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Text: Psalm 119.17-24
CIT: God uses his word to Reveal His Wonderful...
Marvelous message we bring,
Glorious carol we sing,
Wonderful word of the King,
Jesus is coming again!
Forest and flower exclaim,
Mountain and meadow the same,
All earth and heaven proclaim,
Jesus is coming again!
Standing before Him at last,
Trial and trouble all past,
Crowns at His feet we will cast,
Jesus is coming again!
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And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
My Future is hinged on the goodness and bounty of God.
For me to live is to keep his Word.
For me to live is to Learn His Word.
Doctrine of illumination vs 18
What is the wondrous things?
The stone which the builders refused
Is become the head stone of the corner.
This is the Lord’s doing;
It is marvellous in our eyes.
The Stone that the Builder Rejected...
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
And the government shall be upon his shoulder:
And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
He will be called Wonderful...
I submit to you that the Law of God was intended to introduce us to Jesus.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The Law was given to guide its readers to the Person of Jesus Christ.
HOW - through the doctrine of Illumination...
Biblical illumination is the process by which the Holy Spirit helps a person to understand the truth of God's Word. Illumination is often discussed alongside related concepts of biblical inspiration and interpretation. Inspiration involves how God has revealed spiritual truth; interpretation involves our study of spiritual truth; illumination involves our understanding of spiritual truth and involves both the Scriptures and the influence of the Holy Spirit.
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Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
This was the promise of the Holy Spirit to bring divine inspiration to the disciples. How were they going to remember what they witnessed in some instances 30 years removed.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
For thou wilt light my candle:
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Paul was not praying for new revelation, but for spiritual illumination of truth they already knew. And that is our desperate need, every time we open the Book we should beg God: “Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from Your Law." Ps 119:18
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
The Source of spiritual illumination is the Father, the Channel is the Holy Spirit and the supreme Goal is that He shine "in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." (2Cor 4:6+)
“Study of God’s Word brings peace to the heart. In it, we find a light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord’s return, and the assurance of everlasting glory.” - D.L. Moody
"Oh, that Thy words, like the beams of the sun, may enter through the window of my understanding, and dispel the darkness of my mind!" - Spurgeon
Soul breaking? - Like Heart breaking?
I submit to you that the Light beams are none other than the light of the world and the soul that will look for God’s revelation will see the Person of Jesus.
- Rebukes the proud
God’s Judgement:
Pride is to err from God’s commandments.
To imagine your way is better than the one who designed life is Pride.
It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.
Men and Princes are faulty and their hearts are aimed to corruption. So Christ offers his righteousness only to those that will come in humility.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Doctrine of Holiness vs. 21
- Levels the Power difference
One Judge that can level out princes and believers. The powers of this earth may act as if they are in control. But we have the judge of the world and the judge of all time.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Provides correct counsel
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
And the government shall be upon his shoulder:
And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
One of the great devastations to the Christian faith in our time has to be the Bible as text book. We approach the Bible as OT study and NT study. The Bible is a love letter about a person that loves his people and reveals himself through the person of his son.
To imagine that the great revelation is merely a list of things that the Jews observed that when they observed them they were living Jesus out so that they would know him when he came.
But we have fallen into the trap of the wicked one. That is to satisfy the heart of God’s people on trivia and make them miss the person of Christ.