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Psalm Chapter 78
Maschil of Asaph.
As far as I know dear people, this has
not changed with the coming of Jesus Christ. He did not come to do
away with the law but to fulfill the law. If we listen to the words of God
continually, it would be the answer to all our problems.
- Matthew 5:17 Think not
that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not
come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- 18 For verily I
say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- 19 Whosoever
therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Psalm 78:2 I will open my
mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Dark sayings of old are things that can be revealed to us by the
Spirit of God.
- Psalm 78:3 Which we have
heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- 4 We will not hide
them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the
praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works
that he hath done.
If we fail to teach our children the
word of God, the influence of the word will die out and a generation
will arise that does not know or acknowledge God. Why do you think
the devil has succeeded in removing the bible from public school
classrooms? He knows that there will arise a generation that does
not know God.
This is why we have abortion and open
sexual immorality of all kinds. Anything out of the bounds God set
in order will cause disease, confusion, and no end of misery. The
fear of God is no longer present among us. If a baby is no longer a
creation in the image of God but a product of evolution then it
loses its value and can be eliminated without thought or conscience.
The devil has succeeded in his deception well and we sit by and let
it happen because of the fear of church and state rule.
- Psalm 78:5 For he
established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known
to their children:
- 6 That the
generation to come might know them, even the children which
should be born; who should arise and declare them to their
children:
- 7 That they might
set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep
his commandments:
This is why we have lost our way in the
United States. We no longer keep the commandments of God.
I realize that these verses refer to
Israel but I see such similarities between Israel and modern day
United States that it boggles my mind. We have allowed the same
foolishness to enter our country that destroyed Israel in the Old
Testament.
- Psalm 78:9 The children of
Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day
of battle.
- 10 They kept not
the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
- 11 And forgat his
works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
- 12 Marvellous
things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of
Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
The importance of teaching our children
the law of the Lord is to avoid this very thing. Forgetting
the works of God.
- Psalm 78:13 He divided the sea,
and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as
an heap.
- 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the
night with a light of fire.
- 15 He clave the
rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great
depths.
- 16 He brought
streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like
rivers.
- 17 And they sinned
yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
- 18 And they
tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- 19 Yea, they spake
against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
When we depart from the word of God,
the first thing we start doing is murmuring and complaining about
every thing that goes wrong.
- Psalm 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock,
that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give
bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
- 21 Therefore the LORD heard this,
and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also
came up against Israel;
- 22 Because they believed not in
God, and trusted not in his salvation:
This is the same thing that destroys us
today. If we do not believe in the one God sent to save us and, if
we do not observe His word, the same thing that once destroyed Israel
will destroy us. The difference is that there is no promise that any
country will exist in the latter days except Israel. So we in other
countries need to remember that.
- Psalm 78:23 Though he had
commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
- 24 And had rained
down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of
heaven.
- 25 Man did eat
angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
- 26 He caused an
east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in
the south wind.
- 27 He rained flesh
also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of
the sea:
- 28 And he let it
fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
- 29 So they did eat,
and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
- 30 They were not
estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their
mouths,
- 31 The wrath of God
came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the
chosen men of Israel.
God fed them in the wilderness and yet
they were unsatisfied and unthankful.
Do we complain that our jobs don't pay
enough, we don't have enough health care, we don't have enough paid
holidays? Maybe if we are thankful for what we do have, God will
bless us with more.
- Psalm 78:32 For all this they sinned
still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
- 33 Therefore their days did he
consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
These things were written to teach us
not to do the same things that Israel did which brought the judgment
of God. Yet, we are worse than they because we have had the message
of the gospel, how to be free from sin, the living water which is the Holy
Spirit, the baptism of
the Holy Spirit and many more blessings and promises God gave us
through faith in Jesus Christ. We are without excuse even more than
Israel.
- Psalm 78:34 When he slew them, then they
sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- 35 And they remembered that God was
their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
- 36 Nevertheless they did flatter
him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
- 37 For their heart was not right
with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
Our worship should be in spirit and in
truth. We can't fool God. If sin is in our hearts He sees it and
when we try to worship without a repentant heart that turns from
that sin, the worship is vain. If we worship to be seen of men, then
it also is not true worship. In other words our worship should not
be a ritual or an outward act but from the heart.
An example would be if one goes to take
communion and takes no thought to what he or she is doing but takes
communion as a ritual instead of thinking of what it represents. If
we take communion in that way, it is for nothing and it benefits
nothing.
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Psalm 78:38 But he, being full of
compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea,
many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his
wrath.
When we repent, we are immediately
restored to fellowship and peace with God. Repentance brings a right
relationship. Sin is pardoned and the Holy Spirit is restored within
us.
- Psalm 78:39 For he
remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away,
and cometh not again.
- 40 How oft did they
provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
- 41 Yea, they turned
back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- 42 They remembered
not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
- 43 How he had
wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
- 44 And had turned
their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not
drink.
- 45 He sent divers
sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which
destroyed them.
- 46 He gave also
their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the
locust.
- 47 He destroyed
their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
- 48 He gave up their
cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
- 49 He cast upon
them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and
trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
- 50 He made a way to
his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their
life over to the pestilence;
- 51 And smote all
the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the
tabernacles of Ham:
- 52 But made his own
people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness
like a flock.
- 53 And he led them
on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed
their enemies.
- 54 And he brought
them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain,
which his right hand had purchased.
It is important to teach our children
the word of God, and stay faithful to the word ourselves. They will
see that and most of the time sooner or later they will do likewise. In doing
so we not only inherit eternal life but others will also. God is with us wherever we
go. Those who would harm us, is judged by God. He leads us in the
paths of righteousness. He never forsakes us. We can forsake Him but
if we trust in Him, He will never forsake us.
As long as Israel had a right
relationship with God they had power over all their enemies.
- Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted
and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- 57 But turned back,
and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned
aside like a deceitful bow.
- 58 For they
provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to
jealousy with their graven images.
When Israel desired to be like other
nations and sin against God, God allowed those same nations to
defeat them and bring them into bondage.
The United States also will have no power
if they do not turn back to the God they have ignored by stopping
the teaching of creation and substituted the teaching of evolution.
They have hardened their hearts and have allowed women to abort
their own babies, they have not warned those that live in a
lifestyle that is immoral and against God's word, that their
lifestyle will bring them an early death and destroy their souls.
They continually close their hearts and minds from God's word and
treat it like an option that we can either choose or leave alone.
- Psalm 78:59 When God heard
this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
- 60 So that he
forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among
men;
- 61 And delivered
his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's
hand.
- 62 He gave his
people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his
inheritance.
- 63 The fire
consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to
marriage.
- 64 Their priests
fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
- 65 Then the Lord
awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth
by reason of wine.
- 66 And he smote his
enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual
reproach.
- 67 Moreover he
refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of
Ephraim:
These things will happen to the United
States or any country that ignores God's commandments and choose what is right in
its own eyes.
- Psalm 78:68 But chose the
tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- 69 And he built his
sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath
established for ever.
- 70 He chose David
also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
- 71 From following
the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his
people, and Israel his inheritance.
- 72 So he fed them
according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
God chose Judah to bring salvation to
the whole world. There is hope. Through the tribe of Judah came
forth King David. Through the lineage of David God sent His own Son
to become a human man, the second Adam, the one that could reverse
the curse that came upon all of us when Adam sinned. He sent to us,
Jesus the only begotten Son of God, Jesus the holy one of
Israel. This same Jesus died for the sins of all mankind. This same
Jesus rose from the dead and now sits on the right hand of God the
Father. This same Jesus is the one God sent to save us from all sin.
In order for it to count on our behalf, we must repent of sin and
turn to Jesus our Christ for salvation.
This is the only hope for the entire
world. This is not a religion like other religions. This is a way of
hope and eternal life. We cannot stop sinning by ourselves, it takes
faith in Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit to come and
abide with us continually. -DC
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