When Love Becomes a Seal on the Heart – Covenant Strength, Purity, and Lasting Devotion. Song of Solomon 8 brings
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
The LORD Is My Strength and My Salvation.
Psalm 118 is a thanksgiving psalm celebrating the LORD’s enduring mercy and powerful deliverance. It testifies that calling upon the LORD in distress leads to rescue, confidence, and victory. The psalm contrasts trusting in God with trusting in man or princes, affirming that only the LORD is a sure refuge. It proclaims that the stone rejected by builders has become the chief cornerstone, pointing to God’s redemptive purpose. The chapter calls God’s people to rejoice, enter His gates with praise, and publicly declare His goodness.
Psalms 118:1 – 118:29
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.
4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.
5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, [and set me] in a large place.
6 The Lord [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
8 [It is] better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
9 [It is] better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
14 The Lord [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the Lord:
20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
22 The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.
23 This is the Lord’s doing; it [is] marvellous in our eyes.
24 This [is] the day [which] the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
27 God [is] the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.
29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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