Wednesday, March 24, 2021

PASSOVER---- SALVATION IN THE PSALMS

FOR  THIS  COMING  PASSOVER,  IT  IS  FITTING  I  PRESENT  FOR  YOU

THE  TRUTH  THAT  SALVATION  HAS  ALWAYS  BEEN  THE  SAME  FOR

ANYONE  IN  ALL  AGES.


 Salvation In The Psalms


      All Scripture Quotations From The KJV With Modern

                English Words By The Compiler



THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES GAVE SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST


"And that from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which

are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is

in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim.3:15).


THE BOOK OF PSALMS GIVES THE WAY TO SALVATION


CHRIST IN THE PSALMS FROM PAGE 764 OF THE NKJV:


Psalm        Portrayed                                    Fulfilled


2:7            The Son of God—                          Matthew 3:17

8:2            Praised by children—                    Matthew 21:15,16

8:6            Ruler of all—                                  Hebrews 2:8

16:10        Rises from the dead—                   Matthew 28:7

22:1          Forsaken by God—                        Matthew 27:46

22:7,8       Derided by enemies—                    Luke 23:35

22:16        Hands and feet pierced—              John 20:27

22:18        Lots cast for clothes—                   Matthew 27:35,36

34:20        Bones unbroken—                         John 19:32,33,36

35:11        Accused by false witnesses—        Mark 14:57

35:19        Hated without cause—                  John 15:25

40:7,8       Delight's in God's will—               Hebrews 10:7

41:9          Betrayed by a friend—                  Luke 22:47

45:6          The eternal King—                       Hebrews 1:8

68:18        Ascends to heaven—                     Acts 1:9-11

69:9          Zealous for God's house—           John 2:17

69:21        Given vinegar and gall—              Matthew 27:34

109:4        Prays for enemies—                      Luke 23:34

109:8        His betrayer replaced—               Acts 1:20

110:1        Rules over His enemies—             Matthew 22:44

110:4        A priest forever—                         Hebrews 5:6

118:22      The chief stone—                          Matthew 21:42

118:26       Comes in name of the Lord—     Matthew 21:9


GOD'S CHARACTER IS PERFECT, HOLY, AND RIGHTEOUS:


     "For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness:

neither shall evil dwell with you......you hate all workers of

iniquity" (Ps.5:4,5).

     "For the righteous Lord loves righteousness....."(Ps.11:7).

     "For the word of the Lord is right; and all His works are

done in truth. He loves righteousness and judgment....."

(Ps.33:4,5).

     "Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your

judgments are a great deep......For with you is the fountain of

life: in your light shall we see light" (Ps.36:6,9).

     "Among the gods there is none like unto you, O Lord; neither

are there any works like unto your works......you are God

alone.......a God full of compassion, and gracious,

longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth" (Ps.86:8,10,15).

     "For who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among

the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?.....Justice

and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth

shall go before you" (Ps.89:6,14).

     "Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your

house, O Lord, for ever" (Ps.93:5).

     "Say among the heathen that the Lord reigns......He shall

judge the people righteously.....for He comes, for He comes to

judge the earth: He shall judged the world with righteousness,

and the people with His truth" (Ps.96:10,13).

     "......righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His

throne" (Ps.97:2).

     "Let them praise your great and terrible name for it is

holy.....Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill;

for the Lord our God is holy" (Ps.99:3,9).

     "For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His

truth endures to all generations" (Ps.100:5).

     "Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very

great; you are clothed with honor and majesty. Who covers

yourself with light as with a garment....." (Ps.104:1,2).

     "His work is honorable and glorious: and His righteousness

endures for ever.....the work of his hands are verity and

judgment; all His commandments are sure.....He has commanded His

covenant for ever: holy and reverend is His name" (Ps.111:3,7,9).

     "But our God is in heaven, He has done whatsoever He has

pleased" (Ps.115:3).

     "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His

greatness is unsearchable" (Ps.145:3).

     "Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is

infinite" (Ps.147:5).


DEFINITION OF WICKEDNESS (SIN, UNRIGHTEOUSNESS):

     

     "The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that

there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself

in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.....He

devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is

not good; he abhors not evil" (Ps.36:1-2,4).

     "You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err

from your commandments.......Horror has taken hold of me because

of the wicked that forsake your law.....Depart from me you evil

doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.....They draw

nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law"

(Ps.119:53, 115, 150).


DEFINITION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS:


     "My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your

commandments are righteousness" (Ps.119:172).


WE ARE NOT TO SIN:


     "Stand in awe, and sin not......" (Ps.4:4).

     "Depart from evil and do good, and dwell for evermore"

(Ps.37:27).

     "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my

tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is

before me" (Ps.39:1).

     "You that love the Lord, hate evil......" (Ps.97:10).

     "Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin

against you" (Ps.119:11).


MANKIND ARE ALL SINNERS (UNRIGHTEOUS):


     "The foolish has said in their heart: There is not God. They

are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that

does good......The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children

of men, to see if there was any that did understand, and seek

God. They are all gone aside, they are altogether become filthy:

there is none that does good, no, not one" (Ps.14:1-3).

     See also Psalm 53:2-3.

     "And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your

sight shall no man living be justified" (Ps.143:2).


THE WICKED CANNOT HAVE SALVATION:


     "Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your

statutes" (Ps.119:155).


MUST CONFESS WE ARE SINNERS:


     "I acknowledge my sin unto you, and mine iniquity have I not

hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the

Lord......" (Ps.32:5).

     "For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden

they are too heavy for me......For I will declare mine iniquity;

I will be sorry for my sin" (Ps.38:4,18).

     "For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine

iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look

up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart

fails me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste

to help me" (Ps.40:12-13).

     "I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have

sinned against you" (Ps.41:4).

     "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever

before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this

evil in your sight: that you may be justified when you speak, and

be clear when you judge" (Ps.51:3,4).

     "O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid

from you" (Ps.69:5).

     "You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in

the light of your countenance" (Ps.90:8).

     "We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed

iniquity, we have done wickedly" (Ps.106:6).


MUST CRY OUT FOR MERCY, FORGIVENESS, IN HUMILITY

AND REPENTANCE:


     "I cried unto the Lord with my voice....." (Ps.3:4).

     "Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have

enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear

my prayer" (Ps.4:1).

     "Harken unto the voice of my cry, my King, my God: for unto

you will I pray" (Ps.5:2).

     "In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my

God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before

Him, even into His ears" (Ps.18:6).

     "Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:

according to your mercy remember you me for your goodness' sake,

O Lord.....For your names sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquities;

for it is great.......Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and

forgive all my sins" (Ps.25:7, 11, 18).

     "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your

lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender

mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine

iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.....Purge me with hyssop,

and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than

snow......Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all mine

iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right

spirit within me.....The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a

broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise"

(Ps.51:1-2, 7, 9-10, 17).


     See also:  Ps.26:11;  27:7-9;  30:2,3,10;  31:9,10; 

38:21,22;  40:11;  79:8,9;  86:5 


GOD WILL HEAR AND BLESS THOSE WHO SEEK AND FEAR HIM:


     "And they that know your name will put their trust in you:

for you, Lord, have not forsaken them that seek you" (Ps.9:10).

     "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He

will show them His covenant" (Ps.25:14).

     "Oh, how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for

them that fear you...." (Ps.31:19).

     "Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him,

upon them that hope in His mercy; To deliver their soul from

death....." (Ps.33:18,19).

     "Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear him....."

(Ps.85:9).

     "He has not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us

according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the

earth, so great is His mercy towards them that fear Him. As far

as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our

transgressions from us. Like as a father pities his children, so

the Lord pities them that fear Him. For He knows our frame; He

remembers that we are dust.....But the mercy of the Lord is from

everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His

righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep His

covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them"

(Ps.103:10-14, 17-18).


     See also:  Ps.111:10;  112:1;  115:11,13;  119:153,154; 

145:17-20


GOD WILL SHOW AND GIVE MERCY:


     "The Lord has chastened me sore: but He has not given me

over unto death: (Ps.118:18).

     "If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall

stand? But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be

feared.....Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there

is mercy , and with Him is plenteous redemption" (Ps.130:3,4,7).

     "The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion, slow to

anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and His

tender mercies are over all His works" (Ps.145:8-9).

     See also: Ps.30:10-11;   31:5;   32:1-2, 5;   40:1-2, 17;  

59:16,17;   66:20;   103:3,8


MUST HAVE FAITH:


     "O Lord, my God, in you do I put my trust......" (Ps.7:1).

     "But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in

your salvation" (Ps.13:5).

     "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my

God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn

of my salvation, and my high tower" (Ps.18:2).

     "I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust

in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you

have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in

adversities" (Ps.31:6,7).

     "Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in

the Lord, mercy shall compass him about" (Ps.32:10).

     "The Lord redeems the soul of His servants: none of them

that trust in Him shall be desolate" (Ps.34:22).


     See also:  39:7,8;  52:8;  86:2,3;  119:41, 42, 81, 86


MERCY, FORGIVENESS, IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO

HUMBLY REPENT:


     "When He makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: He

forgets not the cry of the humble" (Ps.9:12).

     "Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will

prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear" (Ps.10:17).

     "For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down

high looks......You have given me the shield of your salvation:

and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made

me great" (Ps.18:27,35).

     "The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and

saves such as be of a contrite spirit" (Ps.34:18).

     "For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have

destroyed all them that go a whoring from you" (Ps.73:27).

     "You are my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep

your words. I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be

merciful unto me according to your word. I thought on my ways,

and turned my feet unto your testimonies. I made haste and

delayed not to keep your commandments. The bands of the wicked

have robbed me, but I have not forgotten your law......I an a

companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep

your precepts. The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: teach my

your statutes" (Ps.119:57-64).


MERCY, FORGIVENESS, SALVATION, IS GRANTED TO THOSE 

WHO WILL OBEY AND KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND COVENANT:


     "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as

keep His commandments and His testimonies" (Ps.25:10).

     "Come, you children, harken unto me: I will teach you the

fear of the Lord. What man is he that desires life, and loves

many days that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, and

do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon

the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry. the face of

the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance

of them from the earth" (Ps.34:11-16).

     "The steps of a good man are established by the Lord: and he

delights in His way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast

down: for the Lord upholds him with His hand" (Ps.37:23,24).

     "But unto the wicked God says, what have you to do to

declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your

mouth? Seeing you hate instruction, and cast my words behind

you......Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you

in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Whoso offers praise

glorifies me: and to him that disposes his way aright will I show

the salvation of God" (Ps.50:16,17,22,23).

     "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear

me" (Ps.66:18).

     "But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to

everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto

children's children; To such as keep His covenant, and to those

that remember His commandments to do them" (Ps.103:17,18).


     See also:  Ps.119:67, 71-73, 76-77, 153-155, 165, 166, 174,

176


GRACE, MERCY, DOES NOT ABOLISH THE LAW

OR COMMANDMENTS OF GOD:   


     "Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in

the Lord" (Ps.4:5).

     "Lord, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell

in your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and works

righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. He that

backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor,

takes up a reproach against his neighbor. In whose eyes a vile

person is condemned; but he honors them that fear the Lord. He

that swears to his own hurt, and charges not. He that puts not

out money to usury, nor takes reward against the innocent. He

that does these things shall never be moved" (Ps.15).

     "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 for ever: the judgments of the

Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are

they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey

and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is your servant warned: and

in keeping of them there is great reward" (Ps.19"7-11).

     "Who can understand his error? cleanse you me from secret

faults. Keep back your servant from presumptuous sins, let them

not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall

be innocent from the great transgression" (Ps.19:12,13).

     "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk after the

law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and

seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they

walk in His ways. You have commanded us to keep your precepts

diligently......Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect

unto your commandments........With my whole heart have I sought

you: O let me not wander from your commandments.......Open mine

eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.......I

will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my

heart.......Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law;

yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the

path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.......And I

will walk at liberty for I seek your precepts. I will speak of

your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. And

I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.

My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have

loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.......O how love

I your law! it is my meditation all the day. You through your

commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are

ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for

your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the

ancients, because I keep your precepts. I have refrained my feet

from every evil way, that I might keep your word.......Your word

is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.......My soul is

continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.......I have

inclined my heart to perform your statutes, even unto the end. I

hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.......It is time for

you, Lord, to work: for they have made void your law. Therefore

I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.......I

opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your

commandments........rivers of water run down my eyes, because

they keep not your law.......Your righteousness is an everlasting

righteousness, and your law is the truth. Trouble and anguish

have taken hold of me: yet your commandments are my

delights....You are near, O Lord; and all your commandments

are truth.......for all your commandments are righteousness....I

have longed for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my

delight.......I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your

servant; for I do not forget your commandments" (Ps.119: 1-4,

6-7, 10, 18, 32, 34-35, 45-48, 97-100, 105, 109, 112-113,

126-127, 131, 136, 142-143, 151, 172, 174, 176)


     Read this whole 119th Psalm, there are many other verses I

have not quoted, that give the truth that grace does not abolish

the law and commandments of God.


THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED


     "Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the

ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat

of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and

in His law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a

tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit

in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he

does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the

chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not

stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the

righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous: but the

way of the ungodly shall perish" (Ps.1).

     "Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you

envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be

cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb....... For

evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord,

they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the

wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his

place, and it shall not be. but the meek shall inherit the

earth.......The Lord knows the days of the upright: and their

inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed of the

evil time....But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the

Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke

shall they consume away.......For such as be blessed of Him shall

inherit the earth; and they that are cursed of Him shall be cut

off.......For the Lord loves judgment, and forsakes not His

saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked

shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell

therein for ever.......Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He

shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off,

you shall see it.......But the transgressors shall be destroyed

together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off" (Ps.37:1-2,

9-11, 18-20, 22, 28-29, 34, 38).

     "Also unto you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to

every man according to his work" (Ps.62:12).

     "Whoso privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off:

him that has a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Mine eye shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may

dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that

lies shall not tarry in my sight. I will destroy all the wicked

of the land; that I may cut off all the wicked doers from the

city of the Lord" (Ps.101:5-8).

     "Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the

wicked be no more. bless you the Lord, O my soul. Praise you the

Lord" (Ps.104:35).

     "You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes:

for their deeds is falsehood. You put away all the wicked of the

earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies"

(Ps.119:118-119).

     "The Lord preserves them that love Him: but all the wicked

will He destroy" (Ps.145:20).


             THE WAY OF SALVATION IS SO WRITTEN


     For those who are having difficulty understanding Law and

Grace as taught in the New Testament, with Scripture verses that

seem to contradict each other, my in-depth study article called 

"Saved by Grace" and the truth will be made plain for you. 


    There is no contradiction between the basic way of

salvation in either the Old or the New Covenants of your Bible.



                 ..........................


Compiled in July 1997 by Keith Hunt



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