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The Lord Is My Shepherd
The most quoted passage in the Bible is the Twenty-Third Psalm. Many of us could probably recite most of it from our childhood. Written by the loving shepherd, David, it portrays poetically and definitively the relationship between God and His people.

 

I have often said, and it is true: If I did not know any other Scriptures in the Word of God but Psalm 23, I would be delivered from all of my enemies, have all of my bills paid, my needs supplied, be healed of all of my diseases, and be blessed with the fellowship of the Lord! In this one Psalm are seven of the covenant names of Jehovah. JEHOVAH means “The Covenant God,” and can be translated: “I Am that I Am: I Am the Covenant God.” (This literally means: “I will be what I was, because I Am!)

 

In the Old Testament, there are two Hebrew words that are translated God, Lord, and Lord God. The first is ELOHIM which means Creator. Now, to anyone who believes in a god, to him god is his creator, but not everybody’s god is JEHOVAH. This is God’s Covenant Name. In simple terms, it means: I Am! He is the source of anything and everything we need. There are about sixteen combinations of JEHOVAH titles, such as JEHOVAH-JIREH which means “The Lord is my Provider.” (When the KJV uses all capitals for LORD, it is actually JEHOVAH in Hebrew, whereas Lord is ADONAI.) David began his psalm, “JEHOVAH-ROEH,” which means “JEHOVAH is my Shepherd.”

 

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The 7 Dominoes of the Resurrection

 

The door of salvation and entrance into Heaven's gates swings on the hinges of the resurrection. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, He would be like any other great teacher. Yes, He would surpass them in the miracles He did and the sufferings He endured on the Cross. But if He did not rise from the dead, there would be no proof that His death on the cross actually paid for our sins. He would be just another martyr.

 

Paul wrote in Romans 4:24-25 that just as Abraham believed that God would raise his son Isaac from the dead if in obedience he sacrificed him, we also must believe that God raised His Son Jesus from the dead: "Who was delivered [to die] for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. He had to rise again to prove sin's debt was paid and the deal was done! This is why the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is integral to our faith, and without it, our faith is worthless.

 

Apostle Paul did not come to faith in Christ until years after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. On his way to Damascus, Syria with authorization to hunt down Christians to be tried and executed for their faith in Christ, he was accosted by Jesus, when a blinding light knocked him to the ground, and a voice spoke out of heaven, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"" Imagine Paul's terror when he said, "Who are you, Lord? Then imagine his shock when he heard: "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Continue on to Sharon's blog...

 

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