I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. (Romans 9:2-3 ESV). The apostle Paul was continually filled with sorrow and anguish because of the Jews rejection of

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:35 ESV). The apostle Paul posed a rhetorical question concerning the love of Christ asking, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Then after offering several possible separating scenarios,

So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. (2 Chronicles 10:19 ESV). The Chronicler described how the Northern tribes of Israel rebelled against Davids grandson, King Rehoboam. He reported that they were still in rebellion at the time of his writing, which was after the Babylonian exile. Yet his

“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built! (2 Chronicles 6:18 ESV). In Solomons prayer of dedication for the Temple, he wondered whether the God who filled the heavens could dwell with man on the

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness (Psalm 17:15 ESV). Davids psalm anticipated the reality of going to sleep in this world and awaking to the righteous face of the Lord in the next. The Spirit inspired him with expectation of a

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite (2 Chronicles 3:1 ESV). Solomon built the Temple on Mount Moriah where his father, David, had

Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1 ESV). The apostle Paul taught the Roman believers that they had been justified by faith. This is the doctrine of justification. One way to remember this doctrine is the saying, Just-as-if-I-never-sinned. For the word justified

David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals (1 Chronicles 25:1 ESV). When David became king, he set apart musicians and singers for the worship of the Lord. As an accomplished

“And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service” (1 Chronicles 23:26 ESV). David made preparations for the Temple to be built in Jerusalem. He gathered the materials for the building and gave his son, Solomon specific plans for its construction. He also instructed the