KBF Teachings

Psalm 7
¹ 'O Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, ²or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. ³O Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands- ⁴if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe- ⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me to sleep in the dust. ⁶Arise, O Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake , my God; decree justice. ⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high; ⁸let the Lord judge the peoples. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most  High. ⁹O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. ¹⁰My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. ¹¹God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day. ¹²If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow, ¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. ¹⁴He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. ¹⁵He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. ¹⁶The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head. ¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord becaous of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High."

(Psalms we will study-1,2,7,8,9,14,16,23,32,40,45,49,51,91)

1. The Nature of the Problem (vs.3-5)
   Have you ever been falsely accused??
2. The Danger of Accusing others. 
   KBF 1 Corinthians 13:6&7 attitude
   Bearing False witness is a dangerous activity....
3. Defending yourself all the time is foolishness
   Falsely accused? "Keep on Walking"
4. God is the Just Judge
   vs11 "God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day."
5. Jesus Christ ,is our Friend in Court!.
   Romans 8:31-39
   ³¹What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³²He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? ³³Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. ³⁴Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶As it is written:
      "For your sake we face death all day long;
         we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Psalm 2:1-12
¹"Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? ²The kings of the earth take their stand and rulers gather together against the Lord and against the anointed one. ³"Let us break their chains," they say "and throw off their fetters." ⁴The One enthroned in heaven laughs;  the lord scoffs at them. ⁵Then he rebukes them in anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying. ⁶"i have installed my kings on Zion, my holy hill." ⁷I will proclaim the decree of the lord; He said to me,” you are my son; today I have become your Father. ⁸ask of me and i will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession ⁹You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery." ¹⁰Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. ¹¹Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling ¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

1. Never Forget! It is in heaven that the ultimate authority lies.Vs.4
2. Nations that ignore God's ultimate authority stand in a danger zone of
   God's judgement. vs.5
   *Nubuchadnezzar- Daniel 4:28
3. Live in Awe of God's Greatness & Take refuge in Him.  vs.11
   Some examples:
   *Boys before a king-(Daniel 3:16)
   *Jesus Before Pilate -( John 19:10-11)
   *Peter before the Sanhedrin -Acts 5:29
   How Do We get that Kind of Courage?-Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you! Acts.1:8
4. Through Jesus- We can talk directly to God and change the course of History!
   John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you......
   Through prayer you can change the direction of history for your life, for your family, for this Nation of Japan...

Studies in Psalms ch1,2,7,8,9,14,16,23,32,40,45,49,51,91

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Psalm 1:1
¹Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. ²But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. ³He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers ⁴Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away ⁵Therefore the wicked will stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the Assemble of the righteous. ⁶For the Lord watches over the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Solution -Walk with Jesus Closer -He is our map to life.

1. Be concerned for sinners but not closest friends.
   1. Sin- is living life independent from God, "my way"...walk by ...stand...sit...
      do it over and over again, you are trapped.
   2. At the same time we must remember that Jesus spent a lot of time with the kind of people described in vs.1.
      " KEEP Yourself built-up in the Lord so you can reach out Lost people"
2. Learn to Love the Law &you will experience true life! vs.2&3
   1. This is not talking about some strange legalistic enjoyment of rules! Legalism is a curse.
   2. The law was not only what they were to do, but more important what God hand done for them!! For us the whole Bible is God's word that brings life.
      (i.e.　Story of the lost Son in Luke 15:11)
      Romans 12:2
      Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test  and approve what God's will is- his good and pleasing and perfect will."
      "The more you get God’s truth going around on your inside-real living begins!"
3. Never forget! Living away from God is miserable! vs.4
   They are unstable; they lack fruit. They're like chaff. That is, they're lifeless; they carry no weight. You know that chaff is a nuisance to the farmer. He has to get rid of it. Blown by the wind ....

Act2 2:37-39
³⁷When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" ³⁸Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off-for all whom the Lord our God will call."

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1 Samuel 17:40-50
⁴⁰Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with sling in his hand, approached the Philistine. ⁴¹Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. ⁴²He looked David over and saw that he was only a boy, ruddy and handsome, and he despised him. ⁴³He said to David, "am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods ⁴⁴" Come here," he said, "and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!" ⁴⁵David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ⁴⁶This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands.⁴⁸As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. ⁴⁹Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. ⁵⁰So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him..."

Present day Society trains us to live as cowards.

1. We are taught that we are only a product of pure chance, related to the pic & every other life form.
2. As we live we build a history for failure.
3. As our failure history list gets longer we begin to expect failure and prepare for it...

How did David overcome his negative background??

1. Spend your time of waiting, getting ready for purpose God has for you.
   1. Develop your practical skills.
   2. Develop your worship life in quiet times with God.
   3. develop a simple life of focus.
2. Develop your ability see beyond the negatives of your life to God's purpose.
3. Learn to use your anger as a power for positive Good.
4. Courage is moving ahead because of what God says &Who God is.
5. God wants to take what little you have and empower it!!

What is your Giant? What do you need to overcome??

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