no "neutral" ground when it comes to Christ - Psalm 1-2
The English word "homage" is a little used word in our society. It is used to translate the Hebrew word "nashaq" in Psalm 2:12 of our reading section. It is mostly translated in our Bible as the word "kiss" (over 20 times). After composing a Hebrew poem about the kings of this earth rejecting God and conspiring to "escape" from God (2:2), the writer finishes the Psalm telling us to "Do homage to the Son." He goes onto say that by so doing (homage ... or, a kiss) we will squelch His wrath. We have here both a warning and a wanting for us. God wants us to have the Son in the center of our lives; to kiss Him as the One Supreme. We don't often think of the converse of that, but when we fail to have Christ in the center we incur His wrath. There is no middle ground. You can't be in "nuetrel" when it comes to Christ. The lastest "poll" research shows that today's society is not as much atheist or agnostics as they apathetic. They somehow believe "neutral" will keep them safe. They believe they can be non-committed and be safe. Over 3,000 ago a poet already debunked that idea. You can't be neutral in regard to the Son. You either have Him in the center, the object of your kiss, or you are the center of His wrath.
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