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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – AUGUST 16

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Psalm 101,

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Part 2:

“Separation”

To read Part 1, click here…December 6th Year 3 (Psalm 101 :A Lesson On Television From Psalm 101) 

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“A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment:

unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.

O when wilt Thou come unto me?

I will walk within my house with a perfect heart….”

Psalm 101:1, 2
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The above words are the beginning words from Psalm 101.

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It is a rather short Psalm. And yet it is a very poignant and memorable Psalm! (To read entire Psalm, scroll down this page)

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It paints a picture of a man in his house, who makes vows unto his God concerning his future behavior!

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But this man is apparently waiting for the Lord to visit and bless him, because he says, “Oh when will You (God) come unto me?”

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David the Shepherd Boy – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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A BEGINNING COLLEGE COURSE

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Now, the name of this devotional is “Repentance 101”, alluding to some beginning college course, which beginning college courses are often called 101, as opposed to intermediate courses which are called “201”, and advanced courses, “301”.

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But we will refer to this Psalm as “Repentance 101”, because it presents some basic principles about what it means to prepare one’s heart for the Lord to make His abode in that Believer’s heart!

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College Lecture Hall – Wikimedia – Share-alike License 3.0

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And so, the remainder of this little Psalm speaks of the various reforms which the Psalmist will make, in hopes that the Lord will come quickly into the fulness of spiritual glorification.

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David the Shepherd Boy – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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A PSALM OF CHRIST & A PSALM FOR US TOO!

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Now this Psalm is a Messianic Psalm of David. And so it applies to the thoughts of Christ, and His relationship to His Father.

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And yet, these Messianic Psalms can also apply to the individual Believer too!

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And that will be our focus today.

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David the Shepherd Boy – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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A PSALM OF SEPARATION

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Now the Psalm begins by making vows…

“I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.

O when wilt Thou come unto me?

I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:

I hate the work of them that turn aside;

it shall not cleave to me.

A froward heart shall depart from me:

I will not know a wicked person.”

Psalm 101:2-4

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Yes, Psalm 101 is a Psalm about separating from those who are wicked, and from their ungodly influences!

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And so, this Psalmist makes vows to separate himself from all gossips, slanderers, liars, flatterers, and angry persons, and worldly-minded pretenders who come into the Church with their malignant influences!

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Woman with Bible – Braet von Überfeldt – 1866 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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A PROPHECY FOR TODAY!

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Now, this particular Psalm seems to be a Psalm for this very day in which we now live. 

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Because notice that it. says…“I will set no wicked thing before my eyes!”

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Well, isn’t it true that today is a day in which Mankind is able to set wicked things before our eyes?

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Yes, the television, radio, and Internet (plus all other reading material), are easily accessible to most every man, woman, and child.

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And the very low-level character-types described in this Psalm are seen literally everywhere on television, Internet and also heard on radio, etc.!

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ABOVE PICTURE: TV indoctrination – www.signsofheaven.org

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SCRIPTURAL PROOF-TEXT?

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Now does the Bible confirm this concept of separation?

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Listen to Paul’s exhortation…

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:

for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?…

Wherefore come out from among them,

and be ye separate, saith the Lord,

and touch not the unclean [thing];

and I will receive you, 

And will be a Father unto you,

and ye shall be My sons and daughters,

saith the Lord Almighty.”

1st Corinthians 6:14, 17, 18

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This New Testament passage from 2nd Corinthians 6:14-18 conveys the same basic idea that Psalm 101 presents! 

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Chaplain reads Bible – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION

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Well, the Good News to all this is that today is still the day of repentance!

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Yes, there is still time to return to the Lord with weeping and mourning and vows.

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And these two passages (Psalm 101 & 1st Corinthians 6:14-18) are a good place to start up that road to redemption!

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 3, GO HERE…

AUGUST 17 (Psalm 101, Part 3: Crucifying The Old Man!)

Crucifixion of Peter – Caravaggio Martirio di San Pietro – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me the desire to search out all these things. And give me the desire to purify my heart and conform my life into Thy image…

Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… How To Be Hidden in the Day of Wrath…

…or you can also read this shorter article… JULY 20 (The False Prophet, Part 8: The Biggest Lie In The Church!) 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN

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WIDE & NARROW GATES IN THE HEAVENS

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As the opening verse says…

…“Enter ye in at the strait gate:

for wide is the gate,

and broad is the way,

that leadeth to destruction…”

Matthew 7:13-14 (Condensed) 

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So, what are these two gates all about?

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And how can I choose the right door?

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But before we explore these questions, let’s take a look at why these two sets of stars represent these two biblical gates.

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(This sketch, while not 100% accurate, gives a fair portrayal of how this constellation group appears at winter’s end and even into June, when above the western horizon.)

 

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HOW THE GATES RELATE TO ORION & DRAGON

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This sketch below is when these constellations are in the eastern sky in early winter (However, this constellation group can even be seen as early as July, in the pre-dawn hours). 

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In the eastern sky, it’s not so easily seen which gate the Revelation 12 Woman will enter.

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The Wide Gate is made of the two brightest stars of this Wave of Water Constellation.

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Satan spews out the deadly water of his false worldly ideologies…

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…which many of these ideologies have a form of godliness, but in some way are not in harmony…

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…or perhaps these worldly ideologies add to the Bible, which is strictly forbidden (see Deuteronomy 4:2). 

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On the other hand, the Strait Gate (narrow gate) is composed of the two brightest stars of the Orion The Reaper’s sickle. The true Strait Gate represents Jesus, the Word of God.  

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Listen… “I [Jesus] am the door:

by Me if any man enter in,

he shall be saved,

and shall go in and out,

and find pasture.”

John 10:9

 

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”

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TOMORROW…

AUGUST 17 (Repentance 101, Part 2: Crucifying The Old Man!)

Crucifixion of Peter – Caravaggio Martirio di San Pietro – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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