Psalms 48:13 (KJV)
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
I'm intrigued by the way the opening verses of this chapter weave together God and “the mountain of his holiness.”
A place is just a place unless it has been consecrated to the Lord or God has chosen it for Himself. I think of David and the threshing floor he purchased. He was not to be the one who built the temple, but he did purchase the site and collect a great deal of the materials and means necessary for its construction.
He did this out of love and devotion to the Lord, and through that love and devotion, he developed a great affection for the site and the temple that would eventually stand there.
And then he writes, “Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.”
May I say that love for the Lord creates in us a love for the place He has called His believers to assemble—the local church—and for the place that local assembly of believers has consecrated for that purpose.
The bulwarks, that which upholds this local assembly, are not the building or its construction but the doctrines, faith, and practice of that church. We are instructed to mark these well, to take good note of them. Consider them, learn them, and then speak of them so that future generations might learn to love the church as well.
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Doctrine, Faith, and Practice: The Foundation of Biblical Faith
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Our love for the Lord should produce a love for His church, its biblical doctrines, and its faithful practices. These are treasures worth preserving!
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