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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:38 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:22 am
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Only those strong in their faith can sing to YHWH in the middle of affliction. Reminds me of Paul and Silas in Acts 16:25-28, when they got whipped and imprisoned for speaking the gospel; their wounds are fresh, no one tended to them, so they must be in pain and yet they started praying and singing hymns to YHWH in that dark dungeon of a prison. The other prisoners must've been looking at them like, "are you crazy? look at your situation, you're worse off than us. How can you be singing about God at a time like this?" I think that's why YHWH chose to break open those prison doors and have all the prison chains drop from the prisoners arms. As I'm typing, it sounds like it should be some metaphor for "oh the shackles of their unbelief fell away", that could very well be the case, but the earth quaked, the doors literally opened, and the chains literally dropped; the prison guard was about to commit suicide when he woke up because he thought all the prisoners had escaped. YHWH works miracles and glorifies his own name if we unwaveringly exhibit our faith, even in the middle of affliction or dark times.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:38 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:15 pm
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