![]() A question is asked:Īnd who may stand in His holy place? ( Psalm 24:3) Perhaps they plan to celebrate one of the great festivals mentioned in Leviticus 25 at any rate, they want to enter into the presence of God. Imagine that these pilgrims are at the base of the hill as they travel to a pilgrimage site. His presence was so powerful on the mountain where He delivered the Ten Commandments, for example, that the people said “Moses, we can’t stand to hear the voice of God, it’s so overwhelming, so you go to the mountain, you listen to what he says, and then you come back and tell us.” On the other hand, the Scriptures also make it clear that there are times and places in which His presence is especially powerful. The Scriptures are clear that God is omnipresent. They want to go to the temple because they want to go to that place where they have a powerful sense of the presence of God. Imagine a group of pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. The second part of this Psalm refers to the qualifications for entering the temple. Watch my explanation of this psalm on video here. These first verses establish His sovereignty, His Lordship. He’s not just the God of Israel He’s the God of all the earth and all the peoples of the earth. He’s made all that there is, and all that there is belongs to Him. The point here is simple: The Lord God is the creator. The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,Īnd established it upon the rivers. Like Genesis 1, Psalm 24 begins with a strong assertion that God is the creator who separated the dry land from the waters: The opening verses declare that the God of Israel is the creator God. It has three main parts and they’re very clear in what they say. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Psalm 24 is, in its structure, fairly simple. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. ![]() For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. Do not let them depart from your sight Keep them in the midst of your heart. My son, give attention to my words Incline your ear to my sayings. Guard Your Hearts: “Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.” (Ps 119:11)Ī. But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." ( 1 Samuel 16:7 NASB) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Outward Beauty “Society today is more focused on the outward appearance than the condition of their hearts. God desires the truth in the inward parts Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Inward Purity "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. He continued to debate his case until finally the medical field listened. The hospital and doctors raised a stink and did the only thing they knew to do…they fired Dr. He began a crusade for washing the hands between procedures but whether you can believe it or not…it fell on deaf ears. Phillip began to observe that doctors went from autopsies of cadavers in the morgue to birthing babies-without washing their hands. When the baby died they called it “The Childbed Fever.” Vienna General called it “bad luck.” Blame went everywhere, especially onto the foreign doctors until Dr. ![]() Phillip Semmelweis became the assistant obstetrician at Vienna General. Introduction: The death rate of babies born at Vienna General Hospital was five times higher that that of woman who had their babies at home. Supplemental Passage: Jas 4:8b “Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” Message Point: We must have clean hands and pure hearts to come before God. ![]()
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