Psalm 1- Blessed is the man who does not walk with the wicked, whose delight is in the law of the LORD. He is like a tree planted by the water. Psalm 40- I waited patiently for the LORD. He drew me up from the pit. I delight to do your will, O God. My heart fails me, ...
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 1: 2, ...
After this one sided covenant with Abimilech, Abraham planted a tamarisk tree and called on the name of the Everlasting God. You see, Abraham sought a permanent place, a permanent home, and that home was the Everlasting God. The sheep and oxen provided to Abimelech was of no consequence ...
15When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring. Read ChapterAll Versions Psalms 1:3 3That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. ...
So, this type of thinking requires life on earth to be like heaven, where no one dies or suffers, and everyone is happy. It is not hard to see something terribly wrong on planet Earth. We have come to expect death, dying, and suffering, but was this God’s plan? What happened?
Church, and therefore Holy Scripture can have meaning and significance only within the Church. “Flee to the Church, and be brought up in her bosom, and be nourished with the Lord’s Scriptures. For the Church has beenplanted [like a Paradise] in this world; therefore says the Spirit of...
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.“Jeremiah 17...
4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be alsoin the likeness...
To that end, the liberals point out that “the Lord God planted a garden in Eden…and made grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Gen. 2:8-9). The...
“so likewise men, if they do truly progress by faith towards better things, and receive the Spirit of God, and bring forth the fruit thereof, shall be spiritual, as being planted in the paradise of God. But if they cast out the Spirit, and remain in their former condition, desirous of...