Psalm 24 verse 1,3&4 GOOD NEWS BIBLE
The world and all that is in it belong to the LORD;
the earth and all who live on it are his
Who has the right to go up the LORD'S hill?
Who may enter his holy Temple?
Those who are pure in act and in thought,
who do not worship idols or make false promises.
Psalm 24:1 is quoted in 1st Corinthians 10:26
The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord'
Psalm 24:4 is Quoted in Matthew 5:8
Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God.
These verses are easy to read in this version.
The quotations in the New Testament serve to draw our attention
to these truths which inform us of the best way
and invite us to choose to go that way.
In this age we have a media where mocking and sneering is offered as entertainment.
So to become " pure in heart " is not a fashionable goal.
Still, we wouldn't want our children to get too involved with people who worship idols
and make false promises or people who are jealous or conceited or selfish or even irritable.
We would rather that our children were mixing with patient , good mannered, trustworthy
kind, good humoured, generous people of faith and integrity who are pure in act and thought.
Sometimes it is obvious who is choosing the best way and who are choosing other ways.
Genius is not a prerequisite of Christian discernment .
We have a teacher who says;-
I am the LORD your God, the one who wants to teach you for your own good
and direct you in the way you should go.
GOOD NEWS BIBLE ISAIAH 48:17
Those who really believe that are listening to Him
.
Such are the people of God
who come into the presence of the God of Jacob
PSALM 24:6 GOOD NEWS BIBLE
The whole world and all that is within it belongs to the LORD
----the God of your fathers , the God of Abraham, The God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.
The world and all that is in it belong to the LORD;
the earth and all who live on it are his
Who has the right to go up the LORD'S hill?
Who may enter his holy Temple?
Those who are pure in act and in thought,
who do not worship idols or make false promises.
Psalm 24:1 is quoted in 1st Corinthians 10:26
The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord'
Psalm 24:4 is Quoted in Matthew 5:8
Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God.
These verses are easy to read in this version.
The quotations in the New Testament serve to draw our attention
to these truths which inform us of the best way
and invite us to choose to go that way.
In this age we have a media where mocking and sneering is offered as entertainment.
So to become " pure in heart " is not a fashionable goal.
Still, we wouldn't want our children to get too involved with people who worship idols
and make false promises or people who are jealous or conceited or selfish or even irritable.
We would rather that our children were mixing with patient , good mannered, trustworthy
kind, good humoured, generous people of faith and integrity who are pure in act and thought.
Sometimes it is obvious who is choosing the best way and who are choosing other ways.
Genius is not a prerequisite of Christian discernment .
We have a teacher who says;-
I am the LORD your God, the one who wants to teach you for your own good
and direct you in the way you should go.
GOOD NEWS BIBLE ISAIAH 48:17
Those who really believe that are listening to Him
.
Such are the people of God
who come into the presence of the God of Jacob
PSALM 24:6 GOOD NEWS BIBLE
The whole world and all that is within it belongs to the LORD
----the God of your fathers , the God of Abraham, The God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.
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