Thesis: King James utilizes diction to show the similarities and difference of Psalm 23 and Sermon on The Mount.
To begin, Psalm 23 and Sermon on The Mount are similar because they are both biblical scriptures that give people general instruction on how to live life and how to pray to God. These scriptures both talks about putting trust in God and to stop admiring the worldly things and focus about the heavenly things. In Matthew 6:24 (The King James Version), it states “No man can serve two masters: For either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Mammon is money. King James means that a person should not focus on the riches because they will give
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Psalm 23 is about everlasting protection and guidance of the Lord. This scripture is give the believers of God comfort. Psalm 23 is recited at funerals and times of trouble. In Psalm 23:3 (King James Version), Its says, “he restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” In Psalm 23:4 (King James Version), it also says “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” This means that during their rough times, they turn to God for guidance, hoping and trusting that he will guide them to the right path. When they need comfort, they read this scripture looking for comfort and protection. In Sermon on The Mount, this scripture tells the believer how to live and pray. This scripture also tells them to put their faith and trust in God. It also tells them to trust God to provide for them. In Matthew 6:26 (King James Version), it says, “Behold the fowls of the air: For they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns: yet your heavenly Father feedth them.” This does not mean food is unimportant, it means that followers of Jesus should pray for their “daily bread” and trust God to provide it. To sum it up, Psalm 23 and Sermon on the mount are different because they both serve a different purpose, one give people assurance of everlasting protection and the other gives
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St. Albans Psalter Psalm 68 is not long, but it does have lots of detailed material to study the author’s choice of language, and the power of the images that are being conveyed to the readers through an emotional and sentimental way. The simplicity of this psalm’s gives it power, since it expresses an emotional despair in a careful shaped prayer, which comes from a human being in what seems to be a life-threatening situation. In the image and the content, the psalmist’s travels an arc of desperation to salvation, in a vivid personal plea to Christ to save him from what seems to be a swirling vortex of hopelessness that threatens to pull him under forever.
There have been many passages in the bible that are appealing to different people. What one person may find inspiring, another may view it as just another message in the bible. One of the passages in the bible that I found inspiring was that of one of the prophets, Jeremiah. The one particular passage that I would like to focus on in this paper would be that of Jeremiah's views on the subject of sin. I found that his thought on this subject made me look at how people act in a different way than I had before.
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2 He fedeth me in a grene pasture, and ledeth me to a fresh water. 3 He quickeneth my soule, & bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake. 4 Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death, yet I feare no euell, for thou art with me: thy staffe & thy shepehoke comforte me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me agaynst mine enemies: thou anoyntest my heade with oyle, & fyllest my cuppe full. 6 Oh let thy louynge kyndnes & mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life, that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer.” Psalm 23 (Matthew-Tyndale Bible). As seen here the wording of the scripture is primarily the same but written into today’s language for better knowledge of its
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In Jesus, we see that God has a ‘preferential option for the poor.’ As Gustavo Gutiérrez points out, Jesus in Matthew 25 proclaims a shocking identity “between a deed of love in behalf of the poor and a deed done in behalf of the Son of Man…to give one’s life for justice is to give it for Christ himself.” As such, the gospel of the kingdom that Jesus proclaimed made a demand on us to work on behalf of the poor and marginalized in our area, opposing ways of life that did not benefit them.
Psalm 113 reads like a 1st century pep talk for those with spiritual burnout. The writer makes his case for the Lord by pointing to the many ways that God earns our praise. These nine verses of scripture are saturated with three specific reasons to praise the Lord – He is Su...
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The Bible student, laymen, or pastor will find the principles presented by Fee and Stuart helpful despite the weaknesses presented. The author’s contribution on how to interpret each of the different genres is especially beneficial. The Bible Student will have more knowledge of how to interpret God’s Word when finished with the work. Fee and Stuart achieve their goal helping the reader not only with interpretation, but with application.
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In this paper I am trying to find out what true Biblical exegesis means. By finding that truth then I and the person reading this paper can leave with an understand-ing on how to comprehend the content of exegesis. Through out my paper you will see noted some of my sources. I have carefully read these books and have selected the best ones to fit the purpose of this document. I will be exploring many areas of exegesis and will be giving you a brief overview of these and then explaining different uses for exegesis.