"Interpretation" -2

"Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee." (Psalms 67:5) Besides prayer, we are called to be salt and light; salt to help stop the decay, and light to shine the truth. There usually is a reason when verses are repeated so closely together; I tend to think that prayer has much to do with that reason. If there is one thing that I have learned about prayer, it's that we must not stop asking, especially when it comes to intercessory prayer for people that we care about. In addition to us needing to see who Jesus is prior to reaching out to Him, we must see our need to be saved prior to receiving salvation; if we don't see that we are in need of a Savior, then what we see in Christ is not what He has to offer. Given that these are the last days, and I believe that they are, the Bible says, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." (2 Timothy 4:3-4) "Sound doctrine" is something that is lacking in many churches today, because they do not teach the truth; they might take some truth and then add whatever they want to it, to give their listeners what they want to hear; avoiding the truth, they please men instead of pleasing God. I know it's not popular, but it must be made perfectly clear: Jesus is the only way you are getting into heaven, and without making Him Lord of your life, your going to hell! Going back to the "Rich Young Ruler", Jesus said, "One thing thou lackest" (Mark 10:21); how many of us can claim that we only lack one thing when it comes to being perfect? Is it any wonder that the disciples wondered, "Who then can be saved?" (Mark 10:26) When it comes to getting right with God, the most important part of getting right is to see how wrong we are; we must see that we are broken, and our need for God to fix us; otherwise, He cannot save us, because we don't really want to be saved...
"After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, 'The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that He is pushing them out of your way. It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy the land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath He swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You must recognize that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land because you are good, for you are not - you are a stubborn people." (Deuteronomy 9:4-6) NLT