June 14
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PSALM 50 GOD’S REBUKE TO THE WICKED
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
16 But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
You thought that I was one like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
22 “Mark this, then, you who forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly
I will show the salvation of God!” – Psalm 50:13-23
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REPROOF TO THE WICKED by ILMA
To all those who expects something from the Lord and doesn’t serve him
Why do you think you have a share of God’s grace when you choose to sin?
The covenant between God and his people are exclusive to those chosen
The wicked hates to be told what to do and to follow God’s discipline
This is a reproof from the Lord himself to the unbelievers
“If you forget Me who made you, you won’t be delivered”
Salvation is only for those who follow God’s way
If you continue to sin, you are going the opposite path
Be ready for God’s judgment and wrath if you defy Him
While you still can, repent and turn away from all your sins.
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REFLECTION
• Why do you think that the wicked expects from God what he gave his covenant people in this psalm?