In Matthew Jesus carefully teaches that all men can not depend upon food alone to live and prosper in this world. Matt 4 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."' God divinely revealed Himself in two ways. God has produced all things in revealing natural revelation. He has produced and sustained all things graciously according to His spoken word or extraordinary revelation. Not merely has he intentionally caused the earth and commanded man to rule over it, but He has sufficiently established His responsible government over man and all things by pronouncing them into independent existence. Jesus is saying that the thorough history of the earth is naturally produced by God by every word that comes out of His mouth. We see in the Psalms that all the sacred words of the Bible are pronounced in the specific context of the divine law, covenants, curses, statutes, divine decrees and promises. Consequently, we see that all of our rudimentary knowledge and personal application must be guided and limited by every word of the Bible. The bible is all we lack to vicariously experience a active life of godliness. We must properly understand that the legitimate desire in man is to investigate what is clearly taught in the Bible. The bible undoubtedly remains the unique book that properly contains sacred words that ostensibly promote and promptly order all things. It is the unique book that contains the words that do not lack explanation by any other source. The bible is self-revelatory. One word written down in the bible represents the spirit of all the words. The bible cannot be conveniently divided or added too. I like to say that the bible is Gods creative words that are properly spoken in divine laws, covenants, curses, specific statutes, divine decrees and promises. The six moral axioms invariably contain all of specific purposes and ends as He governs over all possible time. Every word of the Bible is pronounced in the context of the six axioms.
The Psalmist is carefully teaching that this world remains eternal kingdom. God has spokes and properly governs all necessary things by the logical axioms. But when man fell into sin, he promptly began to redefine Gods axioms. Man promptly began to knowingly commit the sin of "ra a." They seek to overturn the order and symmetry of all created relationships because they experience the restless activity of fallen nature. But God has reestablished His governing moral authority over the earth by cursing all law breakers. Gods work of overturning the destructive efforts of the wicked is adequately described by the Psalmist as eternal salvation. Because God has produced all lovely things for the specific purpose of His own pleasure and everlasting glory then He has sufficiently established salvation by voluntarily speaking the law, covenants, curses, etc so that we can liberate ourselves. The pronouncements accompany Gods people to rejoice in the beauty and order of Gods creation. Hence, the Psalmist seek the question that God rules through salvation then why are the wicked successful in their efforts to wreck Gods world and His elect? How can Gods people rejoice when the wicked happily abuse Gods elect? If God dominates the ideal world then why are the wicked so happy because they rule with apparent impunity? But if God is sovereign then does He act without sufficient reason? Some people advise that because Gods ways are not understandable then we are forsaken to accept that evil is normal on this earth. If the bible carefully teaches that our hope of salvation is greater than the creative destruction that occurs because of sin then how can we live with that hope if the evils we experience are not explainable? If we were habitually under the threats of the wicked then how would we ever be able to experience rejoicing and confidence? The sole way that the sovereignty of God could be effective in response to our experience of being opposed is if Gods curses were spoken in order to justify us in our struggles. In this Psalm we are issued the pronouncements of the king in order to overcome all opposition. The Psalmist ties the authoritative pronouncements of divine creation to the pronouncements of active recreation. (Implanted the ear not hear? Formed the eye not see? Teach man lack knowledge? Grasp the thoughts of man) For God to rule without opposition, He must respond to circumstances that are created by the opposition. If God is consistently justified, loving, faithful, kind, and long suffering then He must act in swift judgment when the wicked opposes Him. And if God has intentionally created civilized mankind for His own glory then He must act in a way that faithfully upholds His specific purposes. If there where anything outside of God that improved the standard of His order and beauty then His purposes of bringing Himself glory would be overturned. If we could not quite understand or exercise power.
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