The Psalm now is this: as Christ suffered and then was exalted, so we are also in him.
No matter how stringent one's "regulations" — "Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" (Col. 2:21) — the sinful nature that resides in everyone's heart is untamable by self-effort alone.
Kleinig continually directs the reader's attention to Christ and his gifts.

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When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
The power of the Word of God is the power of God himself, for he is always faithful to his Word.
In contrast to the human courts of our land, the Divine court never makes errors nor excuses
When God cancels you, it is an occasion for all of the canceled who are in heaven and earth to rejoice in that one more is added to our number.
This earth is not the place where your promise is to be found. Rejoice because the kingdom of God comes to you!
Into our world of sin, broken hearts, physical ailments, and psychological suffering, our Lord of grace descended.
We sing, and in so doing, we are blessed as we are instilled with the word of God in word and song.
Jesus Christ has finished his work of delivering you from the consequences of your sins and the brokenness of this fallen world.
It was reported that Hus died singing, “Christ, son of the living God, have mercy on me.”
The words “for you” are what deliver burdened hearts into the glorious light of freedom, for they deliver the precious, life-giving cargo of God’s relentless grace to each of us.
We fail over and over again to tame the sin in our hearts, to guard the doors of our lips and to act like the children of God.