We've mentioned before the noetic effect that sin has upon us, meaning that we can't think straight anymore

We've mentioned this noetic effect of sin several times this year - the condition you inherited that

We've seen a couple of times this year that the noetic effect of sin impairs our ability to reason correctly

one of dozens of prophetic passages that convey God's deep love for His people using rich and flowing poetic In a very real sense, the prophets served as God's process servers; that is, they served people notice Dig Deeper Notice in Zephaniah's passage how the call to be glad and rejoice with all your heart is

Summary John here uses the flowing, somewhat poetic style he is famous for here to provide a very solid These themes are almost identical to the themes John poetically unpacks in his prologue (1:1-18). Notice that John doesn't write will have .

(Side note: notice there in v8 that God was the one using David's guilt to crush his bones! Here's a few things to keep in mind about confession: Since poetic beauty doesn't improve a confession's Notice David never mentions any of the particulars of his sin in his confession.

But notice this properly grounded fear of God doesn't result in terror and dread, rather it brings about A big part of a passage's context is its genre: is it historical narrative, legal, poetic, a letter, Although Bible stories are interesting and engaging (re-read how Luke tells this story and notice the

Psalm 23 proves that quite the opposite is true: while it may be famous for its unsurpassed poetic beauty Notice how David underscores just how personal this relationship is. 23 well, not just because it's a beautiful and famous poem, but because of the awesome theology it poetically

victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength. 11  He says to himself, “God will never notice David poetically explains that the faint light of nature the wicked prosper under cements their own arrogance and pride , causing them to think that God will never notice that they reject His Law as they murder

Summary Psalm 85 poetically presents the process of repentance. Notice where repentance so often begins - conventional wisdom places its first steps in realizing the Notice here that God wanted His people singing of His wrath!