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Welcome to episode 192 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we walk through Psalm 44.  Today, we will explore the psalmist’s reaction to a national tragedy: 

• God’s Deeds in Time Past (vv. 1-8) 
• The Present Distress (vv. 9-16) 
• A Faithful and Loyal People (vv. 17-22) 
• A Plea for Help (vv. 23-26) 

Key takeaways: 

• There is no mistaking Psalm 44 as a national lament. It surely is the response of a greatly troubled soul to an overwhelming national tragedy. 
• If king and people had been faithful to the covenant stipulations, then why was God not faithful to His covenant commitment to provide defense and deliverance? The root problem, in other words, is precisely the problem of the Book of Job, namely the problem of God.  The people have been loyal to God, and yet they suffer! 
• It was the essence of the Hebrew faith that the past could always be appropriated for the present. 
• The reason for and the purpose of suffering for the people of God find no resolution in this psalm. 
• Every child of God has likely been perplexed at times by the fact that the people of God may be called upon to undergo suffering for which there is no apparent explanation.   

Quotable: 

• Faith makes suffering bearable. 

Application: 

• Psalm 44, with its concluding prayer, points in the same direction as the Book of Job, namely that there is an immense mystery in God and His ways, but one must continue to trust and to pray. 
• Create a record of God’s faithfulness to you through good times and bad times and share it with others, especially your children. 
• What do we do when we have been walking faithfully with God, and yet He still allows bad things to happen to us? 
• Sometimes we suffer BECAUSE we follow Jesus, not in spite of it. At those times, it would be easier just to go along with the world. 
• Since the experience of Jesus on Calvary, we know that suffering, far from being a negation of God’s love, may be the deepest expression thereof.  Jesus suffered immensely for us...so much so that it almost beyond comprehension. 

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Welcome to episode 191of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Psalms, covering chapter 30, a Psalm of Thanksgiving. Today, we will cover:

- A congregational psalm for the dedication of the temple.

- The difference between adoration and confession.

- How easy it is to go from confidence in the Lord to self-confidence.

- That we are all in desperate need of God’s grace.

Key takeaways:

· God’s anger lasts a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime.

Quotable:

· “David’s death and Israels demise would not earn God praise, but Jesus earns God praise from the Grave.”

· “I exist so that you are PRAISED! ALL to the praise of your Glory!!”

· “David wrote this Psalm for the dedication of God’s temple! He just didn’t know his temple would one day be you and me!”

Application:

No matter where we remember that we praise God because

- His anger lasts a moment but his favor lasts a lifetime

- And his favor far more than we deserve!

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Welcome to episode 190 of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Psalms, covering chapter 7, a psalm of praise. Today, we will cover:

- How our God is deserving of our praise because he is a righteous judge.

Key takeaways:

· Jesus is the truly innocent one.

· Jesus is the judge of the peoples.

· Jesus crushed the crown of satan.

Quotable:

· “If you are in Jesus we can make the same claim as David.”

· “In a way Jesus did the opposite of what David prayed for. David asks to be saved from his enemies because of his own innocence, but Jesus leverages his innocence to save his enemies.”

Application:

· Since we are innocent before God we can ask him to act against wickedness.

· We can worship God

o Because of His goodness in judging the wicked as Guilty, while judging us as innocent because of Jesus.

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Welcome to episode 189 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we walk through Psalm 92.  Today, we will explore some reasons to praise God: 

• A Resolution to Praise the Lord (vv. 1-4) 
• The Lord’s Great Works and Judgment on His Enemies (vv. 5-9) 
• God’s Provision for the Psalmist (vv. 10-11) 
• The Fruitfulness of the Righteous (vv. 12-15) 

Key takeaways: 

• Psalm 92 contrasts the Lord’s punishment of the wicked with His blessing on the righteous. 
• The psalmist made God his refuge and the experience was so great he could not keep from singing, nor from praising the Lord. 
• The God of the psalmist is an active God who intervenes on behalf of His worshipers. 
• Foolish people are blind because they choose not to see. The reason they do not know and will not praise God is that they do not want to know or praise Him. They actually hate Him because He is God, and they are not.  
• In the midst of wickedness, God comes as judge of the wicked and savior of the righteous.  
• There is no “injustice” in God. Surely, such a God is worthy of our praise. 

Quotable: 

• God will have the last word, and justice will be done. 

Application: 

• Our enjoyment of God is expressed in our praise of God, and when we praise God, we do indeed enjoy Him. 
• Belief in divine judgment and in the righteous imperative is an acknowledgment that divinely established boundaries of human conduct do exist. 
• Do we recognize God as the giver of the temporal benefits we enjoy? Or do we just take them for granted? Worse yet, do we boast of our accomplishments, our hard work, our victories (while blaming others, maybe God Himself, for our failures and defeats)? 
• The righteous have a fruitful future to anticipate and enjoy because, even in old age, they will continue to flourish. They do not just retire, but they continue to be productive in life. In fact, for the righteous person, old age can be the time when the long-term returns on the investment of a godly life are enjoyed.  

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Welcome to episode 188 of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Psalms, covering chapter 33, a Psalm of praise. Today, we will cover:

- How our Praise can be new every morning.

· How we can sing a new song unto the Lord.

· Why our God deserves our praise.

Key takeaways:

· God is deserving of our praise because God’s Steadfast Love Is Evident

· God’s Steadfast Love Is Evident:

o In His Word

o In His Work

o In His World

Quotable:

· “Our God is steadfast in his love for us!”

o “A steadfast love that was seen through the nation of Israel but that climaxed when God sent His son to DIE on the Cross for our Sins.”

o “A steadfast love that reached across cultural boundaries.”

o “A steadfast love that saw my sin.”

o “A steadfast love that looked beyond my faults and saw my need.”

o “A steadfast love that I need.”

o “A steadfast love that we all need.”

Application:

· Wait eagerly for the Lord.

· As you wait:

o Are we trusting him as our help and shield?

· As we wait:

o We must continually renew our Hearts and beg God to restore the joy of our salvation. So that our faith does not go stagnant and begin to stink, but rather leads us to joy and deeper trust in him.

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Welcome to episode 187 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we walk through Psalm 19.  Today, we will some of the ways in which God communicates with us: 

• The book of creation (vv. 1-6) 
• The book of Scripture (vv. 7-10) 
• The book of the heart (vv. 11-14) 

Key takeaways: 

• David gives us three ways God reveals Himself to humanity - through creation, through His Word, and through inner transformation. 
• The message of Psalm 19 is that the glory of God displayed in the heavens points us to the grace of God displayed in the Bible. 
• All of nature bears testimony to the divine. 
• The reflection of God’s praise in the universe is perceptible only to those already sensitive to God’s revelation and purpose. 
• As God gave the sun to illumine the earth, he has given the law to enlighten the mind and soul and to illumine man’s path upon the earth. 
• God had not only created a marvelous world and provided us with life. He has also included the instructions on how to put it all together. 
• God makes us alive through his Word, makes us wise, and makes us glad. And to joy is added discernment. 
• Sometimes we treat forgiveness lightly, asking God to forgive us but not really thinking that we are sinners, at least not serious sinners, and treating forgiveness almost as a basic human right. 

Quotable: 

Creation awakens our wonder, Scripture guides our path, and the Spirit changes our hearts. 

Application: 

• Seeing the beauty and complexity of creation carries with it the responsibility of acknowledging the Creator both as powerful and as living above the natural order. 
• Those who are made alive and made wise by God’s Word do learn to fear Him. Our instinct is to domesticate God and make Him manageable. But the Bible teaches us that God is a genuinely frightening God. 

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Welcome to episode 186 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we will give an introduction to the Book of Psalms.  Today, we will cover: 

• The Hebrew title for the Book of Psalms 
• The structure of the book 
• Authorship 
• Literary genres in the Psalms 
• Imprecatory Psalms –  
• What they are  
• Their defining characteristics 
• Some examples 
• Suggested solutions and interpretations 
• Challenges and considerations 
• Dates of the Psalms 
• Key theological themes 
• How the book is valuable for Christians 
• Difficulties in studying the Psalms 

For the next 15 weeks (or so), we will walk through three Psalms in each category below: 

• Psalms of praise 
• Psalms of lament 
• Thanksgiving Psalms 
• Wisdom Psalms 
• Royal Psalms 
• Imprecatory Psalms 

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Welcome to episode 186 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we will give an introduction to the Book of Psalms.  Today, we will cover: 

• The Hebrew title for the Book of Psalms 
• The structure of the book 
• Authorship 
• Literary genres in the Psalms 
• Imprecatory Psalms –  
• What they are  
• Their defining characteristics 
• Some examples 
• Suggested solutions and interpretations 
• Challenges and considerations 
• Dates of the Psalms 
• Key theological themes 
• How the book is valuable for Christians 
• Difficulties in studying the Psalms 

For the next 15 weeks (or so), we will walk through three Psalms in each category below: 

• Psalms of praise 
• Psalms of lament 
• Thanksgiving Psalms 
• Wisdom Psalms 
• Royal Psalms 
• Imprecatory Psalms 

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Welcome to episode 185 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we wrap up our study in the Book of Ephesians, covering chapter 6:10-24.  Today, we will cover: 

• The exhortation (vv. 10-11, 13, 18-20) 
• The Enemy (vv. 11-12) 
• The Equipment (vv. 14-17) 
• The Final Exhortation (vv. 18-20) 
• The Final Greetings (vv. 21-24) 

Key takeaways: 

• The aim of walking worthily of God is actually a profound struggle that goes beyond simply putting forth more effort or overcoming human obstacles. There are extremely powerful spiritual beings that strategize and carry out plans to derail the best intentions of Christians to live out God’s call in their lives. 
• The key to victory in the cosmic battle is spiritual strength, and the reason for the many problems in the church is the tendency of the finite, fallible beings who make up the church to engage the enemy in their own inadequate strength.  
• The opposition is not one powerful supernatural being, but a whole range of evil spiritual forces of varying rank, authority, and capabilities.  

Quotable: 

Believers need to be in a constant state of prayer because they do not know when they will come under a demonic assault and thus need always to be ready. 

Application: 

• To be victorious in spiritual warfare, believers need to rely on divine  

power. 

• Knowing the truth of who we are in union with Christ, cultivating the virtues of this new identity, and using the resources available through this new relationship are at the heart of what it means to put on the armor of God.  
• If military soldiers know they could be attacked by an enemy at any moment, they don’t wait until the bullets start flying and artillery rains down on them.  They put on their protective gear ahead of time so they are protected and ready when the fighting begins.  
• The goal of the preparation is “to stand”—to keep from falling into sin and to advance on enemy territory to bring the good news of deliverance to those who are oppressed.  

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Welcome to episode 184 of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Ephesians, covering chapter 5:22-6:9. Today, we will cover:

· Examples of how we submit to one another in 3 specific relatonships

o Wives and Husbands

o Children and Parents

o Servants (Slaves) and Masters

Key takeaways:

· Biblical Submission flows from a filled spirit.

· Biblical Submission is Counter culture.

· Biblical Submission is humbly recognizing God’s ordering of the world.

· Transcendent reconciliation is that he not only reconciled us to himself but also to each other.

Quotable:

• "All people are deserving of dignity, love, and respect.”
• “Man’s headship of his wife was established at creation and defined by Christ. Man’sheadship of his wife is not Lordship. Man’s headship of his wife is a responsibility to care for her ultimate well being.”
• “If the husband's headship of the wife resembles Christ’s headship of his church, then the wife's submission will resemble the churches.”
• “Husbands and wives have a reciprocal relationship. They need each other.”
• “This should not be viewed as an endorsement for slavery but rather an endorsement of Christ, who sees the slave, values the slave, and gives purpose to the slave, when culture says they have none other than to be used.”

Application:

· Putt off Old Self

· Put on New Self

· Imitate God

· Walk in Love, Light, and Wisdom

· Being Filled with the Spirit

o So that we can recognize his rule in our life and in turn willingly submit to the roles he has given us and the duties he has called us to.

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