Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalms 6:4

Return, O Lord: deliver my soul: save me for thy mercy’s sake

Brethren:

It is written to that if we call upon the name of the Lord we shall be saved. (Read Acts 11:14, 16:31; Romans10:9) This dovetails with yesterday’s study. Friends, our God is merciful. He is slow to anger and quick to forgive when we confess our sins and shortcomings to Him and show repentance. (Read Psalm 8615, 103:5, 145: 8; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9). Henceforth let us ask Him for forgiveness, not only as individuals but likewise for all men by praying for all men. For the Lord takes no delight in the perishing of the wicked, but that all should come to acknowledge Him as sovereign over the affairs of man, and that they should emulate His righteousness. The proposition put forth herein above is that He delights in granting mercy and grace to all that seek Him, and extends that offer to all that have yet to do so. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Christian disciple.

“ God is immense and omnipresent, he is everywhere: going away and returning cannot be properly ascribed to him; but he, nay be said to depart from his people, as to sensible communion with him, and enjoyment of him, when he hides his face, withdraws his gracious presence, and the comfortable discoveries and influences of his love; and he may be said to return when he visits them again, and manifests his love and favour to them: the Jewish writers interpret it; ‘return from the fierceness of thine anger’ and as we have read in Psalm 85:3 Though there is no such change in God, as from love to wrath, and from wrath to love; but inasmuch as there is a change in his dispensations towards his people, it is as if it was so; and thus it is apprehended by them.

[Therefore] we read the entreaty to deliver my soul;from the anxiety, distress, and sore vexation it was now in, for of all troubles soul troubles are the worst: and from all enemies and workers of iniquity which were now about him, and gave him much grief and uneasiness; and from death itself, he was in fear of; [and likewise we also read]O, save me for thy mercy's sake out of all troubles of soul and body, and out of the hands of all enemies, inward and outward; and with temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; not for his righteousness's sake, as Kimchi well observes; for salvation is according to the abundant mercy of God, and not through works of righteousness done by men, otherwise it would not be of grace.” - John Gill17th Century Theologian

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalms 6:3

My soul is also sore troubled: but Lord, how long wilt thou delay?

Brethren:

Consider also in your meditation today Psalm 13:1-2, 35:17, 79:5, 80:4; Hebrews 10:37. As is written the Lord is not slack in His promises. (Read 2 Peter 3:9) So we must be patient in our waiting for an answer to prayer. Sometimes we’re told to be still, and allow God to work His way for our best interest. (Read Exodus 14:13; Ruth 3:18; Psalm 4:4, 46:10 Zephaniah 1:7Zechariah 2:13). Place your trust in He and only He that can save. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Humble Servant of Christ.

“I am weak, heal me. It is a sad thing for a man to have his bones and his soul vexed at the same time; but this has been sometimes the lot of God’s own people: nay, and this completed his complicated trouble, that it was continued upon him a great while, which is here intimated in that expostulation. Thou, O Lord! how long? To the living God we must, at such a time, address ourselves, who is the only physician both of body and mind, and not to the Assyrians, not to the god of Ekron.” - Matthew Henry - 17^th Century Theologian

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 6:2-3

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

2 O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, Neither chasten me in Thy wrath. 3Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I languish away; Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are affrighted. - JPS Translation 1917

Brethren:

As is written whom the Lord loves He chastises. (Read Proverbs 3:12). Make note however friends that when we are corrected by our Lord, we are disciplined; firstly, because we are indeed loved by Him and as he wishes for us to reflect His righteousness He does so because of that love. Secondly, His chastisement is often one done in love, this is to say not always harsh. Recall also that when we take upon our necks His yoke it is one that is easy, gentle, and without the harshness of an earthly master. (Read Matthew 11:29-30). Likewise all His ways are ways of truth, and of morality. Therefor friends take heed and consider also for your meditations this day; Exodus 33:13; Psalm 27:11, 86:11; John 16:13; Revelation 3:19 - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Servant of Christ

“Chastening is not punishment meted out by an irate judge but discipline given by a loving Father to help His children mature (Read Revelation 3:19). Sometimes God chastens us in order to deal with our disobedience, but at other times, He chastens us to prepare us for what lies ahead. It’s like the training of an athlete for a race. I will discipline you until you learn the lesson I want you to learn and are equipped for the work I want you to do. When God disciplines us, we can despise it, resist it, collapse under it, and quit or accept it and submit. What God is seeking is submission.” - Warren Wiersbe - American Pastor, Theologian, and Christian Educator.

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 5:11-12

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

11 And let all them that trust in thee, rejoice and triumph forever, and cover thou them: and let them that love thy name, rejoice in thee. 12 For thou Lord, wilt bless the righteous, and with favor wilt compass him, as with a shield.

Brethren:

Let us place all of our cares upon Him (Read 1 Peter 5:7) in order that we might be freed for our duty; that being to worship our Creator, and to serve Him in the way that He has called each of us according to His will. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Disciple of Christ.

“Who trust not in themselves, in their own hearts, in their righteousness, or riches, or strength; but in the name, righteousness, and strength of the Lord: who betake themselves to him, and put all their confidence in him: let them rejoice in the salvation of the Lord, and in hope of eternal glory and happiness. Let them even shout for joy not only rejoice inwardly, but express their joy externally, with their voices, and in the loudest manner; and that always, the matter and foundation of a believer's joy always continues; and so does the grace itself: though it is not always in exercise, yet it is an everlasting joy; and with it the redeemed of the Lord will come to Zion, and no man will be able to take away their joy. Which distinguishes it from the triumphing of the wicked, and the joy of the hypocrite, which is but for a moment. [This is to say to] not rejoice in their boasting of their wisdom, strength, riches, and righteousness; all such rejoicing is evil: but in the Lord, in his grace, righteousness, and salvation. He is the only true proper object of spiritual joy.” - John Gill - Theologian

A Forth Special Plea For This Day

Brethren:

Woe unto us my fellow citizens for we have sought unrighteousness in place of righteousness. We have called evil good and good evil. We have turned from our Creator and replaced Him with Him with the gods we deem ourselves to be, doing what is right in our own eyes. Hear then citizens and hear then America the word of God to Israel as spoken by the prophet Amos Chapter 8 verse 1-3, 11-12, for your time is swiftly running out and is likened to the elderly whose days run faster with each one that passes. Turn, and repent. Seek your God, or perish.

Here is what Adonai Elohim showed me: there in front of me was a basket of summer fruit. 2 He asked, “‘Amos, what do you see?” I answered, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Adonai said to me, “The end has come for my people, I will never again overlook their offenses. 3 When that time comes, the songs in the temple will be wailings,” says Adonai Elohim. “There will be many dead bodies; everywhere silence will reign.

12 “The time is coming,” says Adonai Elohim, “when I will send famine over the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Adonai. 12 People will stagger from sea to sea and from north to east, running back and forth, seeking the word of Adonai; but they will not find it.

Repentance Towards God

Part 4.3b

By John Gill - Theologian

Edited & Prefaced by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

All men are sinners, all descending from Adam by ordinary generation[Read Romans 5:12]; all his posterity being seminally in him, and represented by him when he sinned, sinned in him, and they both have his sin imputed to them, and a corrupt nature derived from him; and so are transgressors from the womb[Read Nehemiah 9:2], and are all guilty of actual sins and transgressions; and so all stand in need of repentance, even such who trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others as less holy than themselves, and think they need no repentance: yet they do; and not only they, but such who are in the best sense righteous need daily repentance, since they are continually sinning in all they do.

Men of all nations, Jews and Gentiles, are the subjects of repentance; for all are under sin, under the power of it, involved in the guilt of it, and liable to punishment for it, and God has commanded "all men everywhere to repent" (Read Acts 17:30). During the time of John the Baptist, and of our Lord's being on earth, the doctrine of repentance was only preached to the Jews; but after the resurrection of Christ he gave his apostles an instruction and order "that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem" (Read Luke 24:47), in consequence of which the apostles first exhorted the Jews and then the Gentiles to repent, and particularly the apostle Paul "testified both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks[Read Romans 1:16; 2:9-10], repentance towards God", as well as "faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ" (Read Acts 20:21). Men are only subjects of repentance in the present life; when this life is ended, and the gospel dispensation is over, and Christ is come a second time, the door of repentance as well as of faith will be shut,[Read Matthew 25:1-13], and there will be no place found for it; no opportunity nor means of it; nor any subjects capable of it; as for the saints in heaven they need it not, being entirely without sin; and as for the wicked in hell, they are in utter despair, and not capable of repentance unto life, and unto salvation not to be repented of, and though there is weeping and wailing there, yet no repentance; hence the rich man in hell,[Read Luke 16:19-31] was so solicitous to have Lazarus sent to his brethren living, hoping, that by means of one that came to them from the dead to warn them of the place of torment, they would repent, as well knowing they never would if not in the present life, and before they came into the place where he was; and therefore repentance is not to be procrastinated.

 

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Exodus 12:7,12-14

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

7 After, they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two posts, and on the upper doorpost of the houses where they shall eat it.

12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Brethren:

Today we honor the tradition practiced by our Jewish brethren, that being the Passover.

“God appointed that on the night wherein they were to go out of Egypt they should, in each of their families, kill a lamb, or that two or three families, if they were small, should join for a lamb. The lamb was to be got ready four days before and that afternoon they were to kill itt as a sacrifice; not strictly, for it was not offered upon the altar, but as a religious ceremony, acknowledging God’s goodness to them, not only in preserving them from, but in delivering them by, the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians. See the antiquity of family-religion; and see the convenience of the joining of small families together for religious worship, that it may be made the more solemn.

The lamb so slain they were to eat, roasted (we may suppose, in its several quarters), with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, because they were to eat it in haste, and to leave none of it until the morning; for God would have them to depend upon him for their daily bread, and not to take thought for the morrow. He that led them would feed them.

Before they ate the flesh of the lamb, they were to sprinkle the blood upon the doorposts,. By this their houses were to be distinguished from the houses of the Egyptians, and so their first-born secured from the sword of the destroying angel. Dreadful work was to be made this night in Egypt; all the first-born both of man and beast were to be slain, and judgment executed upon the gods of Egypt. Moses does not mention the fulfillment, in this chapter, yet he speaks of it Numbers 33:4. It is very probable that the idols which the Egyptians worshipped were destroyed, those of metal melted, those of wood consumed, and those of stone broken to pieces, whence Jethro infers (Read Exodus 18:11), The Lord is greater than all gods. The same angel that destroyed their first-born demolished their idols, which were no less dear to them. For the protection of Israel from this plague they were ordered to sprinkle the blood of the lamb upon the door-posts, their doing which would be accepted as an instance of their faith in the divine warnings and their obedience to the divine precepts. If in times of common calamity God will secure his own people, and set a mark upon them; they shall be hidden either in heaven or under heaven, preserved either from the stroke of judgments or at least from the sting of them. The blood of sprinkling is the saint’s security in times of common calamity; it is this that marks them for God, pacifies conscience, and gives them boldness of access to the throne of grace, and so becomes a wall of protection round them and a wall of partition between them and the children of this world.

This was to be annually observed as a feast of the Lord in their generations, to which the feast of unleavened bread was annexed, during which, for seven days, they were to eat no bread but what was unleavened, in remembrance of their being confined to such bread, of necessity, for many days after they came out of Egypt. The appointment is inculcated for their better direction, and that they might not mistake concerning it, and to awaken those who perhaps in Egypt had grown generally very stupid and careless in the matters of religion to a diligent observance of the institution. Now, without doubt, there was much of the gospel in this ordinance; it is often referred to in the New Testament, and, in it, to us is the gospel preached, and not to them only, who could not steadfastly look to the end of these things, (Read Hebrews 4:2; 2 Corinthians 3:13).” - Matthew Henry

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 5:9-10

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

9 For no constancy is in their mouth: within they are very corruption: their throat is an open sepulcher, and they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy them, O God, let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they have rebelled against thee.

Brethren:

The above is in reference to verses 4-6 of this same psalm. As noted in a previous study from Friday, the Psalmist gives description to those that would do evil, herein above he goes on to say how it is that they act in the ways of man, and seek not the ways of God. He continues further in so far as that he sees their ultimate end. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Disciple of Christ

“If his account of them is true, as no doubt it is, they have a very bad character; and, if they had not been bad men indeed, they could not have been enemies to a man after God’s own heart. He had spoken of God’s hating the bloody and deceitful man. “Now, Lord,” says he, “that is the character of my enemies: they are deceitful; there is no trusting them, for there is no faithfulness in their mouth.” They thought it was no sin to tell a deliberate lie if it might but blemish David, and render him odious, for such as these are the men I have to do with, against whose slanders innocency itself is no security. Do they speak fair? Do they talk of peace and friendship? They flatter with their tongues; it is designed to cover their malice, and to gain their point the more securely. Whatever they pretend of religion or friendship, two sacred things, they are true to neither: Their inward part is wickedness itself; it is very wickedness. They are likewise bloody; for their throat is an open sepulcher, cruel as the grave, gaping to devour and to swallow up, insatiable as the grave, which never says, It is enough, (Read Proverbs 30:15, 16). This is quoted (Read Romans 3:13) to show the general corruption of mankind; for they are all naturally prone to malice, (Read Titus 3:3). The grave is opened for them all, and yet they are as open graves to one another. If his prayer against them is heard, as no doubt it is, they are in a bad condition. As men are, and do, so they must expect to fare.

[And], so let them fall; and sinners would soon throw themselves into ruin if they were let alone; to cast them out of his protection and favour, out of the heritage of the Lord, out of the land of the living; and woe to those whom God casts out. They have by their sins deserved destruction; there is enough to justify God in their utter rejection: Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, by which they have filled up the measure of their iniquity and have become ripe for ruin. Persecuting God’s servants fills the measure as soon as any thing, (Read 1 Thessalonians 2:15). Nay, they may be easily made to fall by their own counsels; that which they do to secure themselves, and do mischief to others, by the over-ruling providence of God may be made a means of their destruction, (Read Psalm 7:15) ; 9:15. He pleads, They have rebelled against thee. Had they been only my enemies, I could safely have forgiven them; but they are rebels against God, his crown and dignity; they oppose his government, and will not repent, to give him glory, and therefore I plainly foresee their ruin. His prayer for their destruction comes not from a spirit of revenge, but from a spirit of prophecy, by which he foretold that all who rebel against God will certainly be destroyed by their own counsels. If it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to those that trouble his people, as we are told it is (Read 2 Thessalonians 1:6), we pray that it may be done whenever we pray, Father, thy will be done.” - Matthew Henry 17^th Century Theologian

A Third Special Plea for This Day

My fellow countrymen, brethren:

If anyone wonders what fate may await our nation, they should look no further than in the Old Testament and words of the Prophets. Hear then a summary of what they've said.

Is it just coincidence that when you turned away from the Lord your God, that your nation has spiraled downward? Where you once prospered and flourished you now struggle and wither. Where once you were respected and looked upon as a leader, you are now mocked, and made a laughing stock. You were once an example of His glory and how reverencing Him brought you to be likened to a shining city on the hill. Since you have followed the carnal desires of your own eyes, and have rejected the wisdom from above, you now wallow like swine in the filth of your own making. And yet you still do not turn back and seek forgiveness. Take note of the prophet Amos Chapter 4 verse 12

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; Because I will do this unto thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Repentance Towards God‭
Part‭ ‬4.3a
By John Gill‭ – ‬Theologian
Edited‭ & ‬Prefaced by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

 The object and subjects of repentance; the object is sin, the subjects are sinners.

The object of repentance is sin, hence called "repentance from dead works", which sins be; and from which the blood of Christ purges the conscience of a penitent sinner, and speaks peace and pardon to it (Read Hebrews 6:2; 9:14). And, not only grosser sins, but sins of a lesser size, are to be repented of; there is a difference in sins, some are greater others lesser (Read John 19:11), [yet] both are to be repented of; sins against the first and second tables of the law, sins more immediately against God, and sins against men; and some against men are more heinous and enormous than others, as well as those against God; as not only worshipping of devils, and idols of gold and silver, &c. but murders, sorceries, fornications, and thefts, [Read 1 Corinthians 9-10] which ought to be repented of, but by some were not, though they had deliverances from plagues, which was an aggravation of their impenitence (Read Revelation 9:20,21), and not only those, but also sins of a lesser kind are to be repented of; and even sinful thoughts, for the thought of foolishness is sin, and to be repented of; for the unrighteous man is to repent of and forsake his thoughts, as well as the wicked man his ways, and turn to the Lord; and not only unclean, proud, malicious, envious, and revengeful thoughts are to be repented of, but even thoughts of seeking for justification before God by a man's own righteousness, which may be intended in the text referred to (Read Isaiah 55:7). [Additionally], not only public but private sins are to be repented of. There are some sins which are committed in a very public manner, in the face of the sun, and are known to all; and there are others that are more secret; and a truly sensible sinner, as he desires to be "cleansed from secret faults", or to have those forgiven him, so he heartily repents of them, even of sins known to none but God and his own soul; and this is a proof of the genuineness of his repentance.

There are sins both of omission and commission, which are to be repented of; when a man omits those duties of religion which ought to be done, or commits those sins which ought to be avoided by him; or omits the weightier matters of religion, and only attends to lesser ones, when he ought to have done the one, and not to have left the other undone; and as God forgives both (Read Isaiah 43:22-25), so both sorts of sins are to be repented of; and a sense of pardoning grace will engage the sensible sinner to it.

There are sins which are committed in the most solemn, serious, religious, and holy performances of God's people, which are to be repented of; for there is not a just man that does good [Read Psalm 14:1-3] and sinneth not in that good he does; there is not only an imperfection, but an impurity in the best righteousness of the saints of their own working out, and therefore called filthy rags; [Read Isaiah 64:6] and as there was provision made under the law for the bearing and removing the sins of holy things, as by Aaron the high priest, so there is a provision made for the atonement of these as well as all other sins, by Christ our high priest; and therefore these are to be confessed and mourned over the head of him our antitypical scape goat.

The daily sins of life are to be repented of; no man lives without sin, it is daily committed by the best of men, in many things we all offend, and even in all things; and as we have need to pray, and are directed to pray daily for the forgiveness of sin, so we are to repent of it daily; repentance is not only to be exercised upon the first conviction and conversion of a sinner, nor only on account of some grievous sin, or great backsliding he may after fall into, but it is continually to be exercised by believers, since they are continually sinning against God in thought, word, and deed.

[As such these include] not only actual sins and transgressions in thought, word, and deed, [that]are to be repented of, but original and indwelling sin. Thus David when he fell into some grievous sins, and was brought to a true sense of them, and a sincere repentance for them, he not only made a confession of them in the penitential psalm he wrote on that occasion, but he was led to take notice of, and acknowledge and mourn over the original corruption of his nature, from whence all his sinful actions flowed, saying, "Behold I was shapen in iniquity" (Read Psalm 51:5). So the apostle Paul, though he lived a life unstained, and in all good conscience, free from any public, external, notorious sin, yet owned and lamented the sin that dwelt in him, and the force, power, and prevalence of it, as that it hindered him from doing the good he would, and put him on doing the evil he would not (Read Romans 7:18-24). Now when a sensible sinner confesses, laments, and mourns over the original corruption of his nature, and the sin that dwells in him, it is a clear case his repentance is genuine and sincere, since it is what he himself is only sensible of. Now all this is with respect to God; the sinner repents of sin with regard to God, and as it concerns him, and therefore is called "repentance towards God", and a sorrow for it "after a godly sort" (Read Acts 20:21; 2 Cor. 7:11), and he repents of sin because sin is committed against him.

All sin is against God in a sense, as it is against his will, yet there is distinction between sins against God and against men (Read 1 Sam. 2:25), now sin committed against God, and considered as such, is a cutting consideration to a sensible sinner, sensible of the greatness and goodness of God, and causes his sorrow and repentance for sin to rise higher, as it was to David, "Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight" (Read Psalm 51:4). Because sin is a breach of the law of God (Read 1 John 3:4), of that law, which is itself, holy, just, and good; of that law of which God is the giver, and who is that lawgiver that is able to save and to destroy, and on whose legislative power and authority a contempt is cast by sin, and which therefore gives pain and distress of mind to the penitent sinner. [And likewise] because sin is contrary to the nature of God, as well as to his law; he is of purer eyes than to behold it with approbation; he is not a God that takes pleasure in it, but is displeased with it; it is the abominable thing his righteous soul hates, and therefore they that love the Lord must hate it, and it cannot but give them a concern, and cause sorrow when they commit it. And the rather as by sinning a slight is cast on his goodness, grace, and love, and which occasions severe reflections on themselves, and much shame and blushing that they should sin against so much goodness, and against God, who has shown them so much favour, loved them so greatly, and bestowed such blessings of grace upon them. It appears that the sinner in repentance has to do with God, by confessing his sin and his sorrow for it; and also others glorify God for granting repentance to him as the Christian Jews did on the behalf of the Gentiles (Read Acts 11:18), and even there is joy in heaven, and God is glorified by the angels there, on account even of one sinner that repents (Read Luke 15:7,10).

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 5:8

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies: make thy way plain before my face.

Brethren:

Today we shall read the commentary by Matthew Henry - Dr. RVZ

“David earnestly prays that God, by his grace, would guide and preserve him always in the way of his duty, because of those who observe him, who watch for his halting and seek occasion against him.

The good use which David made of the malice of his enemies against him. The more curious they were in spying faults in him, that they might have whereof to accuse him [Read also Luke 11:53-54], the more cautious he was to avoid sin and all appearances of it, and the more solicitous to be always found in the good way of God and duty. Thus, by wisdom and grace, good may come out of evil.

The right course which David took for the baffling of those who sought occasion against him. He committed himself to a divine guidance, begged of God both by his providence and by his grace to direct him in the right way, and keep him from turning aside out of it, at any time, in any instance whatsoever, that the most critical and captious of his enemies, like Daniel’s, might find no occasion against him. The way of our duty is here called God’s way, and his righteousness, because he prescribes to us by his just and holy laws, which if we sincerely set before us as our rule, we may in faith beg of God to direct us in all particular cases. How this prayer of David’s was answered to him (Read 1 Samuel 18:14, 15).”

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 5:7

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

But I will come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thine holy Temple.

Brethren:

The god fearing man, the one who reverences and believes upon His mercy, will worship Him in His house. He will commune with Him, daily, alone and likewise with others of the same beliefs.

Make note friends that He also dwells within us, so the Holy temple is also within us. It matters little where this time of worship occurs, but that it does occur is of utmost importance. Seek Him and He shall be found by you. (Read Psalm 63:1-3; Jeremiah 29:3) - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Servant of Christ

“ God is rich in mercy, abundant in goodness and truth; there is a multitude of mercy, love, and grace in his heart, and which is stored up in his covenant, and displayed in his Son, and in the provision of him as a Saviour of lost sinners; abundant mercy is shown in regeneration, in adoption, and in the forgiveness of sins, and in every spiritual blessing, and in the gift of eternal life. And now, not relying on his own merits, strength, and righteousness, or leaning to his own understanding, but trusting in the mercy, grace, and goodness of God in Christ, and in hope of finding more grace and mercy to help in time of need; with thankfulness for what he had received, he determines, by divine leave and assistance, to enter, into the house of the Lord: and whatever other persons did, whom he had before described, it was his resolution to serve the Lord, under a sense of his mercy and goodness to him; which laid him under an obligation so to do, and is the true principle from which all service should proceed.

The habitation of God's holiness, towards which, and to God there, the psalmist would lift up his eyes, his hands, and heart; at the door of which the worship [where] God met his people; and therefore he says he would worship towards the temple or tabernacle. David has reference to the Messiah, the medium of divine worship; whose human nature was typified by the tabernacle and temple, in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells: the psalmist therefore purposes to worship God in Christ, and to perform all acts of worship, as prayer, praise, hearing the word, offering sacrifice in the name and faith of Christ; looking towards him for the presentation of his services by him, and for the acceptance of them with God through him: and this he desired to do in the "fear" of God; not with a slavish fear, but with reverence and godly fear; with a fear influenced by the multitude of God's mercy, grace, and goodness, in art humble modest manner, not trusting to, or depending upon, any service.” - John Gill - 17th Century Theologian

Word of God

But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 5:5-6

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: the Lord will abhor the bloody man and deceitful.

Brethren:

Those that do not consent to listen to God’s wisdom stand upon sand (Read Matthew 7:26), they shall not withstand the divers tempests of life when they occur. For they shall have no foundations from which they can draw the needed strength to resist. As for the evildoers, those that speak falsehoods, that commit perjury, that work all forms of evil the Lord God shall repay them in the end, when they come before him. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Humble servant of Christ

“God has no pleasure in wickedness, nor can He be neutral about sin; therefore, rebel sinners couldn’t enter into His presence. God delights in those who fear Him (Read Psalm 147:11) and who offer sincere praise to Him (Read Psalm 69:30-31). To please God, we must have faith (Read Hebrews 11:6) and be identified with His Son in whom He is well pleased (Read Matthew 3:17). When you read verses 5-6, you meet a crowd of people who deliberately and repeatedly disobey God and think nothing of the consequences. It’s the crowd John describes in Revelation 21:8, the people who are going to hell. God loves the world of lost sinners (Read John 3:16) and sent His only Son “to be the Saviour of the world” (Read 1 John 4:14; 1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9). Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world (Read 1 John 2:1-2), and His invitation to salvation is sent to all who will believe and come (Read Matthew 11:28-30; Revelation 22:17). Such are the vast dimensions of God’s grace and love (Read Ephesians 3:18-19).

But the glorious truth of God’s love doesn’t change the fact that God hates sin and punishes sinners. He has no pleasure in them, and they cannot dwell with Him or stand before Him as they are. He abhors murderers and liars and destroys them if they don’t trust His Son. It isn’t necessary to dilute the word hate. In fact, the Lord expects those who love Him to love what He loves and hate what He hates (Read Proverbs 6:16-19; Amos 5:15; Romans 12:9). There is no such thing as “abstract evil” except in dictionaries and philosophy books. Evil is not an abstraction; it’s a terrible force in this world, wrecking lives and capturing people for hell. God’s hatred of evil isn’t emotional; it’s judicial, an expression of His holiness. If we want to fellowship with God at His holy altar, then we need to feel that same anguish (anger plus love) as we see the evil in this fallen world.” - Warren Wiersbe - American Pastor - Theologian - Educator.