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Psalm 19 NKJV
“To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament
shows His handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals
knowledge.
There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not
heard.
Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their
words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And
rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to
the other end; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The
testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The
judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine
gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping
them there is great reward.
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret
faults.
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let
them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be
innocent of great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be
acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”
The photos are of the sunrise at the Mpologoma River (the Lion
River) in Eastern Uganda as the daylight radiates over the papyrus swamp and
the cormorants there.
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God’s Emanation of Divine Goodness by Jonathan Edwards
“It seems to argue, that God’s goodness to them who are to
be the eternal subjects of his goodness, is the end of the creation; since the
whole creation, in all its parts, is spoken of as THEIRS. 1 Cor. 3:21-23, “All
things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life,
or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours.” The terms are
very universal; and both works of creation and providence are mentioned; and it
is manifestly the design of the apostle to be understood of every work of God
whatsoever. Now, how can we understand this any otherwise, than that all things
are for their benefit; and that God made and uses all for their good?
All God’s works, both of creation and providence, are
represented as works of goodness or mercy to his people; as in Psalm 136. His
wonderful works in general. Verse 4, “To him who alone doth great wonders; for
his mercy endureth forever.” The works of creation in all its parts. Psa.
136:5-9, “To him that by wisdom made the heavens; for his mercy endureth forever.
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters; for his mercy endureth forever.
To him that made great lights; for his mercy endureth forever. The sun to rule
by day; for his mercy endureth forever. The moon and stars to rule by night;
for his mercy endureth forever.” And God’s works of providence, in the
following part of the psalm.
That expression in the blessed sentence pronounced on the
righteous at the day of judgment, “Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world,” seems to hold forth thus much, that the fruits of
God’s goodness to them, was his end in creating the world, and in his
providential disposals: that God in all his works, in laying the foundation of
the world, and ever since the foundation of it, had been preparing this kingdom
and glory for them.
Agreeable to this,
the good of men is spoken of as an ultimate end of the virtue of the moral
world. Rom. 13:8, 9, 10, “He that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this,
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, etc. And If there be any
other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love
is the fulfilling of the law.” Gal. 5:14, “All the law is fulfilled in one
word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Jam. 2:8, “If ye
fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself, thou shalt do well.” If the good of the creatures be one end of God
in all he does; and in all he requires moral agents to do; an end by which they
should regulate all their conduct; these things may be easily explained: but
otherwise, it seems difficult to be accounted for, that the Holy Ghost should
thus express himself.”
-Jonathan Edwards American
Minister 1703-1758
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