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Bible Questions and Spiritual Discussion
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A few questions regarding David
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In Psalm 18, David says this in verses 20-24: "(21) The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. (21) For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God. (22) All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. (23) I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. (24) The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight."
What I am wondering is how can David say this? Really, how can anyone say this, but specifically David? He was an adulterer and a murderer. For him to say that he has kept himself from sin is not true. Is this David's way of saying that he knew that his sins, along with all of ours, would be wiped clean by the blood of Christ? What am I not getting here?
Thanks y'all! In our year of "shift", I am really trying to focus on what I am reading and I'm trying to go deeper than ever before.
Blessings to you all! Jenna
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Jenna in Austin 01/23/2012 21:41 |
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Perry
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01/26/2012 11:10 |
A contrite heart of repentance is a beautiful thing in the eyes of a redeeming God. Not often understood by man.
Loving Him...
Perry
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Tammy
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01/26/2012 13:37 |
Was this Psalm written before or after his adultary and murder? Just wondering.
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Saint Grogan
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01/26/2012 14:31 |
Before. A chronological reading places Psalm 18 about the time Saul visited the woman at En-dor and his death. (1 Samuel 28-31)
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Craig from Illinois
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01/26/2012 18:20 |
Great question Jenna!
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Jenna in Austin
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01/26/2012 19:46 |
I wasn't judging him or anything like that. Just thinking out loud... :)
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Calico
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01/26/2012 21:59 |
HOLY JUMPIN'!!!!!! STEVE IS BACK!!!!!!! :-)
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Jake Van Horn
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01/27/2012 01:27 |
Take a look at Psalm 22. I'm pretty sure there's a man who fits this bill and it's definitely not David.
This part of Psalm 18 reads in a similar fashion. Jesus is all over the scripture and the Psalms are no exception. David was a Shepard, warrior, king, poet and prophet.(Acts 2:29-41) While many of his psalms look like they are taken right out of the story of his life, many really don't fit in that regard. But they were all written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and they were all written for a reason.
So really just because they are a psalm of David there's really no requirement they be taken from a page of his life. Couldn't they be prophetic? The psalms have always been hard for me to understand but recently I heard it said that when scripture is hard to under stand put Jesus in the center and things will be much clearer. Finding Jesus on every page of thee bible has been one of the greatest joys of life. And really it makes sense, Jesus is the point of all of this after all. Awesome question!!!
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Calico
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01/27/2012 10:01 |
-blinks happily at screen, for the way Jake just reoriented the paradigm of the thread-
:-)
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Jenna in Austin
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01/29/2012 08:33 |
Jake, I really like what you said and I totally agree with it. Putting Jesus at the center of the Bible and remembering that it is all about Him really does make it much more clear. Thank you!
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