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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Adam and Eve were created in God’s image, after His likeness (Gen. 1:26). But in Adam’s sin, the human race was given over to corruption (Rom. 5:12-21). We are still image-bearers (Gen. 9:6; James 3:9), but the image has been distorted (Gen. 6:5; Eccles. 7:29). The goal of sanctification is the renewal of this image. The holy person is being renewed in knowledge after the image of the Creator (Col. 3:10), which means growing in righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24). This does not happen all at once, but rather, we are transformed into the image of God one degree of glory to another (2 Cor. 3:18). God is holy, so most basically being holy means being like God. This is why it’s so critical that Christians know the character and work of the one they worship. If you want to know what holiness looks like, look at God.
Kevin DeYoung

Bible – Finnish 1938 Psalms Chapter 2:1-12.

Index: Finnish 1938

 

Psalms 2

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2:1 Miksi pakanat pauhaavat ja kansat turhia ajattelevat?

2:2 Maan kuninkaat nousevat, ruhtinaat yhdessä neuvottelevat Herraa ja hänen voideltuansa vastaan:

2:3 “Katkaiskaamme heidän kahleensa, heittäkäämme päältämme heidän köytensä”.

2:4 Hän, joka taivaassa asuu, nauraa; Herra pilkkaa heitä.

2:5 Kerran hän on puhuva heille vihassansa, peljättävä heitä hirmuisuudessaan:

2:6 “Minä olen asettanut kuninkaani Siioniin, pyhälle vuorelleni”.

2:7 Minä ilmoitan, mitä Herra on säätänyt. Hän lausui minulle: “Sinä olet minun poikani, tänä päivänä minä sinut synnytin.

2:8 Ano minulta, niin minä annan pakanakansat sinun perinnöksesi ja maan ääret sinun omiksesi.

2:9 Rautaisella valtikalla sinä heidät muserrat, niinkuin saviastian sinä särjet heidät.”

2:10 Tulkaa siis järkiinne, kuninkaat, maan tuomarit, ottakaa nuhteesta vaari.

2:11 Palvelkaa Herraa pelvolla ja iloitkaa vavistuksella.

2:12 Antakaa suuta pojalle, ettei hän vihastuisi ettekä te hukkuisi tiellänne. Sillä hänen vihansa syttyy äkisti. Autuaat ovat kaikki, jotka häneen turvaavat.