Scriptural Studies

Two Prompts

Prompt:
Jeremiah 17:7-8
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

This passage is similar to the one found in Psalm 1. How do they compare to each other, and what does this mean for you?

Marvelous Friend

The prophet Jeremiah was familiar with the Psalms. Perhaps Jeremiah used the Psalm with deeper description. Or perhaps God brought the psalm into Jeremiah's mind as he contemplated God's remarkable earth?

Prompt:
Romans 4:6-8
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

What are these verses saying?

Marvelous Friend

New Testament encouragement about how God sees his people. We are told that God is the same for all eternity. The reference to David shows a time frame of belief when David lived. A trait of God is righteousness without works. This is shone in the teachings and life of Jesus.

Not by might, or by power, but by my Spirit sayeth the Lord. You succeed because of the Holy Spirit. Zechariah 4:6. The new testament pulled out the important parts of the old to bind faith and words together to show us the will of God.












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