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Gospel of the Old Testament

Psalms 147:1-3
"1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."

We were studying the writing of John, the Apostle who Jesus loved. His writing demonstrates that he was an eyewitness to the events in the gospel and he was one of the inner circle. In the book of Revelation, John features GOD'S grand judgment on the sinfulness of humanity. It also shows the promise and hope for the faithful in Jesus Christ. Still, it was the Holy Trinity that gave us the ability to do what is good and right in our lives OR to do otherwise. God sees the dire situations we create for ourselves and wants to help. This compassion, this LOVE motivated Jesus to do what He did and save us! "...whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (From the most famous verse in all of Holy Scripture!)

Those words in the Gospel are a GREAT encouragement and touch stone for all of us with FAITH. While we read these verses from the "New" Testament, we need to recognize that this sentiment from GOD is NOT new! Hundreds and hundreds of years before this writers of the Psalms sang GOD'S praises in today's verses; "Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. (agreeable; suitable) The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. (the sinners and rejects are who Jesus seeks and saves!) He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Jesus SAVES!!! The Gospel is throughout the "Old" Testament!

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