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?
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PSALM 50 THE LORD OWNS ALL THINGS
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June13
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PSALM 50 THE LORD OWNS ALL THINGS
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence;
before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
– Psalm 50:1-12
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HUMAN SACRIFICE DOESN’T PLEASE THE LORD by ILMA
The Lord made all things in heaven and on earth
He provided all living creatures and brought life to them
The Mighty Lord speaks and calls his covenant people
In turn, they promised to offer sacrifices to their Maker.
The Lord speaks and rebukes the faithful to focus on relationship
It is necessary that they follow his will and fulfill their calling
Since all things are owned by God himself, he has no need for offerings
The Lord expects all his saints to continue to live in harmony with Him.
It is easy to forget that we can actually give something to our Lord
We think that we possess something as we live in this world
True worship in truth and Spirit is what’s expected of his servants
Not human sacrifices nor works of the flesh are ever going to please God.
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REFLECTION
• What does the writer remind us about our covenant with God in this psalm?