Psalm 119 pt 2
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God’s word hid in the Heart
9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.
16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Intro: In this section the writer knows that sin defiles, and destroys, and everybody needs protection from it deadly virus. Here he writes of a young man.
I. The Virtue of the Word. VS 9-16
Here we see three inherent virtues as it is applied to the life of a young person. It has:
a. Its cleaning Effect. VS 9
Psalm 119:9 (NKJV)
9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
Young man: A boy.
1. The sins of a young boy, or girl. Elab
2. We live in a sinful world. How can a young person or any person for that matter keep clean of pure in the kind of world that we live in?
“By taking heed according to Your word”
Taking heed: Hedge about. To guard, to protect.
3. We need to do this in our lives, in our homes, in our schools. In our country, in order to keep our lives clean.
4. Taking heed to God’s word will do this.
5. Elab if you want to get dirt off. It that something that has a cleansing effect.
b. Its Controlling Effect. VS 10
10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
1. Here is one of the great secrets of a holy life: “With the whole heart” Proverb 3:5
D-Day, Iwo Jima. They fought whole heartily. If they would have fought halfheartedly it would have been a different outcome.
2. If we want God’s word to control our lives we have to do it with our whole heart. God’s word has to be in control of our whole lives.
c. Its Correcting Effect. VS 11-12
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes.
Hidden: To cover over to protect.
1. We should be living a Holy life. I Peter 1:16
16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
2. God’s word will protect our hearts and help keep us Holy.
3. The more we know the word of God, the more we will love God. The more we love God the more we will love the word of God.
Gen 39:9 He knew it was wrong because God’s word said so, it had a correcting effect.
9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
II. The Value of the Word. VS 13
13 With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth.
1. The Word of God is a treasure but we don’t keep it to ourselves.
A. We must proclaim it. VS 13
Here the writer says “with my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth” Paul would later write “declare the whole council of God”
1. The Need of Diligence. VS 13
To declare it means you have to study it. This calls for time, application, and self-denial. It takes long hours poring over God’s word. Long that could be spent doing something else. Elab]
On one ever learns God’s word by spending a little time in it.
B. We must Prize it. VS 14-15
Because of:
1. Its priceless Worth VS 14
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
People who love the have the publisher clearing house people come to their door. Or we you were contacted and told that you have inherited a large sum of money. This would bring great joy to most people.
We have something of great value, We have God’s word. (Read vs again)
God’s word as a saving power.
2. Its Practical Worth. Vs 15
15 I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.
Ways: Path.
Meditate: Ponder, study.
3. Meditation on God’s word will lead our feet into the right paths. The paths we pursue determines our destination.
4. You can’t take I-75 south and expect to end up in Atlanta.
5. In our life we have to take God’s way and not our way. Prov. 14:12
6. That is why it is so important to get our feet on the right path. The practical worth of this book lies in the fact that it leads us to respect God’s paths.
7. There are some slippery places in life. Elab
8. There are some rocky places in life. (Elab a ship stays in the deep water.
C. We must prove it. VS 16
16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
1. The best way to keep God’s word alive in our life’s experience is to prove it, to put it to the test in our daily lives.
2. We see all through Gods word where it was tried and proved. Noah, Moses, David, etc…
3. God’s word is still true. We will see it in our lives everyday.