Psalm 119 pt 1
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The Bible Will Make
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
I. A happy man. VS 1-3
He is happy because the Word of God rules in three areas of his life.
1. In the way. VS 1a
“Blessed are the defiled in the way”
A. the word way in used 13 times in this Psalm. It suggests a course of conduct marked out by God’s word, a road that is traveled.
1. We can make our journey through life along one of two ways. There is broad way of disobedience. Elab
2. There is narrow way, a course mapped out by God’s word. Elab
B. The word blessed on the Old Testament means happy. Literally happy, happy, or oh the happiness.
1. Joy is the source of happiness. God always weds happiness to holiness. This is why an unsaved person can never know real happiness.
2. The devil has his counterfeits, mostly based on pleasure, but they are very shallow. That is the devils brand of happiness. His happiness is based on what happens.
3. We tend to equate happiness with pleasure: (I want to have fun) Prosperity: (If only I had more money) Power: (I’d show them) Popularity: (I wish everybody liked me) Position: (I’m the boss)
4. God equates happiness with none of these.
C. We all like to be happy. But we cannot have overflowing joy without holiness, and we cannot have holiness without the Holy Spirit, and we cannot have the Holy Spirit without salvation.
2. In his walk. VS 1b (READ VS)
A. We all had to learn to walk. ELAB on a baby learning to walk, flat arms legs moving, crawl stand try to walk, fall down.
1. This is how it is for us learning God’s word. We first read it, study it, try to obey it, down we go. We stumble we fall, we pick ourselves up and go again.
a. As we are walking in the law of the Lord, making progress, moving forward, growing in grace, increasing in the knowledge of God. Then we can become happy because the Word of God rules in our life.
3. In his will. VS 2-3
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways.
a. Gives a purpose to life. VS2
A. God has solemnly declared His will on matters of faith and morals.
1. Everybody is seeking something in life. People seek to get married, be promoted at work, to be approved by someone.
2. People who are subject to the Word of God are seeking God with all their hearts. There no greater purpose in life than that.
b. Guarantees purity in life. VS 3
A. Sin will keep us from the Bible the Bible will keep form sin.
1. We have to seek God whole heartily. That is how Jesus walked on this earth. Elab
2. He did not sin because God’s word rules his life. Remember when he was tempted by Satan?
II. A holy man. VS 4-6
4 You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments.
a. His duty. VS 4
A. We are to observe and keep God’s commandments wholly. It is our duty to keep God’s word.
b. His desire. VS 5
A. We have inside us a great desire to keep God’s word. The human nature can easily wander away. But our deepest desire is to obey.
1. Rom 7: 19-25.
2. Our life is like a storm where we a being tossed around. We have to let the Lord be in control allowing him to lead us through His word.
c. His decision. VS6
A. A decision is necessary here: a choice to obey God’s commandments. In VS tells us that when we do this escape being shamed.
a. Dan Cathy. Elab
b. Daniel. Sad, Mec, Aben.
b. In our daily lives.
III. A humble man. VS 7-8
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
A. This is not a proud or arrogant statement in his determination to live a Holy life. He does not look down on others.
1. He is not like to proud Pharisee praying with himself…. Luke 18:11
a. Still learning. VS7
A. I believe what the writer is saying here is that he did not know why God does all that he does when it comes to God’s judgment. But will one day understand.
1. We do not know why something’s happen the way that they do. Elab.
2. It is a learning process for us.
3. We have to learn to trust God not matter what happens.
b. Still longing. VS 8
A. The word statutes here means to cut, engrave. God’s law was engraved on two tablets of stone.
1. The writers here is conscious of failure, and promised the Lord to keep His laws. He pleaded with him to be patient—not do cast him off or not to forsake him.
2. He are a longing to keep God’s law (word) but knew there times when he would sin. In his heart he was longing for the ability to keep God’s law.