We consider the mistakes of the first generation of inhabitants of Canaan, who gave their children to marry the Canaanites. There is no quarter for the command of God to not be unequally yoked to unbelievers, which will only be a thorn in the eyes to God’s children who don’t heed the warning of their Father.
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We see the beauty of the King’s love for the Shulamite, who was not as impressive to the world’s view, but was the object of his affection. Although she was black (and the church was depraved in her nature), she was comely and made beautiful by the love of her beloved.
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We study the original example of justification by faith, that Abram believed the promise of God and felt the assurance of peace in his heart by trusting God. In like manner, we can feel peace and assurance when we put our faith fully in Christ as our only hope of being declared righteous before God.
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In considering the times of the judges, we find that this time of chaos where every man did what was right in their own eyes came about from the parenting failures of the first generation that overtook Canaan. We see how the mistakes of those parents created thorns in the eyes for generations to come.
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Jesus Christ is our good shepherd. He is the door of the sheep. Jesus protects us from the wolves, and provides for his sheep. Christ laid down his life for the sheep.
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The first thing that Jesus elaborated on after the model prayer was forgiveness. Sin is a debt against God, not against us, so we have to give up the burden of that debt to the one who truly bears the debt of that sin. If we are unwilling to forgive others, we will bear a great burden and conviction by the Lord instead of having assurance of God’s forgiveness of us.
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In introducing the book of Song of songs, we begin to see the beauty of Christ’s love portrayed for his bride, the church, by the romance between Solomon and the Shulamite maid.
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In contrast to the attention-seeking public prayers of Jewish religious leaders, Jesus taught the proper perspective in prayer is to have secret time with the Lord. Jesus also gives his disciples the model prayer for the proper manner to approach him in worship, of which we should pattern our prayers sa well.
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Jesus Christ is the light of the world. This world is naturally dark, but Jesus came to bring light, but also to illuminate the wickedness of this world that was previously concealed. Those in darkness hate the light, and thus the world hated Jesus’ light. Now, the disciples of Christ are called to be the light of the world, so we should expect this dark world to treat us the same way it treated Jesus Christ.
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After a great victory liberating Sodom, we find the mysterious character Melchizedek, both the king of Salem and the priest of the most high God. We consider Jesus Christ, who was a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, who was much better than any Old Testament high priest under the law.
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