Sunday, March 3, 2024

 In Psalm 94, it is stated that evildoers speak arrogantly and boastfully, while also oppressing and harming God's people. The concept of an ideal world is established by God through fundamental principles. When individuals use arrogant words, they are manipulating and disregarding these principles, breaking covenants, disrespecting God, and disregarding laws and decrees. When we speak the words of God, we bring blessings upon ourselves and others, but when we speak our own words, we bring curses. It is important for our social attitudes and actions to align with these moral principles. The godly person may feel isolated and strange when faced with defamatory words that do not adhere to the creative culture of speaking these fundamental principles. As one distances themselves from these principles, they may develop ambivalent attitudes and engage in broken promises and covenants. In such cases, it is essential for the godly person to retreat to private meditation and cleanse their mind from distorted images formed by the political language of the natural man. The Psalmist teaches that the natural man primarily speaks in a pragmatic language. To rise above this and experience blessings, we must speak the fundamental principles. The natural man may resist authoritative pronouncements, but political pragmatism, which mocks covenants and disregards laws, is not aligned with God's principles. The moral axioms are more than just innovative applications; they are naturally given in creative pronouncements. Pragmatism focuses aggressively on the moral force and political power of individuals, while the axioms highlight God's independent judgments and the rise and fall of these judgments. We truly believe that our connections are with our true selves, rather than our typical actions. We are naturally created in the image of God, and this means that we can change as God reveals Himself and His attributes to us. The Psalms demonstrate God's prevailing attitude towards the fallen creation through authoritative pronouncements. We become more like God when we voluntarily speak these logical principles, as we were created with similar attitudes. However, the authoritative pronouncements in the Psalms are more extreme than our instinctive reactions. The Psalms allow us to reflect on our souls and understand ourselves through God's radical reactions. God has spoken the fundamental principles, and as we speak them voluntarily, we become transformed through conversion. This transformation is guided by our sincere belief in the orthodox disposition and our vicarious experience of the sacred mystery in the continuous cycle of blessings and curses. This is what the apostle refers to when he speaks of the miraculous transformation of our conscious minds. MI

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